FOI release

Freedom of Information Request: Pest control services

Case reference FOI2025/01090

Received 2 October 2025

Published 13 November 2025

Request

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

1) Total expenditure by the Service on pest control services, including 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 Service, the number of animals 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 Service's pest control service or contractors.

Response

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Documents

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