Bin Lorries
Case reference FOI2025/00413
Received 26 February 2025
Published 21 March 2025
Request
Please could I request the following information Under the Freedom of Information Act:
* The number of breakdown incidents for your bin lorries used by your council in each of the following years:
a) 2019, b) 2020, c) 2021, d) 2022, e) 2023, f) 2024
* The average age of the bin lorries used by your council
* The age of the oldest bin lorry used by your council
* The cost of insuring the bin lorries used by your council in each of the following years: a) 2019, b) 2020, c) 2021, d) 2022, e) 2023, f) 2024
* The amount of money spent on repairing and maintaining the bin lorries your council used in each of the following years: a) 2019, b) 2020, c) 2021, d) 2022, e) 2023, f) 2024
Please could you provide this information by email, preferably in a spreadsheet.
Response
* The number of breakdown incidents for your bin lorries used by your council in each of the following years: a) 2019, b) 2020, c) 2021, d) 2022, e) 2023, f) 2024
A: This information is not recorded.
* The average age of the bin lorries used by your council
A: Please see spreadsheet titled ‘Vehicle Age’. Please note, this information is kept and provided by our waste collection contractors (FCC Environment (UK) Ltd), whom we outsource our Waste Collection Services to.
* The age of the oldest bin lorry used by your council
A: Please see spreadsheet titled ‘Vehicle Age’. Please note, this information is kept and provided by our waste collection contractors (FCC Environment (UK) Ltd), whom we outsource our Waste Collection Services to.
* The cost of insuring the bin lorries used by your council in each of the following years: a) 2019, b) 2020, c) 2021, d) 2022, e) 2023, f) 2024
A: Please see spreadsheet titled ‘Insurance’. Please note, this information is kept and provided by our waste collection contractors (FCC Environment (UK) Ltd), whom we outsource our Waste Collection Services to.
* The amount of money spent on repairing and maintaining the bin lorries your council used in each of the following years: a) 2019, b) 2020, c) 2021, d) 2022, e) 2023, f) 2024
A: Please see spreadsheet titled ‘Repair and Maintenance’. Please note, this information is kept and provided by our waste collection contractors (FCC Environment (UK) Ltd), whom we outsource our Waste Collection Services to.
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