Spend on diversions of telecommunication utilities in 2022 and 2023
Case reference FOI2024/01558
Received 18 September 2024
Published 10 October 2024
Request
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information please;
1)a) How much is spent directly by the Council on the diversion of telecommunication utilities in 2022 and 2023?
1)b) Of this amount, how much was spent with Openreach?
1)c) How much was spent with Virgin Media?
1)d) How much was spent with City Fibre?
2) If known, how much is spent indirectly by the Council on the diversion of telecommunication utilities in 2022 and 2023, by paying developers to do this work on the council's behalf?
3) Does the Council have any resources in-house (or externally) to audit these costs and mitigate them or reduce them in any way?
Response
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information please;
1a) How much is spent directly by the Council on the diversion of telecommunication utilities in 2022 and 2023?
Total Costs Date
£91.38 Jul-22
£12,065.40 Aug-22
£6,967.73 Oct-22
£1,134.10 Nov-22
1b) Of this amount, how much was spent with Openreach?
All of the monies listed in response to Question 1a were paid to BT Openreach by the council’s highways contractor, Balfour Beatty Living Places.
1c) How much was spent with Virgin Media?
£0.00 during the time period in question.
1d) How much was spent with City Fibre?
£0.00 during the time period in question.
2) If known, how much is spent indirectly by the Council on the diversion of telecommunication utilities in 2022 and 2023, by paying developers to do this work on the council's behalf?
£0.00
3) Does the Council have any resources in-house (or externally) to audit these costs and mitigate them or reduce them in any way?
Yes. The council has an annual external audit of the statutory accounts and an internal audit service which delivers work to an annual plan agreed by Audit & Governance Committee. Expenditure against the approved revenue budget is monitored as part of routine financial management arrangements and is reported on a quarterly basis by Cabinet.
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