Pest Control Usage

Please provide the following information for the period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2025, broken down by financial year:



1) Total gross expenditure by the council on pest control usage at all buildings and land that the council controls, including but not limited to parks, schools, council housing, council buildings, public bus stations, etc. This includes 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 (e.g. rats, mice, pigeons, gulls, foxes, grey squirrels, wasps, bedbugs, cockroaches) 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.

 

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you. 

1) Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) have run reports on all Pest control spend as below. This does not include schools, parks, council housing or bus stations.

2020 - £33,244
2021 - £34,272
2022 - £33,514
2023 - £33,784
2024 - £14,828 (this is likely to be lower due to certain areas being paused whilst the transition to the new FM contract was taking place in the lead up to April 2025).
LCC would only have the data for LCC buildings and not the parks, schools, council houses or bus stations

2) All LCC’s property services are contracted out via our Facilities Management Contract. Some site may procure pest control with direct contracts

3) LCC do not retain that level of information

4) Nothing recorded

5) LCC do not have a policy on this. Pest control is delivered via our FM contractor