Thanet street cleaning staff reduced from 63 in 2009 to 43 now and a look at how TDC handles a simple foi request.

Here is the link to the foi request https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/street_cleaning_how_much_how_oft?post_redirect=1

And here is the pertinent bit:

“1. The total equivalent number of full time staff employed by the council

undertaking the street cleaning service (including mechanical sweeping and

hit squad/ response work) and below this the numbers of those staff within

this total working on sweeping the streets on foot in Ramsgate, Margate

and Broadstairs for each year over the last five years:

Street Cleansing – Number of full time staff (or equivalent)

Year 08/09    09/10     10/11      11/12     12/13      13/14

Overall Staff no 63    67      58      55      49       43

 a. Ramsgate 13    13      12      12       9      10

 b. Margate 14   14     13      13       11        9

 c. Broadstairs 4    5      4      4       2        2”

I think any doubt about the amount of public interest in this foi request can be resolved by looking at my webstats today.