Environmental Health & Public Protection Teams
Received 8 April 2026
Question – (All questions relate to Environmental Health / Public Protection teams covering Statutory Nuisance, Housing, Private Water Supplies, Contaminated Land, PPC, Air Quality and Environmental Crime)
2024/25 Financial Year
2025/26 Financial Year
1. How many FTE contractors/agency staff were used in these areas?
2. The overall spend on contractors/agency staff in these areas?
3. What role(s) were the contractors / agency staff covering? E.g. investigation of nuisances or water sampling.
4. How long the contractor/ Agency staff were hired to complete this work to the nearest month?
5. How much was spent on over-time for non-agency staff within these areas?
6. How much was spent on training for teams within these areas?
7. How many staff did you recruit into teams within these areas?
Responded 7 May 2026
1.
2024/25 - 0
2025/26 - 1 FTE + contractors who were either employed short term to undertake a set of tasks or to undertake an individual project.
2.
2024/25 - 0
2025/26 - 31,701.27
3.
2024/25 - n/a
2025/26 - Investigation of private sector housing complaints, to undertake private water supply sampling, to undertake a scoping exercise for empty homes work.
4.
2024/25 - n/a
2025/26 - 3 months
5.
2024/25 - 0
2025/26 - 0
6.
2024/25 - £99.00
2025/26 - £892.00
7.
2024/25 - 0
2025/24 - 1 new post filled