Response 951279

Response to request for information

Reference

951279

Response date

27 September 2022

Request

Please could you provide the following information for the financial year 2019/20:

• how many children’s playgrounds did your authority manage?
• how much did your authority spend on children’s playgrounds, including inspection, maintenance, repair and replacement?
• how much did your authority spend on the creation of new children’s playgrounds?

For clarity, I am interested in children’s playgrounds located in public and semi-public spaces such as parks, open spaces, housing estates and adventure playgrounds. I am not interested in school playgrounds.

Response

• how many children’s playgrounds did your authority manage? 12 Playgrounds.
• how much did your authority spend on children’s playgrounds, including inspection, maintenance, repair and replacement? £25,000 per year but we actually spent an extra £10,000 because of high use and vandalism due to people being off for Covid.
• how much did your authority spend on the creation of new children’s playgrounds? Nothing in this year but spent £150,000 on two new playgrounds 2021/2022.