Freedom of information (FOI) releases from TWBC

This is a disclosure log of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council's responses to freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) requests that might be of wider public interest.

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  1. Definitions "Device" — an end-user computer in active use by your own staff, officers and elected or appointed members in delivering your organisation's services: desktops, laptops, tablets and thin clients. Include devices used in frontline and public-facing services you run directly. Include devices used by your staff but managed on your behalf by a third party, shared service or managed service provider. Under s.3(2)(b) FOIA, information held by another person on your behalf is held by you. Exclude servers, mobile phones, medical devices, operational technology, and any device in storage or awaiting disposal. Exclude devices used by schools and academies, whether or not you provide their IT support. If fire and rescue services are delivered within your organisation, please include them and confirm this below. "Unsupported" — the operating system has passed its vendor end-of-support date. Count a device as unsupported even if you hold Extended Security Updates for it. Windows 10 reached end of support on 14 October 2025 and counts as unsupported for the purposes of this request.

    *QUESTIONS* 1) How many devices in total? 2) How many of those devices are unsupported? 3) Please break the Q2 figure down by operating system. 4) Have you purchased Microsoft Extended Security Updates for Windows 10? If yes, how many devices are covered? 5) How much have you paid, or contracted to pay, for Year 1 ESU coverage (15 October 2025 to 13 October 2026), excluding VAT? 6) By what date do you expect all devices to be running a supported operating system? If no date has been set, please say so — that is a valid answer. 7) Please link to any report or paper addressing Windows 10 end of support or operating system migration considered in the public part of a board, committee, authority or panel meeting since 1 January 2025.

    Published: 1 September 2026

  2. 1. Between 26 May 2015 and 1 September 2026, have prayers ever been held at the start of meetings at the council? If the answer is "No", please proceed to Question 5. If the answer is "Yes", please answer the following in relation to the prayers: 2. If the practise of holding prayers began after 26 May 2015, please provide the start date. 3. If the practise of holding prayers ended between 26 May 2015 and 1 September 2026, please provide the date that they ceased. If prayers are still said at the council, please reply "still held" or words to that effect. 4. If prayers are still held at the council, please specify: a) What religion (if applicable) are the prayers at present? (If they reflect multiple religions, please specify "multifaith") b) Do the prayers reflect the council's chaplain, if applicable? c) Are the prayers held as an official agenda item, or are they held before the meeting starts and not on the agenda? 5. If prayers are not held at the council currently, please specify whether any sort of moment's silence or nonreligious reflection takes place instead.

    Published: 1 September 2026

  3. Please could you kindly send me any information you may hold relating to 'public health act' or 'welfare' or 'contract' or 'paupers' funerals having taken place or due to take place, and/or persons who have died with no known next of kin since 1/6/26 to the day of your reply. Please include: 1. full names of deceased persons, 2. dates of death, 3. marital status, 4. maiden surnames of married or widowed females, 5. dates of birth or ages at death, 6. last known addresses, 7. estimated value of estates, 8. date(s) when the information was passed (or information that is about to be or likely to be passed) to the Government Legal Department (formerly Treasury Solicitor) or the Duchy of Lancaster or Cornwall or any other 3rd party, or, confirmation that this will not be happening and the reason why.

    Published: 1 September 2026

  4. 1. How many football pitches did the council own on 1 January of 2026? 2. Of football pitches owned by the council, how many did the council operate on 1 January 2026? 3. Of football pitches owned by the council, how many were free to acccess as of 1 January 2026? 4. Of football pitches operated by the council, how many were free to acccess as of 1 January 2026? 5. How many football pitches owned by the council were closed down or sold in 2026?

    Published: 1 September 2026

  5. Can you please advise if you have any odour complaints recorded on file for the last three years in relation to the Southern Water Waste Water Treatment Works at Paddock Wood (567890, 145295), as below. Can you please search within 1km of this site.

    Published: 26 August 2026

  6. Please advise of the efficiency savings your Council achieved in the financial year 2025/26 which savings, if any, were due to advice from the Local Government Association. This could include from LGA peer review, attending LGA conferences, or reading LGA research. If listing all the savings would be too onerous please restrict to any identified savings you have recorded of over £100,000.

    Published: 25 August 2026

  7. The number of sites within your authority's area that have been formally determined as "contaminated land" under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, from 1 January 2017 to the date of this request, broken down year by year.

    Published: 24 August 2026

  8. 1. The current number of public litter bins or combined litter/recycling bins for which the authority is responsible. Where your records permit, please split this between: - streets/highways and other public realm; - parks/open spaces; - council housing estates; and - other locations. Please exclude household or communal residential refuse/recycling containers. 2. Your current electronic asset list/register for these bins, containing the following existing fields where held: - asset ID; - location, coordinates and/or postcode; - location/category type; - bin type and/or capacity; - planned emptying/service frequency; and - installation date. I am requesting an export of existing recorded fields only. Please do not undertake a manual exercise to complete fields which are not already recorded. 3. For each of: - 2024/25; - 2025/26; and - 2026/27 to the date of this request, the number of public litter bins: - newly installed; and - permanently removed, where these totals can be obtained from an existing asset-management record or report. If installation/removal dates are already contained in the asset data supplied under question 2, that data is sufficient and no separate calculation is required.

    Published: 21 August 2026

  9. For each of the following years respectively 2025/26, 2024/25, 2023/24, 2022/23, and 2021/22 How many on the spot fines were issued for littering offences in your council area? How many fines were paid up? How many fines are still outstanding (broken down by each year) How much revenue was generated in each of the years above through fines? (the amount of money generated in fines paid to the council) Does your council use in-house enforcement or an external private contractor?

    Published: 19 August 2026

  10. Please could I have the number of FOI requests made to Tunbridge Wells BC for each of the following years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 so far Could I also have the amount spent on answering FOI requests for each of these years? And, if possible, could I get the estimated time spent answering FOI requests for each of these years?

    Published: 19 August 2026