Response 3823262

Response to request for information

Reference

3823262

Response date

17 October 2025

Request

1. Total expenditure by the council on pest control services, including both in-house provision and external / contracted services.
2. If any services are contracted out, please provide the supplier(s) name and the contract value(s).
3. The number of call-outs / treatments by species category (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 b the council, the number of animals killed by species and, where recorded,the method used (trapping, poisoning, shooting).
5. A copy of any policy, guidance or standard operating procedure relating to the council's pest control service or contractors.

Response

1. Total expenditure by the council on pest control services, including both in-house provision and external / contracted services.
   • 2020/21 - £61,870
   • 2021/22 - £61,982
   • 2022/23 - £72,915
   • 2023/24 - £78,863
   • 2024/25 - £104,361
2. If any services are contracted out, please provide the supplier(s) name and the contract value(s).
   • not applicable
3. The number of call-outs / treatments by species category (rats, mice, pigeons, gulls, foxes, grey squirrels, wasps, bedbugs, cockroaches - please use your own categories if recorded differently.
   • 2020/21
     • Rats - 206
     • Mice - 97
     • Pigeons - 2
     • Foxes - 0
     • Grey Squirrels - 33
     • Wasps - 609
     • Bedbugs - 9
     • Cockroaches - 1
   • 2021/22
     • Rats - 122
     • Mice - 102
     • Pigeons - 11
     • Foxes - 0
     • Grey Squirrels - 39
     • Wasps - 587
     • Bedbugs - 9
     • Cockroaches - 0
   • 2022/23
     • Rats - 161
     • Mice - 107
     • Pigeons - 12
     • Foxes - 0
     • Grey Squirrels - 29
     • Wasps - 448
     • Bedbugs - 25
     • Cockroaches - 2
   • 2023/24
     • Rats - 128
     • Mice - 90
     • Pigeons - 0
     • Foxes - 1
     • Grey Squirrels - 29
     • Wasps - 381
     • Bedbugs - 10
     • Cockroaches - 3
   • 2024/25
     • Rats - 140
     • Mice - 107
     • Pigeons - 3
     • Foxes - 0
     • Grey Squirrels - 27
     • Wasps - 193
     • Bedbugs - 14
     • Cockroaches - 1
4. For any lethal control commissioned or carried out b the council, the number of animals killed by species and, where recorded,the method used (trapping, poisoning, shooting).
   • Not applicable
5. A copy of any policy, guidance or standard operating procedure relating to the council's pest control service or contractors.
   • Pest Control