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Request no. 57760. Received: 01/10/2025, Resolved: 27/10/2025

Room For Faith Ltd.

Does your local authority have any properties listed under Room for Faith Ltd and if so how many? If it has previously, please provide when this period was. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 57762. Received: 01/10/2025, Resolved: 10/11/2025 11:31:00

Public Bin Locations

Request for a digital list, database, or map showing the locations of all public litter bins and recycling bins maintained by or on behalf of the council (excluding household bins). Plus further questions.

Resolution

The information requested is provided in the attached csv file. We do not have recycling litter bins.

The location of litter bins can also be found on our website.

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Request no. 57767. Received: 01/10/2025, Resolved: 03/10/2025 13:31:00

Business Rates Credits

Please can you email me a list of September or Q2 (most current) business rates credits you currently hold for businesses including: The company name for whom the credit exists; The start date of the business rates account. Plus further questions.

Resolution

The information is available on our website.

Request no. 57768. Received: 01/10/2025, Resolved: 29/10/2025

Pest Control Usage

Please provide the following information for the period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2025, broken down by financial year: Total expenditure by the council on pest control services. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 57770. Received: 01/10/2025, Resolved: 15/10/2025 17:18:00

RIDDOR Report

I would like a copy of a specific RIDDOR report

Resolution

Cancelled

Request no. 57773. Received: 01/10/2025, Resolved: 29/10/2025 14:31:00

Chewing gum

How much money has been spent and/or allocated by Edinburgh City Council on removing chewing gum and its residual stains each year since 1999? Plus other question

Resolution

Information not held

Request no. 57774. Received: 01/10/2025, Resolved: 17/11/2025 17:05:00

Noise pollution

How many noise complaints has Edinburgh council received about events held at a) Murrayfield stadium b) other venues each year since 1999? Plus other questions.

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Request no. 57775. Received: 01/10/2025, Resolved: 28/10/2025

City Cabs and Mobility Platform Gett

Request to confirm the investor group which has recently acquired the taxi app Gett.

Resolution

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Request no. 57776. Received: 01/10/2025, Resolved: 29/10/2025 14:57:00

Probationary teachers

How many probationary teachers in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools have not started their placement (progressed to Standard for Full Registration) in each year since 1999.

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Request no. 57777. Received: 01/10/2025, Resolved: 06/11/2025

Pennywell Road, Edinburgh

Please provide confirmation that the locus has been adopted by the City of Edinburgh Council. If the locus is not adopted, who has responsibility for the pathway. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 57778. Received: 01/10/2025, Resolved: 29/10/2025 14:41:00

Electricity and Gas within Care Homes

Confirmation if any of the registered care homes operated by your council are paying 20% vat on either their electricity or gas bill from the most recent energy bill to hand.

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Request no. 57779. Received: 01/10/2025, Resolved: 29/10/2025 17:07:00

West Craigs Development

Please disclose how many supported housing units are occupied within the West Craigs development on Turnhouse Road. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 57780. Received: 01/10/2025, Resolved: 29/10/2025 15:40:00

Road Construction Consents Granted September 2025

I would be grateful if you could provide me with information on all Road Construction Consents granted from the 1st September 2025 – 30th September 2025. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 57781. Received: 01/10/2025

High Rise Housing

Please provide the full results, findings, or equivalent outputs from the survey of high-rise blocks in Edinburgh undertaken by Faithful & Gould in 2022/23. Plus further questions.

Request no. 57782. Received: 01/10/2025, Resolved: 29/10/2025 15:58:00

Hanover House, 45-51 Hanover Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PJ

Information in relation to and Environmental Report to Hanover House. Request to confirm the status of the site with regards to Part IIA? Are there any issues with contamination at the site or in the near vicinity?

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Request no. 57783. Received: 01/10/2025

Correspondence Relating to the Barnton Junction

Please provide copies of all correspondence between council officers and the Cramond and Barnton Community Council (renamed Cramond, Cammo and Barnton Community Council) since January 2024 which relate to the Barnton junction?

Request no. 57785. Received: 01/10/2025, Resolved: 29/10/2025 16:39:00

Cost of Removing Painted Crosses on Roundabouts

Request for the total cost incurred by the council in removing, cleaning, or repainting road markings on roundabouts within the borough where these have been defaced or graffitied with painted crosses. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 57786. Received: 01/10/2025, Resolved: 25/11/2025

The Handling of Pupil Data

Does the Edinburgh council hold or collect data about a pupil’s sex at birth? If yes, how is this data obtained? Plus further questions.

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Request no. 57787. Received: 01/10/2025, Resolved: 24/10/2025

Rehabilitation Services

Please list all organisations providing or contracted by your Health Board or HSCP to deliver rehabilitation services in your area and their contract values. Plus further questions.

Resolution

Information held by NHS Lothian.

Request no. 57788. Received: 02/10/2025, Resolved: 29/10/2025 16:14:00

IT Equipment

Please provide details of the council’s current arrangements for the disposal of surplus or end-of-life IT equipment and the name of the current contractor or supplier handling this service.

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Request no. 57789. Received: 02/10/2025, Resolved: 30/10/2025 15:08:00

Social Housing in the West Craigs Area (Including Turnhouse Road and Surrounding Streets)

Request for the total number of units designated as social housing in the West Craigs area and a breakdown of these units by category. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 57792. Received: 02/10/2025

Travel Entitlement

Please can you provide paper copies of all travel entitlement currently in use?

Resolution

Clarification requested

Request no. 57796. Received: 02/10/2025, Resolved: 30/10/2025

The Redevelopment of Milford House

Request for all information concerning the redevelopment of Milford House, 58 Duddingston Road, EH15 1SG, including pre application discussions.

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Request no. 57797. Received: 02/10/2025, Resolved: 30/10/2025

CCTV - Road Accident - 15/04/25

Request for CCTV footage of a road incident. The accident happened on the 15th of April 2025 at around 5.20-5.30pm Bankhead Roundabout on Calder Road heading West towards the M8.

Resolution

No relevant footage held.

Request no. 57807. Received: 02/10/2025, Resolved: 30/10/2025

Children's Social Work Case Loads

Please provide all information generated by the City of Edinburgh on children's social work case loads on a team level, for 2025, 2024, and 2023. Plus further questions.

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• Children's Social Work Case Loads - Response

Request no. 57813. Received: 03/10/2025, Resolved: 30/10/2025

Compulsory Training for Edinburgh Taxi Drivers

Request for the provider of the compulsory training for Edinburgh Taxi Drivers which is now taking place over three days. Is this a private company or delivered by council staff? What is the rationale for the £315 cost, which the drivers are liable?

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Request no. 57819. Received: 03/10/2025, Resolved: 31/10/2025

Planning Application 25/01887/FUL

All information held by the Council recording or relating to the handling and consideration by council officials and councillors of Planning Application 25/01887/FUL for extensions to 29 Belmont Road, Juniper Green, EH14 5DZ.Plus further questions.

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Request no. 57820. Received: 03/10/2025, Resolved: 07/11/2025

Planning Application 25/01887/FUL

All information held by the Council recording or relating to the consideration by council officials or councillors of letter of 20 August for Planning Application 25/01887/FUL. Plus further questions.

Resolution

The concerns raised were addressed in the Report of Handling (‘DM Sub Committee Report 1 October 2025’) which is published on the Planning Portal. No other recorded information is held.

Request no. 57824. Received: 03/10/2025, Resolved: 31/10/2025

Taxi & PHC Licensing Fees (2025/26)

Request for a detailed breakdown of all licence fees for vehicles, drivers, and operators, including: The methodology used to calculate fees; Individual cost components. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 57825. Received: 03/10/2025, Resolved: 31/10/2025 16:08:00

PCNs Issued from 2022 to 2024

The total number of 01 contraventions in the listed years?

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Request no. 57829. Received: 03/10/2025

Trans Guidance for Schools

Provide dates and minutes of any meetings held at the Scottish Government's 'Supporting Transgender Pupils In Schools Guidance for Education Authorities and Schools' document. Plus further questions.

Request no. 57831. Received: 03/10/2025, Resolved: 30/10/2025

CCTV - Incident - 22/09/2025

We are writing to request any available CCTV footage you may hold from 22/09/2025. Time: 04:30 PM Location: Biggar Road, Edinburgh, EH10 7BJ

Resolution

No relevant footage held.

Request no. 57832. Received: 03/10/2025, Resolved: 05/10/2025 15:48:00

Private Hire Operators Licences

Request for a record of all current private hire operators’ licences, including the company operating name and registered phone number for each licence?

Resolution

Private hire car information is published on the Council website. The telephone number for the company can be found by carrying out an internet search.

Request no. 57833. Received: 03/10/2025, Resolved: 31/10/2025 14:35:00

Flight LS748 from Gran Canaria to Edinburgh

Request for the decision making process and time frame in relation to the flight. The flight landed at 01:37 on Tuesday 29 September and passengers didn’t get off the flight until 04:50, due to waiting for advice from Port of Health.

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Request no. 57835. Received: 03/10/2025, Resolved: 31/10/2025 14:38:00

Social Housing and Homelessness Data

Request for the total number of social housing properties to which City of Edinburgh Council has nomination rights, or that are managed by the Council, as of 03 October 2025. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 57836. Received: 03/10/2025, Resolved: 30/10/2025

Public Toilet Vandalism Costs

For each of the last five financial years (2019/20 – 2023/24), please provide the total spend incurred by the Council on repairs or replacement due to vandalism of council-operated public toilets. Plus further questions.

Resolution

We are unable to provide comprehensive costs or estimates as such information is not routinely recorded.

Request no. 57837. Received: 03/10/2025, Resolved: 30/10/2025

Business Rates for 4, Little King Street

Please confirm the liable party(ies) for the business rates for the following site from 01/09/2021 to present: 4, Little King Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3AR

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Request no. 57839. Received: 03/10/2025

Kirkliston Primary Early Learning Centre - Panelling Incident

Any maintenance records (relevant for the 24-month period leading up to the accident) including of independent contractors working in the relevant bathroom of Kirkliston Primary Early Learning Centre. Plus further questions

Request no. 57843. Received: 04/10/2025, Resolved: 31/10/2025 16:40:00

Childcare Provision

Request for any documentation on the remit, terms of reference and membership of the Strategic Programme Board that reports to the Education, Childhood and Families Committee in relation to childcare provision.

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Request no. 57844. Received: 04/10/2025, Resolved: 31/10/2025 15:11:00

Mentions of Wee Mack’s Nursery

Request for any emails/minutes/reports/notes between members of the Strategic Programme Board or from members of the Strategic Programme Board to councillors that mention Wee Mack’s Nursery between the dates of 1 July 2025 and 1 October 2025.

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Request no. 57845. Received: 04/10/2025, Resolved: 31/10/2025 15:29:00

Nurseries in a Service Improvement Period

Please provide a list of nurseries (and names) that were in a Service Improvement Period or extended improvement period and the length time they have been in the improvement period on the following dates: March 2025, August 2025 and October 2025

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Request no. 57846. Received: 04/10/2025, Resolved: 30/10/2025

Minutes of the Education, Children and Families Committee

Request for minutes of the Education, Children and Families Committee notes since the last survey was carried out in November 2023, and the consultation, the full results, the final report and any documents pertaining to analysis of the consultation.

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Request no. 57847. Received: 04/10/2025, Resolved: 31/10/2025

Assessment of Wee Mack’s Nursery

Request for any assessment that was made of Wee Mack’s Nursery prior to the decision taken in 2025 to revoke its partnership provider status. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 57848. Received: 04/10/2025

Maintenance Work Carried Out by City of Edinburgh Council

Request for a list of all maintenance work carried out (or scheduled to be carried out) by or on behalf of Edinburgh Council, from 27/10/25 to 3/10/25. I would also like to know which contracting firms, if any, were assigned to the work.

Resolution

Clarification requested.

Request no. 57849. Received: 04/10/2025

Corstorphine Hill Local Nature Reserve

Please provide a breakdown of the total expenditure allocated to Corstorphine Hill Local Nature Reserve during the financial year 2023–2024. Plus further questions.

Request no. 57851. Received: 05/10/2025, Resolved: 30/10/2025

Building Standards Team Manager Post

Request for a PDF copy of the building standards team manager post and a copy of the procedures on secondary employment - does this apply to paid and unpaid?

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Request no. 57853. Received: 05/10/2025

Councillor Social-Media Takedown/Retraction Requests and Referrals to ESC (2020 – Present)

Please provide scope, custodians and record systems search from 1 January 2020 to today. Plus further questions.

Request no. 57854. Received: 05/10/2025

Ethical Standards Commissioner (ESC)

Please provide complaints the council submitted or forwarded to Ethical Standards Commissioner (ESC) (regarding councillors’ social-media or other public commentary) Plus further questions.

Request no. 57855. Received: 05/10/2025

Ethical Standards Commissioner (ESC) Complaints - Legal Costs

External legal spend – confirmation and detail for matters relating to ESC complaints about councillors’ social-media or other public commentary. Plus further questions.

Request no. 57856. Received: 05/10/2025, Resolved: 31/10/2025 15:41:00

Roadworks on Lanark Road West

Please provide all correspondence from within the council - since January 2024 - relating to the potential impact on residents of Currie and Balerno on sustained periods of roadworks on Lanark Road West.

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Request no. 57857. Received: 06/10/2025, Resolved: 03/11/2025 15:31:00

IT - Software and Hardware used

The number of devices deployed by your organisation for the following? Request for information on Software and Hardware used by the City of Edinburgh Council

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Request no. 57860. Received: 06/10/2025

Timescales relating to internal emails

Please provide me with any policies, guidance, procedures, or standards that set out expected timescales for managers to respond to requests, queries, or correspondence from their staff/subordinates. Plus other questions.

Resolution

Clarification requested

Request no. 57862. Received: 06/10/2025, Resolved: 03/11/2025 15:34:00

Copies of Job Description

Please provide me with the most recent job description and person specification for the role of Building Standards Team Manager and Senior Building Standards Surveyor within Building Standards. Plus other questions.

Resolution

Documents attached

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Request no. 57863. Received: 06/10/2025, Resolved: 03/11/2025

Car Park at Hopetoun Village

Request for details of who pays the car park's non-domestic / business rate for this location

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Request no. 57864. Received: 06/10/2025

Placement Referrals to New Struan School

For each year from 2019 to the present, please provide the records held by Edinburgh Council of the number of referrals, placement requests, or enquiries made by Edinburgh Council to New Struan School. Plus further questions.

Request no. 57869. Received: 06/10/2025, Resolved: 03/11/2025 15:52:00

Anti-Social Behaviour Policy

Request for the current Anti-Social Behaviour Policy (ASB Policy) for its tenants. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 57870. Received: 06/10/2025, Resolved: 03/11/2025 15:57:00

Statistical Data on Tenant Eviction/Relocation for ASB with Criminal Convictions/NHOs

The total number of City of Edinburgh Council tenants against whom legal action was taken where the primary eviction ground was a criminal conviction related to anti-social behaviour against a neighbour. Plus further questions.

Request no. 57876. Received: 06/10/2025, Resolved: 22/10/2025 12:26:00

Winding up of Lauriston Castle Trust

In relation to request 57301, please supply all dates and times you requested the information, which CEC departments/sections. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 57885. Received: 03/10/2025, Resolved: 31/10/2025

Illegal Vapes and Nicotine Replacement Seizures

Please provide the following information separately for each calendar year from 2020 to 2025 (up to latest available data) for the number of illegal products seized. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 57887. Received: 07/10/2025

Additional Support Needs Staffing and Funding (2018–2025)

Annual full-time equivalent (FTE) numbers of Pupil Support Assistants (PSAs) and annual FTE numbers of specialist behaviour support staff from 2018 to 2025 in City of Edinburgh Council schools. Plus further questions.

Request no. 57890. Received: 07/10/2025, Resolved: 04/11/2025

Home to School Transport

What is the cost of Supplying Home to School transport for the pupils of Queensferry High School on a weekly basis?

Resolution

The cost is calculated over 39 academic weeks in the school year. The weekly cost is £17,570.

Request no. 57894. Received: 07/10/2025, Resolved: 03/11/2025

RSHP Curriculum for S1 Students at St Augustine’s RC High School

Request for a copy of the current RSHP or sex education curriculum materials used for S1 and S2 pupils, including lesson plans, teaching resources, and any associated guidance materials. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 57899. Received: 07/10/2025

Silverknowes Road

Please provide all correspondence between council officers since 1 January 2025 relating to the reopening of Silverknowes Road to the promenade, changing the existing Silverknowes ‘quiet route’, and introducing new cycle lanes on Silverknowes Road.

Request no. 57900. Received: 07/10/2025, Resolved: 03/11/2025 16:08:00

2 St Mary’s Street — Statutory Notices or Enforcement Relating to Roof Works

Please advise whether there are (or have been) any statutory notices, enforcement actions, or planned Council works relating to the roof or external fabric of this building. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 57902. Received: 07/10/2025, Resolved: 18/11/2025

Incident and Intervention Data in Schools

Request for data to be broken down to incorporate how many ‘significant occurrences’ were from a) nursery b) mainstream primary schools and c) mainstream secondary schools within the City of Edinburgh. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 57906. Received: 08/10/2025

Homeless Households In Out-Of-Borough Temporary Accommodation

The number of homeless households placed by your council in out-of-borough temporary accommodation, and of these the number of households with children - broken down by borough/district placed in.

Request no. 57910. Received: 08/10/2025

Supply Staff at Woodlands School

Request for the number of different individual supply staff you have hired since the start of the teacher booker system and what percentage of that total number are GTCS certified/registered in special needs. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 57913. Received: 08/10/2025, Resolved: 10/11/2025

Closure of Residential Parking on Curriehill Road

The timeline of actions that will be taken on Riccarton Mains Road and the planned timeline for these to take place over the 8-week closure. Also, why the whole road had to be closed instead of maintaining one-way controlled traffic?

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Request no. 57916. Received: 08/10/2025, Resolved: 05/11/2025 16:13:00

Locality Directory 2025

I am writing to ask if you could provide an up-to-date version of the Locality Directory. The Locality Directory last updated in 2017 - https://www.edinburghcompact.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Your-localities-directory.pdf

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Request no. 57918. Received: 08/10/2025

School Places

How many children in your local authority area were registered as leaving their school (either for another school in the area or elsewhere). Could my request cover both primary and secondary schools? Plus a further question.

Request no. 57919. Received: 08/10/2025, Resolved: 04/11/2025

Education Other Than In School (EOTIS) Data 2021–2025

Please provide the number of school pupils in your local authority area receiving Education Other Than In School (EOTIS) or Education Other Than at School (EOTAS) provision during each of those years. Plus further questions.

Resolution

The request uses English terminology, and we do not have children or young people who receiving ‘Education Other Than In School’ (EOTIS) or ‘Education Other Than at School’ (EOTAS) provision.

Request no. 57920. Received: 08/10/2025, Resolved: 03/11/2025

Paternity Leave Policy

Does your Council's policy on paternity leave provide in excess of the statutory provision of 2 weeks leave? Plus further questions.

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Request no. 57923. Received: 08/10/2025, Resolved: 10/11/2025

P1 Placing Requests

The success rate of P1 placing requests for each primary school in Edinburgh Council for school year 2024/25. If this is not available, the number of applications received for each school, and the P1 roll for each school.

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Request no. 57924. Received: 08/10/2025, Resolved: 05/11/2025 16:35:00

Blue Badges

To ask, in the previous five years, on how many occasions the local authority has detected someone using a disabled Blue Badge in the name of a deceased person. Could this request cover the following years: 2024/25 2023/24 2022/23 2021/22 2020/21

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Request no. 57927. Received: 08/10/2025, Resolved: 05/11/2025 16:37:00

Leave To Remain Applications

For 2022/23, 23/24 and 24/25, please state how many refugees who have been granted the leave to remain have made applications for temporary accommodation? Plus a further question.

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Request no. 57928. Received: 08/10/2025

Zipcar Violations

The number of vehicle violations cases involving a Zipcar in your authority for each year since 2020. Plus further questions.

Request no. 57930. Received: 09/10/2025, Resolved: 04/11/2025

Council Funded Services

How many people are currently in receipt of support at home funded by City of Edinburgh Council? Plus funded questions.

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Request no. 57931. Received: 09/10/2025, Resolved: 04/11/2025

Pothole-Related Compensation Claims

The total number of compensation claims submitted by motorists for vehicle damage caused by potholes. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 57932. Received: 09/10/2025, Resolved: 10/11/2025 15:59:00

Asbestos Register or Records - Hawthornden Place

Request for access to records or title deeds which would show whether or not asbestos was indeed used in the construction.

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Request no. 57935. Received: 09/10/2025

Number 6 One Stop Shop

Request for a full and complete disclosure of all documents, correspondence, assessments, and records relating to the adult autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnostic service contracted to the organisation known as ‘Number 6 One Stop Shop’.

Request no. 57938. Received: 09/10/2025, Resolved: 04/11/2025

CCTV - Sighthill Court

Request for CCTV footage. Time: Between Thursday 2nd October 2025 and Tuesday morning of the 7th October. Location: Sighthill Court

Resolution

No relevant footage held.

Request no. 57940. Received: 09/10/2025

Leith Walk Primary

Where does school lunch money go if children have packed lunches at Leith Walk Primary, and in the wider Edinburgh area? Plus further questions.

Request no. 57941. Received: 08/10/2025

Supreme Court Decision - legal advice

Information on the use of the FOISA exemption 36(1). Dates of legal advice provided.

Request no. 57943. Received: 09/10/2025, Resolved: 11/11/2025 16:54:00

India Place Allotments

Request for information on the planning construction and costs of the India Place allotments.

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Request no. 57947. Received: 09/10/2025, Resolved: 06/11/2025 15:51:00

Business Property Rates

Please provide a complete and up-to-date list of all business (non-residential) property rates data for your local authority. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 57950. Received: 09/10/2025, Resolved: 13/11/2025 15:54:00

Teacher and Staff Training (2020-2025)

Provide the total amount spent by the council on training (this can include books, seminars, training courses, etc) relating to de-escalation, conflict resolution, positive handling, or restraint techniques for school staff. Plus a further question.

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Request no. 57951. Received: 09/10/2025, Resolved: 06/11/2025

Teacher Mental Health (2020-2025)

Please providSBe the total number of working days lost among teaching staff due to sickness absence recorded with reasons of stress, anxiety, depression, or burnout. Plus a further question.

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Request no. 57954. Received: 09/10/2025, Resolved: 06/11/2025

Pupil Attendance (2019-2025)

In each year, how many pupils (in numbers and percentages if possible) have attendance figures of (a) less than 90%, (b) less than 80%, (c) less than 50%, (d) 0%, and broken down by (i) P1-4; (ii) P5-7; (iii) S1-3; and (iv) S4-6?

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Request no. 57955. Received: 09/10/2025, Resolved: 06/11/2025 16:27:00

Pothole or Missing Cobblestone Located on 144 The Moorings, Commercial Street, The Shore, Edinburgh, EH6 6LB

Request for copies of all inspection records carried out at the accident locus in the previous 12 months prior to the incident date and up to 1 month after. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 57957. Received: 09/10/2025, Resolved: 06/11/2025

Bicycle Theft and Voi Scheme

How many requests for maintenance have there been for council owned/operated bicycle racks/stands/shelters/storage due to bicycle theft (including attempts) each year for the last ten years? Plus further questions.

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Request no. 57958. Received: 10/10/2025, Resolved: 07/11/2025

Voi Bicycle Scheme

All anticipated costs to the City of Edinburgh Council or any other public body relating to the scheme. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 57959. Received: 10/10/2025, Resolved: 07/11/2025

Voi E-Bike Scheme

Request for a copy of any contract, memorandum of understanding or heads of terms between City of Edinburgh council and Voi regarding the e-bike scheme in Edinburgh.

Resolution

The documents we hold with regard to this pilot scheme are considered to be commercially sensitive and shall not be provided at this time.

Request no. 57960. Received: 10/10/2025

TEC Trams to Newhaven Project Update

Please provide copies of the Summer 2024 RSA3 referenced in the December 2024 TEC report and Early 2025 RSA4. Please also include any reports from the Council in response to audit findings.

Request no. 57962. Received: 10/10/2025, Resolved: 07/11/2025 14:07:00

Older People’s Care Home Fee Rates

Please provide the fee rates you pay for older people’s care home placements (not working-age adults) for the most recent three years (2023/24, 2024/25, 2025/26). Plus further questions.

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Request no. 57964. Received: 07/10/2025, Resolved: 13/11/2025

Housing Instability, Drug Deaths, and Safeguarding Obligations in Edinburgh

What safeguarding reviews have been initiated in Edinburgh in response to recent drug-related deaths among people in temporary or supported accommodation. Plus a further question.

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Request no. 57965. Received: 10/10/2025, Resolved: 07/11/2025

Cheeky Chicken Edinburgh

Please provide the Food Hygiene inspection report for Cheeky Chicken, 4 Wardlaw Pl, Edinburgh, EH11 1UB.

Resolution

Please refer to attached reports which include the last Inspection Report and the last two reports following revisits.

Third party personal information has been redacted from the documents provided in compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018.

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Request no. 57968. Received: 10/10/2025, Resolved: 07/11/2025

Fox Covert Primary School - Desk Study

Do you have any information about the site or surrounding area with regards to historical contaminated land issues, e.g. Waste storage, land fill sites, fly-tipping, water abstraction, historical contaminated land uses?

Resolution

No relevant information identified.

Request no. 57969. Received: 10/10/2025, Resolved: 14/10/2025

Information on Late Payment

Instances in which City of Edinburgh Council (including, where applicable, any agencies, bodies, or units for which it is ultimately responsible for supplier payments) has failed to pay its suppliers on time. Plus further questions.

Resolution

Cancelled - Duplicate of 57544

Request no. 57970. Received: 10/10/2025, Resolved: 07/11/2025 14:45:00

Recycling & Waste Management Services

What are your authority’s financial expenditure outturns (revenue, not capital) for the years 2023/24 and 2024/25 for your recycling and waste service? Plus further questions.

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Request no. 57973. Received: 10/10/2025, Resolved: 14/11/2025 12:46:00

Internal Reviews, Investigations, and Actions

Has any review, audit, or investigation been undertaken by your organisation involving or referencing [NAMED INDIVIDUALS], following formal complaints or concerns raised between 2022 and 2025. Plus further questions.

Resolution

The Council considers that it would not be appropriate to provide this information in response to your request as this would breach Data Protection legislation.

Request no. 57975. Received: 10/10/2025, Resolved: 25/11/2025 17:22:00

Public Transport Accessibility Data

Request for the accessibility data for Lothian Buses and Edinburgh Trams which was listed on the above TfE open data website through the available API for a two-week period, from the start of March 2, 2025 to and including March 15, 2025.

Resolution

This information is not held or retained by the Council.

The Application Programming Interface (API) was designed to provide real time passenger information and does not have the ability to save data for retrospective analysis.

Request no. 57978. Received: 10/10/2025, Resolved: 07/11/2025

Market Homes

How many market homes did Edinburgh's planning department grant planning permission in each year (September-September), since September 2020? How many of these approved homes (each year) were designated affordable, split by affordable tenure?

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Request no. 57979. Received: 10/10/2025, Resolved: 14/11/2025

Abbeyhill Primary School - Bathroom Policy for Transgender Pupils Complaint (2024/25)

Please provide: Date the complaint was received; Format of the complaint (letter or email); Wording of the complaint; Wording of the response sent by the school and/or Council in response to the complaint. Plus two further questions.

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Request no. 57982. Received: 11/10/2025, Resolved: 07/11/2025 14:59:00

Tree Preservation Orders Review Procedures

How many Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs) does your local authority currently have within it's administration? Plus five further questions.

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Request no. 57983. Received: 11/10/2025, Resolved: 07/11/2025 15:13:00

Non-Stun Slaughtered Meat

Does the council currently provide non-stun slaughtered meat to schools, hospitals or in any other canteens for which the council has responsibility? Plus four further questions.

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Request no. 57987. Received: 13/10/2025, Resolved: 10/11/2025

The Sheraton Grand Hotel and Spa, 1 Festival Square - Desk Study

Has the following site been prioritised for inspection under Part2a of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 / the Council’s contaminated land inspection strategy; and if so, what level of priority is it considered to be? Plus a further question.

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Request no. 57989. Received: 13/10/2025, Resolved: 10/11/2025

169 Dalry Road - Council Stair Cleaning Scheme

I would like to know which flats at 169 Dalry Road, Edinburgh have signed up to the council's stair cleaning scheme.

Resolution

òòò½ÊÓƵ provides a stair cleaning service to 169 Dalry Road, however we cannot provide details of the specific flats that have signed up to the service, as we consider this to be the residents’ personal information.

Request no. 57992. Received: 13/10/2025, Resolved: 10/11/2025 16:53:00

Street Sweeper - Reg plate SS 10

I would like to know the cost of the vehicle’s registration plate, including any associated fees or special licensing arrangements. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 57993. Received: 13/10/2025, Resolved: 20/11/2025 16:10:00

Temporary Accommodation

Request for the duration of the longest stay in temporary accommodation for any household (of those currently in temporary accommodation). Plus further questions.

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Request no. 57996. Received: 13/10/2025, Resolved: 10/11/2025 10:32:00

Linksview House and Cables Wynd House

Request for a breakdown of flats acquired by the council in Linksview House and Cables Wynd House since 2020. A total for each site, and a split between properties bought from owner occupiers and from private landlords.

Resolution

The Council has only bought one property in Cables Wynd House from a private landlord since 2020.

Request no. 57998. Received: 13/10/2025, Resolved: 10/11/2025

25 Marine Drive, Edinburgh

All communications from the last 6 months, including emails, briefings, meeting records and internal documents, relating to the council’s position on the land and lease assignation at 25 Marine Drive Edinburgh.

Resolution

The recorded information identified which is in scope of the request shall not be provided at this time as it forms part of an on-going negotiation process.

Request no. 57999. Received: 13/10/2025, Resolved: 10/11/2025

Private Market Investment Reports from the Lothian Pension Fund

Request for quarterly cash-flow reports from Q2 2025, if available, of all your private capital investments, include private equity, real estate, natural resources, infrastructure, venture, and private debt funds. Plus further questions.

Resolution

Information provided.

Request no. 58000. Received: 13/10/2025, Resolved: 10/11/2025

Vacant Commercial Properties in the Edinburgh Area

Request for a register or list of all commercial properties currently vacant, including: Property address (or partial address if full disclosure is restricted); Property type (e.g., retail, industrial, office, mixed-use). Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58001. Received: 13/10/2025

Council Procedures for Handling Disputes and Notices

Provide full procedures for dealing with disputes and notices. I would like to see the codes, practices and standards that the council has set out. If you have a handbook showing this I would like see this as well as a full organisational chart.

Request no. 58004. Received: 06/10/2025, Resolved: 23/10/2025 12:47:00

Busy Bees Forres Street Nursery

What support (site visits, training and access to resources) was given to Busy Bees?

Resolution

Busy Bees Forres Street is part of a global organisation with businesses throughout the world. Support officers from the Early Years team and access to council resources was provided.

Request no. 58007. Received: 14/10/2025, Resolved: 10/11/2025

CCTV - A720 Sheriffhall Roundabout

CCTV footage - 10 October 2025

Resolution

No relevant footage held.

Request no. 58012. Received: 14/10/2025, Resolved: 11/11/2025

Telecommunications Planning Applications and Safety - Missing Documentation

Please supply copies of the missing documents or any explanations of why the Planning Department may think they are not needed, or were not needed at the time of the application: 23/00898/PNT; 23/00571/PNT. Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58014. Received: 10/10/2025

Defective/ Broken Paving Slab - Clifton Terrace

Request for information including sight of any written or electronic communication detailing all complaints received relating to this defect. Plus further questions.

Resolution

Clarification requested.

Request no. 58015. Received: 14/10/2025

Proposed Telecoms Equipment Upgrade - Street Furniture, Drumbrae Drive, Edinburgh

Please confirm that the proposed new equipment is all located on adopted highway. Plus four further questions.

Request no. 58016. Received: 14/10/2025, Resolved: 11/11/2025 15:32:00

Public Accountability and Transparency - Road Defects

Given the scale of the issue and the public funds involved, I now formally request disclosure of: The total number of road defect reports received annually for the last five financial years. Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58017. Received: 14/10/2025, Resolved: 11/11/2025 16:22:00

Budgeting Proforma Report

I would like to request participatory budgeting proforma report submitted to COSLA for the following year: 2024/25

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Request no. 58023. Received: 14/10/2025, Resolved: 10/11/2025

Dog Fouling, Fines and Fixed Penalty Notices

For each of the past five financial years, please provide the number of fixed penalty notices (FPNs) or fines issued by the council (or by enforcement officers on behalf of the council) for dog fouling / dog poo. Plus a further question.

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Request no. 58025. Received: 14/10/2025, Resolved: 10/11/2025

Local Development Plan Progress Update

Request for a copy of the progress update on the local development plans that your authority submitted to the Scottish Government. Plus a further question.

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Request no. 58032. Received: 14/10/2025, Resolved: 11/11/2025 16:33:00

City of Edinburgh Council Budget

Please can you provide a table showing, for each financial year from 2010 to 2025, how much (£) of City of Edinburgh Council budget was subject to participatory budgeting (PB)? Plus further questions.

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Request no. 58034. Received: 14/10/2025

Section 12 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968

Please provide any internal guidance, policy documents and eligibility criteria used by Edinburgh Council staff when administering Section 12 payments. Plus further questions.

Request no. 58035. Received: 14/10/2025, Resolved: 10/11/2025

Parking Tickets Issued to Vans

What percentage of parking tickets issued are to vans?

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Request no. 58037. Received: 15/10/2025, Resolved: 11/11/2025

Category 11 Parking Contraventions

Over the past five calendar years (or the maximum period available within cost limits) please provide the total number of Category 11 parking tickets issued per year. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 58038. Received: 15/10/2025, Resolved: 12/11/2025 15:16:00

SAER Reviews - Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

Request for information on how many SAER reviews (significant adverse event reviews) took place within Edinburgh Royal Infirmary in the last 12 months? Of these SAER's, how many resulted in a death?

Resolution

Information not held.

Request no. 58039. Received: 15/10/2025, Resolved: 25/11/2025 17:04:00

Probationer Teacher Employment Outcomes 2024-25

Please provide information on: Total probationer places allocated to your authority for 2024-25; Number who successfully completed TIS by June 2025; Number who opted out or did not complete. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 58041. Received: 15/10/2025, Resolved: 12/11/2025 15:53:00

Public Toilets

Request for the total estimated cost of the Leith Links, Meadows and Inverleith toilets and the companies contracted to undertake the works.

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Request no. 58042. Received: 15/10/2025, Resolved: 25/11/2025

Teacher Numbers and Government Funding (March 2025 - Present)

Request for specific internal and external communications regarding teacher employment and the use of Scottish Government education funding. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 58044. Received: 15/10/2025, Resolved: 10/11/2025 10:42:00

Streetlight PA09S

Request for details on the streetlight numbered PA09S attached to the front of 9 Bonaly Brae. I would like information about the whole unit and not just the lamp at first floor level which I know was replaced a few years back. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 58045. Received: 15/10/2025, Resolved: 12/11/2025 11:35:00

Proposed Tram Network Extension to Granton

Request for the most recent maintenance records for the Coltbridge Viaduct and all information which was passed to the council’s advisors concerning the Coltbridge Viaduct. Plus two further questions.

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Request no. 58047. Received: 15/10/2025, Resolved: 11/11/2025

2023 Survey of Parents

'21% of respondents stated a preference for a full year placement... with the option to purchase additional hours beyond their funded entitlement.' In relation to this, what question was asked to reach this conclusion? Plus further questions.

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Request no. 58053. Received: 15/10/2025, Resolved: 11/11/2025

Probationary Failures

Please provide the total number of former employees at your organisation who failed their probation and had their employment ended, broken down into a table to reflect every financial year since 2021-22.

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Request no. 58054. Received: 15/10/2025, Resolved: 12/11/2025 15:44:00

Scottish Flags Displayed on Calder Road

Request to be provided with a copy of internal communications (instructing the removal of these flags as a priority).

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Request no. 58056. Received: 15/10/2025, Resolved: 17/11/2025 11:04:00

Parking Tickets and Towed Vehicles

Request for the number of parking tickets and towed vehicles for a 1 year period from Oct 24 - Oct 25 for the following streets: Mayfield, Mayfield Place, Rossie Place, Alva Place, Lady Menzies Place, Regent Place, Waverley Place and Edina Place.

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Request no. 58058. Received: 15/10/2025, Resolved: 21/10/2025

CCTV - Car Accident - Duddingston Crescent

Request for CCTV footage of a car accident on the 14/10/2025 around 12.10. Location: The start of Duddingston Crescent after taking a left turn from Milton Link.

Resolution

Footage provided.

Request no. 58061. Received: 15/10/2025, Resolved: 25/11/2025 14:55:00

Smart City IoT Systems in Scotland

Request for any internet-connected or networked sensor/actuator deployed in public spaces or for city infrastructure, including but not limited to: CCTV (including ANPR) and traffic counters/signals. Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58062. Received: 15/10/2025, Resolved: 14/11/2025

Occupational Therapy

Request for the current number of cases awaiting an occupational therapy assessment. Please also provide equivalent figures for the same date (or closest available date recorded) for each year from 2019 to the present. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 58063. Received: 15/10/2025, Resolved: 21/10/2025

CCTV - Milton Road - 14/10/2025

Request for CCTV footage. Location: Milton Rd, EH15 3BA - Driving down the road, took a left turn from Milton Link onto Duddingston Crescent.

Resolution

CCTV footage provided.

Request no. 58065. Received: 15/10/2025, Resolved: 20/10/2025 10:55:00

Overspend on Road Signage - Whitehouse Loan

Overspend on Road Signage - Whitehouse Loan

Resolution

Cancelled. This is a request asking for an explanation.

Request no. 58067. Received: 15/10/2025, Resolved: 13/11/2025

Primary School - Dance Provision

Has your school provided instruction in dance, either as a standalone subject or integrated within the curriculum, during the academic year 2024–2025? Does your school intend to provide dance instruction. Plus further questions

Files

Request no. 58068. Received: 15/10/2025, Resolved: 11/11/2025

Secondary School - Dance Provision

Has your school provided instruction in dance, either as a standalone subject or integrated within the curriculum, during the academic year 2024–2025? Does your school intend to provide dance instruction. Plus further questions.

Resolution

Please refer to the attached spreadsheet.

Files

• Secondary Schools' Responses

Request no. 58069. Received: 16/10/2025, Resolved: 13/11/2025 14:53:00

Pest Control Contracts

Request for a list of all pest control contracts currently held by the Council, including: The names of contracted service providers; The scope of services covered (e.g. rodent control, insect treatment, bird-proofing). Plus further questions.

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Request no. 58070. Received: 16/10/2025

Pest-Related Enforcement Notices Issued to Businesses

Request for a list of businesses that have been issued with: Pest-related enforcement notices; Hygiene improvement notices; Temporary closure orders due to pest infestations. Plus further questions.

Request no. 58076. Received: 16/10/2025, Resolved: 13/11/2025 15:09:00

Spending on Removal of British Flags

How much the council has spent since 1 January 2020 on removing Union Jack / British flags from public property (for example lampposts, street furniture, or other council-owned items). Plus 3 further questions.

Files

Request no. 58077. Received: 16/10/2025, Resolved: 13/11/2025

Low Emission Zones

How much has the Council spent on advertising and road signage for the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) to date. Plus two further questions.

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Request no. 58081. Received: 16/10/2025, Resolved: 18/11/2025

Pothole Repairs

For the financial year 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025 and the financial year 1 April 2025 to the most current available data, please provide the number of pothole repairs your council carried out. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 58084. Received: 16/10/2025, Resolved: 13/11/2025 17:27:00

Homes in Lochend and Restalrig Area

A list of all 3-bedroom and 4-bedroom council or housing association properties currently available or recently let in the area. Plus further questions

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Request no. 58085. Received: 16/10/2025, Resolved: 13/11/2025 15:07:00

Tree Removal

Clarify if the council have ownership of the tree at the rear of 4 Echline Park, South Queensferry, EH30 9XQ. If so, I wish to then make a formal request that the tree is removed to prevent any damage or injury. Several branches have already fallen.

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Request no. 58086. Received: 16/10/2025, Resolved: 19/11/2025 10:45:00

Consortia Arrangements

How many schools in your council area utilised so-called “consortia arrangements (arrangements that enable pupils to travel to a different school for lessons that are not offered at their own school) in the academic years 2021/2022 to date.

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Request no. 58087. Received: 16/10/2025, Resolved: 13/11/2025 16:14:00

Deaf Pupils and Sign Language/Communication Support

Request for the total number of pupils identified as deaf in your schools, by academic year. Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58088. Received: 16/10/2025, Resolved: 13/11/2025 15:14:00

Empty Council Homes

An article published by Scottish Housing News states: 'North East Edinburgh has 638 empty council homes, twice the number of any other area in the city.' How many empty council homes are in the Edinburgh North and Leith Constituency currently?

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Request no. 58089. Received: 16/10/2025

Potholes and Pothole Compensation (2022–to date)

Please provide the total number of potholes reported to the council, broken down by calendar year for the last three full calendar years (2022, 2023 and 2024). Plus further questions.

Request no. 58091. Received: 16/10/2025, Resolved: 11/11/2025

Pension and Debt Interest

Please advise the total payments from your General Fund to your Pension Fund in the financial year 2024/25 and the burden of this cost measured as a proportion of the Council Tax revenue this consumed. Plus 3 further questions.

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Request no. 58092. Received: 16/10/2025, Resolved: 12/11/2025 12:15:00

Accessible Parking

Please provide the number of tickets given to cars parked illegally in blue badge parking spots across the borough in 2024.

Resolution

A total of 2,436 Penalty Charge Notices were issued to vehicles parked in a disabled persons parking place without displaying a valid blue badge in 2024.

Request no. 58093. Received: 16/10/2025, Resolved: 11/11/2025

Kaimes School - Investigation of Death

Request for information about the state of the investigation regarding the death of a pupil at Kaimes School in 2022.

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Request no. 58101. Received: 16/10/2025, Resolved: 12/11/2025 15:36:00

British Citizenship Ceremonies

Request for the number of British citizenship ceremonies and how many people have become British citizens in such ceremonies in Edinburgh across the last 10 years. Plus a further question.

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Request no. 58103. Received: 17/10/2025, Resolved: 14/11/2025

Council and Housing Association Housing

How many people are currently on the Key to Choice Edinburgh waiting list for council/housing association housing, and how many of those are immigrants/asylum seekers? Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58109. Received: 17/10/2025, Resolved: 14/11/2025 14:55:00

RingGo

Was the Council or RingGo responsible for the 30 minute increments. Request for the justification for doing so. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 58110. Received: 17/10/2025, Resolved: 14/11/2025 15:02:00

Staff Suspensions

Out of staff members who have been suspended in the last 3 years on full pay, what is the longest a member of staff has been suspended, the average length of suspension and the shortest suspension?

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Request no. 58112. Received: 17/10/2025, Resolved: 13/11/2025

Assisted Home to School Transport

Provide the cost of commissioning external engineering companies to carry out a school walking routes assessment. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 58113. Received: 17/10/2025, Resolved: 25/11/2025 14:41:00

Secondary Schools with Laser Cutters

Please provide a machine-readable list (CSV preferred) of maintained secondary schools within your local authority that have laser cutting or engraving systems in their Design & Technology (DT) departments. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 58115. Received: 01/10/2025, Resolved: 28/10/2025

Council Tax — Drummond Place & West Scotland Street Lane

Information requested regarding the council tax payable

Files

Request no. 58116. Received: 17/10/2025

Violence in Schools

Request for the number of physical violent incidents involving pupils for every academic year from 2019 to 2025. Plus further questions.

Request no. 58117. Received: 17/10/2025, Resolved: 13/11/2025 10:23:00

Refuse Worker Assaults

The number of assaults reported on refuse collectors working for or on behalf of the council (including fully employed staff and contractors) in the financial years 2022/23, 2023/24, and 2024/25. Plus three further questions.

Files

Request no. 58118. Received: 17/10/2025, Resolved: 14/11/2025

Charlotte Square Improvement

What are all the costs associated with the completion of Phases 1 and 2, and the current costs for Phase 3? Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58119. Received: 17/10/2025, Resolved: 13/11/2025

Canaan Lane Primary School

Request for the number and nature of complaints made about Canaan Lane Primary school?

Files

Request no. 58120. Received: 17/10/2025, Resolved: 25/11/2025 14:33:00

Supported Living - LD and ASD

Please supply the name, email address and telephone number of the commissioner with responsibility for placements in supported living. Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58122. Received: 18/10/2025, Resolved: 14/11/2025 17:17:00

Northfield House Hotel

Request for the purchase price of Northfield House Hotel site? What is the expected annual cost for this as a temporary housing facility? What is current annual cost of temporary housing and B&B costs in Edinburgh and the expected annual saving?

Files

Request no. 58123. Received: 18/10/2025

Graffiti Tagging

Please can you provide all locations where the graffiti tags: Pine, Turp and Block 7 have been cleaned up from. Plus a further question.

Resolution

Clarification requested

Request no. 58124. Received: 18/10/2025, Resolved: 13/11/2025

CCTV Footage Retention

Please confirm if the traffic light situated outside 1 Eden Terrace in Morningside records video footage. If so, please confirm how long the footage is retained.

Resolution

The traffic signals installed on Eden Terrace do not record video footage. The units mounted on top of the traffic signal poles at this location are vehicle detectors. These react to vehicle movement and do not utilise any form of video detection.

Request no. 58126. Received: 19/10/2025, Resolved: 24/11/2025

Roseburn Path

Information including reports, meeting minutes, emails, regarding plans for a safe emergency escape route from the proposed tram line on the Roseburn Path. Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58127. Received: 19/10/2025, Resolved: 13/11/2025

Tram Extension

What internal resources is the council currently allocating to the tram extension from Granton to Bioquarter project and the open consultation?

Files

Request no. 58128. Received: 19/10/2025, Resolved: 14/11/2025 15:14:00

North-South Tram Extension - Roseburn Path Route

How many bridges along the Roseburn path corridor are assumed will need to be modified? How many bridges along the Roseburn path corridor are assumed need to be demolished? Please name and identify them to the extent not covered in the materials.

Files

Request no. 58129. Received: 19/10/2025, Resolved: 14/11/2025 16:33:00

Planning Applications 24/04833/FUL and 24/06288/FUL

Provide all correspondence, or records of correspondence/interactions between the applicant/their agents and Edinburgh Council regarding the planning applications 24/04833/FUL and application 24/06288/FUL [re-development of New Field, Inverleith]

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Request no. 58131. Received: 20/10/2025

Southbridge Vaults

Do the people who use the vaults under South Bridge pay rent and is South Bridge owned in whole or in part by the City of Edinburgh?

Request no. 58133. Received: 20/10/2025, Resolved: 21/10/2025

Portobello Baths

What contractors/sub contractors have carried out works to Portobello swimming baths within the last 6 years. Plus further questions.

Resolution

Request should be directed to Edinburgh Leisure.

Request no. 58136. Received: 20/10/2025, Resolved: 14/11/2025

Firework Control Zones

Since the inception of the Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022 - how many applications have been received for a Firework Control Zones for: 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58137. Received: 20/10/2025

Formal Grievances

I would like to know how many formal grievances have been raised by Edinburgh council teachers. I would like to know the statistics regarding the number of failed, successful and appealed grievances.

Request no. 58139. Received: 20/10/2025, Resolved: 30/10/2025 11:38:00

CCTV - Leith Community Centre in New Kirkgate

Request for CCTV footage of a phone theft at the Leith Community Centre on 07/10/25.

Request no. 58141. Received: 20/10/2025, Resolved: 17/11/2025 12:51:00

Trusted Trader Scheme Applications

Request for a full list of companies that have applied to Edinburgh council to be part of the trusted trader scheme for the year 2025. What companies have applied for and not been successful through the application process during this period?

Files

Request no. 58142. Received: 20/10/2025

Primary School Pupils

The percentage figure your authority holds for the proportion of pupils identified as having Additional Support Needs (ASN). Plus seven further questions.

Request no. 58147. Received: 20/10/2025

Licence and Operating Plan for Tonic Bar

A copy of the current premises licence and operating plan for Tonic Bar, located at 34a North Castle Street, including any conditions attached to the licence and confirmation of its status, any recent variations or reviews, and the licences hours.

Request no. 58148. Received: 20/10/2025, Resolved: 14/11/2025

Traffic Regulation Order 25/17

TRO 25/17 invited comments in a three-week period ending on September 12th. How many comments were received? Plus two further questions.

Files

Request no. 58155. Received: 20/10/2025, Resolved: 14/11/2025 14:28:00

AI Data Centres

Request for correspondence between Edinburgh Council and UK Government's Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Science and Technology from 04/07/24 to 20/10/25 relating to AI data centres. Plus further questions.

Resolution

Unfortunately, we have carried out searches and we are unable to provide you with the information requested because it is not held by the Council.

Request no. 58156. Received: 16/10/2025, Resolved: 13/11/2025

Pest Control Visits and Actions

I am writing to formally request a complete record of all pest control visits and actions taken by Edinburgh City Council in relation to the on-going mouse infestation at my property. Plus further questions.

Resolution

Information provided under Data Protection Act 2018.

Request no. 58157. Received: 16/10/2025, Resolved: 11/11/2025

Poor Vehicle Parking Standards

Between January 2023 and August 2025, have their been any complaints or reports submitted to the council complaining about poor vehicle parking standards on and around the junction of Warrender Park Road and Marchmont Road? Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58163. Received: 21/10/2025, Resolved: 17/11/2025 17:16:00

Street Lights

Please provide documentation, budgets, and justification for this expenditure of funds to replace the street lights which describes the full extent of the plan, city-wide if applicable.

Files

Request no. 58165. Received: 21/10/2025, Resolved: 18/11/2025 17:23:00

Local Authority Workers Attacks

How many of the local authority's workers have been subject to attacks while at work in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date? Can this be broken down into instances of physical and verbal abuse and by the services the workers were employed by?

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Request no. 58167. Received: 21/10/2025, Resolved: 17/11/2025 17:25:00

GTCS Registration in ASN

How many (and in percentage of the total ) serving permanent members of the City of Edinburgh teaching staff engaged in special needs schools have GTCS registration in ASN as of the date of this email.

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Request no. 58171. Received: 21/10/2025

Annual Demolition Permits Issued

The number of demolition permits issued by your council for each of the past five calendar years, September 2021 and September 2025. Plus further questions.

Resolution

Clarification requested.

Request no. 58174. Received: 21/10/2025, Resolved: 17/11/2025

Burial Record Scans for Dalry Cemetery

Please provide the full digitised burial record scans for Dalry Cemetery.

Files

Request no. 58175. Received: 21/10/2025, Resolved: 17/11/2025

Non-Residential Council Buildings Over 70 Years Old

In relation to properties owned by the Council which are not Council houses; Offices, schools, leisure facilities, museums, libraries, etc., please provide the number of buildings within your council area which are more than 70 years old.

Resolution

The database which holds details of all Council-owned, non-residential buildings, does not record the age of the building.

Request no. 58179. Received: 22/10/2025, Resolved: 19/11/2025 11:05:00

Social Housing

How many occupied social housing properties does the Council have across the City of Edinburgh? Of those occupied properties, how many of the properties are occupied by foreign nationals?

Files

Request no. 58192. Received: 22/10/2025, Resolved: 18/11/2025

Housing Lets

Please provide data from the past 24 months for EdIndex housing lets in the Craigmillar, Niddrie, and wider North East Edinburgh areas, showing how many properties were let (by property size). Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58193. Received: 22/10/2025

Private-Rented Housing - Energy Standards

How many properties do you have in total registered as meeting House of Multiple Occupancy (HMO) compliance regulations? Plus 11 further questions.

Request no. 58195. Received: 20/10/2025, Resolved: 17/11/2025 15:09:00

Records for Deceased Client

Request for records for deceased client

Resolution

Information not provided

Request no. 58196. Received: 22/10/2025, Resolved: 19/11/2025 15:41:00

Council Occupational Physiotherapy Service

Does the Council currently deliver employee physiotherapy services (including Occupational Health Physiotherapy) in-house or through an externally commissioned provider? Plus further questions

Files

Request no. 58199. Received: 22/10/2025, Resolved: 18/11/2025 15:26:00

Craigmillar Court - Mould

Request for all dates that I requested the dampness and the mould at the bottom of Craigmillar Court be investigated by reporting it to repairs direct. Plus a further question.

Files

Request no. 58201. Received: 22/10/2025, Resolved: 18/11/2025 15:06:00

Public Toilets

Please provide: A list of public toilets operated by the council; The annual cost of running / maintaining each of these in the previous 2 financial years (23-24, 24-25); The total number of uses for each toilet over the same period (23-24, 24-25).

Files

Request no. 58203. Received: 23/10/2025, Resolved: 20/11/2025 14:48:00

Rosefield Park, Portobello

Request for the number of occasions in 2025 that an occupation agreement, licence application or other permission has been granted for events in Rosefield Park, Portobello including but not limited to exercise and boot camp training.

Resolution

None

Request no. 58207. Received: 23/10/2025, Resolved: 17/11/2025

Council Sponsored Visas

Since 4 July 2024, how many visas has your Council sponsored?

Resolution

òòò½ÊÓƵ has sponsored visas for 119 employees in this period.

Request no. 58209. Received: 23/10/2025, Resolved: 23/10/2025

Flag Costs

Please could you provide how much money was spent on the flags your organisation has purchased over the last five financial years? If possible, please break down stats per flag.

Files

Request no. 58211. Received: 23/10/2025

Festive Lights and Decorations Costs

The total cost incurred by the council for Christmas lights and decorations for the 2025 festive period, including installation, maintenance, and removal and a breakdown of costs by category (e.g. lights, ornaments, labour).

Request no. 58212. Received: 23/10/2025

Public Christmas Tree Costs

Please provide details of all costs associated with the public Christmas tree for 2025, including purchase or rental, installation, maintenance, and removal.

Request no. 58213. Received: 23/10/2025

Festive Season Expenditure

I request details of all expenditure by the council on official Christmas markets, concerts, and carol events during the 2025 festive season. Please include breakdowns for venue hire, staffing, entertainment, and logistics.

Resolution

Clarification requested

Request no. 58214. Received: 23/10/2025, Resolved: 17/11/2025

Christmas Bonuses and Gifts

Please provide information on any Christmas bonuses or festive gifts awarded to staff in 2024–2025, including total cost and number of recipients. Plus two further questions.

Files

Request no. 58216. Received: 23/10/2025, Resolved: 19/11/2025 12:14:00

Books in Schools - Complaints

Please provide details of any complaints made by members of the public about books held in school libraries within your council area. I would like this information for the period September 2022 to September 2025. Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58217. Received: 23/10/2025

Library or School Events - Complaints

The number of complaints received by the local authority since 1 January 2020 regarding: “Drag Queen Story Hour or similar events held in public libraries or schools. Plus a further question.

Files

Request no. 58222. Received: 23/10/2025

Pests at Edinburgh Schools

For each calendar year beginning with 2020 to current date, please provide the number of schools in Edinburgh where parents/ staff/ students made complaints of pests including rats, mice, and flies/bugs. Plus further questions.

Request no. 58223. Received: 24/10/2025, Resolved: 21/11/2025 09:26:00

Road and Pavement Repairs - Bath Street, Portobello

Request for council road department work records for details of all road and pavement repairs carried out by both the councils own workforce, and any contractors instructed by the council. Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58228. Received: 24/10/2025, Resolved: 18/11/2025 13:54:00

CCTV - South Side Library

Request for CCTV footage of a meeting in South Side Library.

Request no. 58231. Received: 21/10/2025, Resolved: 17/11/2025

ECO4 Energy Efficiency Grant Uptake and Savings

Request for the total number of households within your local authority that have received upgrades under the ECO4 scheme. Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58232. Received: 21/10/2025, Resolved: 17/11/2025 17:27:00

Anti-Social Offences

Request for the number of antisocial offences recorded by police in your local authority. Normally, this information is available in recorded crime stats, however, the most recent statistics are not available.

Resolution

Information not held.

Request no. 58233. Received: 21/10/2025, Resolved: 18/11/2025 13:35:00

Housing Waiting Lists

The number of people currently on a housing waiting list in your local authority who are also registered as disabled. Plus a further question.

Files

Request no. 58234. Received: 24/10/2025, Resolved: 18/11/2025

Lothian Pension Fund

For the period from 1 January 2020 onwards to date: Details of all secondary sales and purchases of any private funds interests, including but not limited to private equity, private equity, real estate or infrastructure. Plus further questions.

Resolution

Information withheld under Section 33(1)(b) – Commercial interests and the economy.

Request no. 58239. Received: 24/10/2025, Resolved: 21/11/2025 09:37:00

Cold Homes, Damp and Mould Complaints

Please provide the following, broken down by calendar year for the past 3 years (2022, 2023, and 2024 to date): The number of complaints or reports received by the council relating to “excess cold in residential properties. Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58244. Received: 24/10/2025, Resolved: 18/11/2025

Trade Repairs - West Pilton Grove

I require trade repairs from 01/06/2023 to 15/10/2025 for address: West Pilton Grove.

Resolution

Information provided under the Data Protection Act 2018.

Request no. 58250. Received: 24/10/2025, Resolved: 21/11/2025 12:21:00

Pupils at Risk - Policy and Procedure

Details of any CEC policy or procedure outlining actions to be followed by any CEC school senior leadership team in response to becoming aware of a pupil at risk of attempting to end their life. Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58251. Received: 24/10/2025, Resolved: 18/11/2025

Pothole Repairs

For the financial years 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25, and 2025/26 (to date), please provide: The total number of potholes reported to the council; The total number of potholes repaired by the council. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 58254. Received: 25/10/2025, Resolved: 20/11/2025 16:17:00

Category 1-4 Potholes in the Vicinity of Princes Street Bus Stop PU

Please provide information including but not limited to: Date of record of the pothole; Date of repair of the pothole; Risk category of pothole. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 58256. Received: 25/10/2025, Resolved: 21/11/2025 13:51:00

Short Term Lets - Licence Enforcements

For short term lets; the numbers of licence enforcements by month and short term let type (e.g. secondary, home share) for 2024/25.

Files

Request no. 58259. Received: 25/10/2025

Short Term Lets - Planning Refusals

For short term lets; the number of planning refusals by short term let type (e.g. secondary, home share) and month 2024/25.

Request no. 58261. Received: 25/10/2025, Resolved: 31/10/2025 14:43:00

Health Impact Scoping Report

Please provide any information you hold emails and communications that relate to commissioning the health impact scoping report from NHS Lothian that is on your consultation website.

Request no. 58263. Received: 25/10/2025, Resolved: 21/11/2025 10:03:00

Geotechnical and Environmental Assessments

In response to FOI number 57120 the council has responded 'current geotechnical and environmental assessments, the slopes are deemed to be inherently stable...' I would like to receive these assessments.

Resolution

The geotechnical assessment is available online

Files

• Geotechnical assessment

Request no. 58264. Received: 25/10/2025, Resolved: 18/11/2025

Traffic Monitoring Data - Murrayfield Area

Can you please supply all traffic monitoring data results from 30.4.25 to 25.10.25 for the following streets in the Murrayfield area: Murrayfield Road, Campbell Avenue.

Resolution

Please refer to the attached results of traffic surveys carried out between 30/04/2025 and 25/10/2025 on Murrayfield Road and Campbell Avenue.

Files

Request no. 58265. Received: 25/10/2025, Resolved: 27/10/2025

Long-Term Empty Domestic Properties

Please provide the most recent list of domestic residential properties within City of Edinburgh that are recorded as long-term vacant (unoccupied for 6 months or more).

Resolution

The information we are able to share is published on our Disclosure Log. Please enter '57212' in the Search field.

Notes

• 27/10/2025Disclosure Log - https://edinburgh.axlr8.uk/disclose/

Request no. 58266. Received: 26/10/2025

Fostering

How many foster carers/families do you currently need in your Local Authority area? Plus further questions.

Resolution

Clarification requested

Request no. 58269. Received: 27/10/2025

Role and Correspondence of Named Individual

Is [named individual] currently employed by, contracted to, or otherwise affiliated with the City of Edinburgh Council? If so, please provide their job title, department, and a brief description of their responsibilities. Plus further questions.

Request no. 58270. Received: 27/10/2025

Allegations Against A Named Individual

Could you please give information of the manager who brought the council into disrepute? There was front page news about attacking and injuring. I would like to know if the same treatment is given to all staff.

Request no. 58271. Received: 27/10/2025

Empty Domestic Properties

Request for a list of domestic properties within the Edinburgh area that have been recorded by the council as empty for a continuous period of 6 months or more, for the period 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024. Plus further questions.

Resolution

Clarification requested

Request no. 58272. Received: 27/10/2025, Resolved: 21/11/2025

Unsuitable Accommodation Legislation

Please can you tell me how many non-British citizens/migrants the council has housed under the Unsuitable Accommodation legislation in the last three financial years? Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58273. Received: 27/10/2025, Resolved: 21/11/2025

Service Usage and Support

Request for information on: The weekly direct costs for care packages (and the different types of care packages); Current volumes of care packages provided. Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58276. Received: 27/10/2025, Resolved: 24/11/2025 15:41:00

Escape of Water at 7/2 Drumdryan Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9JZ

Request for Escape of Water Incident Reports including any and all internal and/or external reports, correspondence, memos, or logs relating to the escape of water incident. Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58278. Received: 27/10/2025, Resolved: 24/11/2025 15:29:00

RingGo app - Location 12335

Questions relating to 12335: Why was the RingGo app incorrect?; How long has the RingGo app been incorrect?; How long has the council been aware of the RingGo app being incorrect? Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58280. Received: 27/10/2025, Resolved: 25/11/2025 11:00:00

Climate Adaptation

Does the council have a climate adaptation strategy? If yes, is this rolled into the mitigation/Net Zero strategy or is it set out in the form of a separate/stand-alone document? Plus further questions,

Files

Request no. 58281. Received: 27/10/2025, Resolved: 24/11/2025

Cammo Walk - Safe Walking Route

Can you please advise when a safe walking route will be available for public use that goes over the Bughtlin Burn connecting David Wilson homes site to Cammo Walk? Please provide the commencement date of works and proposed completion date.

Files

Request no. 58282. Received: 27/10/2025, Resolved: 21/11/2025 14:52:00

Library Services

How many hours in total were your council run public libraries open to the general public (not just people with library cards) in: a) 2010 b) 2015 c) 2020 d) 2024. Plus further questions.

Request no. 58283. Received: 28/10/2025

Violence in Schools

Please provide me with the number of violent incident reports recorded at a) primary schools and b) secondary schools in i) 2024/25 and, ii) 2025/26 to date.

Request no. 58284. Received: 28/10/2025, Resolved: 21/11/2025

Air Pollution in Edinburgh

I'd like all information relating to Edinburgh's air quality since 2010 including what measures have been taken and when to reduce air pollution in Edinburgh.

Files

Request no. 58285. Received: 28/10/2025, Resolved: 30/10/2025 10:09:00

Moves, Formal Processes & Pupil Welfare Follow-Up (2020-2025)

For each academic year, the number of headteachers who were moved (permanent transfer to another Council primary school without external competition, time-limited secondment, or redeployment to a non-school Council role) . Plus further questions.

Request no. 58286. Received: 27/10/2025, Resolved: 24/11/2025 15:34:00

Average Spend Per Head

It was quoted that in Edinburgh, the average spend per head of population was £2,518. Request to have this broken down by Edinburgh Postcode for the last 10 available years up to and including the 2024-2025 results.

Files

Request no. 58289. Received: 27/10/2025, Resolved: 24/11/2025 15:32:00

Fly tipping

Please provide the following information for the 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26 to date financial years: The number of flytipping incidents reported; The number of fixed penalty notices issued for flytipping. Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58290. Received: 27/10/2025, Resolved: 24/11/2025 15:37:00

Cladding / EWS1 Buildings in Edinburgh

Provide a list of all residential or mixed-use buildings within your local authority area that have applied for or received funding under the Building Safety Fund or Cladding Safety Scheme. Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58291. Received: 27/10/2025, Resolved: 24/11/2025 09:53:00

Disposable Vape Fines

The number of fines given to traders for the illegal sale of disposable vapes since 1st June 2025.

Resolution

One

Request no. 58292. Received: 27/10/2025, Resolved: 21/11/2025

Bus Driving By-Laws

Regarding a bus company route that goes from Falkirk - Edinburgh (this is a distance under 50km), is there an Edinburgh by-law that prevents the company from driving this route?

Resolution

All local bus services need to register via The Traffic Commissioner regardless of distance. The 50km distance is perhaps referring to consideration of appropriate driver hours.

There is no City of Edinburgh Council by-law covering any of this.

Request no. 58294. Received: 28/10/2025, Resolved: 21/11/2025

Deliberate Deprivation of Assets

Request for the total number of instances where your council has deemed that someone has carried out a ‘deliberate deprivation of assets’? Please break these down by year 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25, and 2025/26 so far? Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58295. Received: 28/10/2025, Resolved: 25/11/2025 12:26:00

Apatura Energy’s Environmental Impact Assessment

Provide a copy of all documents submitted to Edinburgh Council by Apatura Energy related to Apatura Energy’s Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Screening request for proposed AI Data Centre at Western Hermiston? Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58297. Received: 28/10/2025, Resolved: 24/11/2025 14:11:00

Number of Urgent Heating Repairs to Council Homes

1. The total number of urgent or emergency heating repairs completed each year. 2. The average completion time for such repairs in each year. Plus other questions

Resolution

The information is not recorded in a format that will enable us to answer these questions accurately.

Request no. 58300. Received: 28/10/2025, Resolved: 28/10/2025 15:05:00

Complaints Against a Named Individual

Please can you provide me with a copy of any complaints and responses raised and lodged against [named individual] since May 2025- present. Plus other questions.

Resolution

No disclosure - third party personal data

Request no. 58303. Received: 28/10/2025, Resolved: 25/11/2025 11:54:00

Current list of assigned council tax band of every property in the Edinburgh City Council area

all domestic properties within the CEC area, including (at minimum) the full address, the assigned Council Tax band, the Council's property reference, and the Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) for each property on the list.

Files

Request no. 58309. Received: 28/10/2025

Foliage Issue - Calder Road, Currie

Please provide all correspondence held regarding the foliage/bush issue (ref: 101001130633, reported: 03/09/2024). I am interested in understanding what progress has been made in addressing the reported issue on Calder Road, Currie.

Request no. 58311. Received: 28/10/2025, Resolved: 21/11/2025

Conservation and Design Team

Does your Council have a Conservation and Design team of any description, that is consulted on Planning Applications involving constraints such as listed buildings and conservation areas, and what this team is called. Plus a further question.

Files

Request no. 58313. Received: 28/10/2025, Resolved: 25/11/2025

Violence from Pupils Towards Teaching Staff

How many incident reports involving violence from pupils towards teaching staff in Primary and Secondary Schools have been reported to the council for the school year 2023 to date?

Files

Request no. 58314. Received: 28/10/2025, Resolved: 21/11/2025

Redhall Special School

The total number of placing requests / school applications received for Redhall Special School (all year groups) for the 2025/2026 session. Plus other questions.

Files

Request no. 58316. Received: 28/10/2025

Additional Support Needs (ASN) Classrooms and Facilities

Six questions including the total number of schools in your area that currently have dedicated ASN facilities Please provide the information for the last three academic years (2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25 to date).

Request no. 58319. Received: 28/10/2025, Resolved: 25/11/2025 16:54:00

Temporary Accommodation

Do you currently use any hotels (either directly or through third-party providers) for temporary accommodation purposes, such as housing homeless households or individuals? Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58320. Received: 28/10/2025, Resolved: 25/11/2025 15:22:00

Library Visitors

Request for: The annual number of physical visitors to public libraries for the calendar years 2016 - 2024; Annual number of digital visitors to public libraries for the calendar years 2016 - 2024. Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58322. Received: 28/10/2025, Resolved: 25/11/2025 12:00:00

Library Audits and Evaluations

1. Have any external evaluations or audits been conducted on public library services between 1 January 2016 - 31 December 2024? 2. If yes, please provide copies of full reports, audits, and summaries in your response. Plus other questions

Files

Request no. 58323. Received: 28/10/2025, Resolved: 25/11/2025 16:16:00

Annual Library Statistics

Does the library service complete annual library statistics to be sent to CIPFA? If yes, please include a copy of CIPFA library statistics for the years 2016 - 2024. Please provide the information in the same format as was sent to CIPFA.

Files

Request no. 58324. Received: 28/10/2025, Resolved: 21/11/2025

Public Library Performance

What formal assessment frameworks or evaluation tools are used to measure public library performance? Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58326. Received: 28/10/2025, Resolved: 24/11/2025 14:06:00

CCTV - Chambers Street

Between the hours of 1pm Friday 12th Sep and 1pm Saturday 13th of Sep. Car was parked perpendicular to Richer Sounds facing the museum. Request for number plate.

Resolution

This information is not held. Public Space CCTV Section retains recorded data for a period of 31 days after which it is irrevocably deleted from the system.

Request no. 58327. Received: 28/10/2025, Resolved: 24/11/2025

Public Library Services - Community Consultations

Between 1 January 2016 - 31 December 2024, have any community consultations about public library services taken place? Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58328. Received: 28/10/2025, Resolved: 24/11/2025

Public Library Services - Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Goals

Between 1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2024, were there any documents or assessment tools outlining the criteria and evaluation of public library services in relation to equality, diversity, and inclusion goals? Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58329. Received: 28/10/2025, Resolved: 24/11/2025

Public Library Services - Data Collection and Use

Between 1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2024, were there policies or other documentation which detail what data are collected and how those data are used in decision-making related to public library services? Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58330. Received: 29/10/2025, Resolved: 25/11/2025 10:39:00

Rebuying of Right to Buy Homes

The number of homes which were sold under RtB rules between the beginning of the scheme in 1980 and March 31 2025 which have since been rebought by the council. Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58331. Received: 29/10/2025

Pothole Reports, Repairs, and Claims Data

Please can you provide data for the most recent months this year available, and the figures for the previous year: The total number of potholes reported to the council; The total number of potholes repaired. Plus further questions.

Request no. 58332. Received: 29/10/2025

Responses to Constituent's Emails

Request for details of advice, guidance, or instructions provided to City of Edinburgh Council officers or elected members for the South Queensferry ward regarding their ability or inability to respond to constituents emails. Plus further questions.

Request no. 58334. Received: 29/10/2025

Houses in Multiple Occupation

Request for a complete and up-to-date register of all currently licensed Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in the City of Edinburgh Council area. Plus 2 further questions.

Request no. 58335. Received: 29/10/2025, Resolved: 25/11/2025

Silverknowes Road - Cycling Initiatives

Are there plans to roll out a similar initiative elsewhere in Edinburgh and if not, why then was it deemed an essential initiative to have it in Silverknowes? Plus further questions.

Files

Request no. 58336. Received: 29/10/2025, Resolved: 18/11/2025

Children's Crisis Agency Support Staff

For the 6-month period ending 30th Sep 25, provide: Total unregulated agency spend for children's crisis support staff; Total amount of children's crisis support staffing requests submitted to unregulated agency providers. Plus further questions.

Resolution

òòò½ÊÓƵ does not and has not used any unregulated agency providers to support children and their families.

Request no. 58337. Received: 29/10/2025, Resolved: 04/11/2025

HMO Businesses in Minto Street

Which properties are used for HMO, and how many are licensed and how many are still not fully compliant; How many people can be accommodated by the licences? Plus a further question.

Resolution

Cancelled by requester.

Request no. 58340. Received: 29/10/2025

Bus Lane - Shore

To request the exact dates the bus lane on the Shore and the sign on Bernard Street were put into place. How many fines have been issued and how much money has been made since?

Request no. 58347. Received: 29/10/2025, Resolved: 03/11/2025 14:47:00

Complaints and Disciplinary Investigations Against Social Worker

Request for the number and nature of any complaints, disciplinary investigations, or findings upheld or partially upheld concerning a named social worker, from April 2025 to the present date. Plus further questions.

Resolution

No disclosure - third party personal data

Request no. 58349. Received: 29/10/2025, Resolved: 25/11/2025 11:24:00

Public Toilets in Local Area

Please provide me with the number of public toilets in your local area in a) 2024 and b) 2025 (to date)

Resolution

2024 - 18
2025 - 20

Public toilets located in our buildings, such as offices, museums, libraries, etc. are not included.

Request no. 58350. Received: 29/10/2025

All registered landlords with more than 100 properties

A list of all registered landlords in Edinburgh who own or manage more than 100 residential properties within the council area.

Request no. 58352. Received: 29/10/2025

Contaminated Land Enquiry: 8 Burdiehouse Square, Burdiehouse, Gilmerton/Inch, City of Edinburgh, EH17 8BN

Is the Council aware of any contamination issues or specific incidents in connection with the site? Is there any petroleum tanks buried nearby and other questions.

Request no. 58355. Received: 29/10/2025, Resolved: 24/11/2025

Dog Control Notices (DCNs)

The job titles of the authorised officers covering the local authority area who are responsible for issuing and enforcing Dog Control Notices (DCNs). a. Please specify the number of authorised officers alongside the job title. Plus other questions.

Files

Request no. 58356. Received: 29/10/2025, Resolved: 18/11/2025

Alternative Investment Data (Q1 2025 and Q2)

1. Fund name (e.g. private equity, real estate, hedge fund, infrastructure, and timber funds) 2. General partner name 3. Fund size 4. Vintage year 5. Amount committed Plus other questions.

Resolution

Information provided.

Request no. 58357. Received: 29/10/2025, Resolved: 25/11/2025 16:07:00

Christmas Market

What has been the price of a) stall fees b) a market operator licence for vendors at the Edinburgh Christmas Market in Princes Street Gardens each year since 1999? Plus other questions.

Files

Request no. 58358. Received: 29/10/2025

Pedestrian Crossing Waiting Times

What is the maximum pedestrian waiting-time at crossings in your Council area?

Request no. 58359. Received: 29/10/2025

CC Election numbers

During CC elections, does Edinburgh Council record the number of applications from members of the public to become a community councillors, if an election was triggered and if so how many were duly elected? Plus other questions

Request no. 58360. Received: 29/10/2025

Lauriston Castle Trust Trust Fund Request for Accounting

A full accounting of the trust’s Trust Fund and financial history from 1930 to the current date. Details of any asset sales, fees, or expenses and other questions

Request no. 58370. Received: 30/10/2025

Air Quality Complaints

Since January 2022, how many complaints have been received by the council in relation to air quality or pollution? Could this be broken down by month, and go up to the date of August 2025.

Request no. 58371. Received: 30/10/2025, Resolved: 18/11/2025

School Placement Enquiries

The number of P1 and S1 school placement enquiries for the time period 01/08/2024 to 31/07/2025.

Resolution

01/08/2024 to 31/07/2025 - 5,081.

Request no. 58372. Received: 30/10/2025, Resolved: 20/11/2025

Pavement Parking

Since its introduction in January 2024, how many fines have been issued in relation to pavement parking in Edinburgh. In addition, how much money has been received through fines in this period?

Resolution

Please refer to the attached spreadsheet.

Files

Request no. 58373. Received: 30/10/2025, Resolved: 26/11/2025

Charges to Retailers for Abandoned Shopping Trolleys (CNEA 2005)

The total quantity by retailer and value of charges or fines levied by your council on retailers for the removal, storage, and disposal of abandoned shopping trolleys. Plus other questions.

Resolution

Unfortunately, we are unable to provide you with the information requested because it is not held by the Council.

Files

Request no. 58374. Received: 30/10/2025

People referred to citizens advice

Please could you confirm how many people in your local authority area have been referred by the council to citizens advice for reasons relating to energy bills in A)23-24 B)24-25 C)25-26 to date

Request no. 58375. Received: 30/10/2025

Council Re-imbursing costs during lease negotiations

A list of any instances where the council has reimbursed the costs (i.e. legal costs, contractor costs) incurred by a business/individual during a lease negotiation. Would it be possible to get how much was reimbursed? Plus other questions

Request no. 58376. Received: 30/10/2025

Catchment area upgrades

Please can you provide a map of the homes in Magdalene that are due for window upgrades and are currently undergoing local authority involved upgrades including renewal of windows and outside wall insulation. Plus other questions.

Request no. 58379. Received: 30/10/2025, Resolved: 20/11/2025

Bobby’s Kebab House, 21 Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh

Records of any complaints made about the pipe and surrounding area, and the outcomes of those complaints. Records of any other accidents which have occurred at the locus. Any information held relating to the ownership.

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Request no. 58382. Received: 30/10/2025

A71 at Dalmahoy Road - Pothole

From 27/06/24 to 27/06/25, please supply: A copy of the complaints/report’s records for the section of road mentioned above; The inspection records for the section of road mentioned above. Plus 2 further questions.

Request no. 58385. Received: 30/10/2025, Resolved: 20/11/2025

Planning Enforcement Orders

Request for the total number of planning enforcement orders made by the council’s planning/ enforcement Teams for the year 01/04/24 to 31/03/25. Please provide the nature of these enforcement orders and their outcomes.

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Request no. 58386. Received: 30/10/2025, Resolved: 20/11/2025

Fines Issued for Breaches of Single-Use Vape Ban

For the period from 01 July 2025 to the present day, provide the number of £200 fines issued by your local authority to individuals or businesses for breaches of the ban on single-use vapes. Plus a further question.

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Request no. 58389. Received: 30/10/2025

Desk Study for a Site at 229 Willowbrae Road

Are any sites within a 250m radius registered as Contaminated Land under Part IIA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990? Plus further questions.

Request no. 58390. Received: 31/10/2025

Use of Hotels for Individuals Facing Homelessness

The amount of money the council has spent on the use of hotels to house individuals or households assessed as homeless, threatened with homelessness or in need of temporary accommodation broken down annually since 2023. Plus two further questions.

Request no. 58391. Received: 31/10/2025

Wooden Footbridge Inspection - Water of Leith

State the dates on which inspections were carried out of the wooden footbridge which passes over the Water of Leith between St. Mark's Path and St Mark's Park in Edinburgh since 1st January of 2020. Plus two further questions.

Request no. 58392. Received: 31/10/2025, Resolved: 24/11/2025

Pavement Maintenance - 1 Lochside Court

Confirm who owns and is responsible for the maintenance of pavements in and around 1 Lochside Court, Edinburgh Park, EH12 9DT?

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Request no. 58393. Received: 31/10/2025

BAME Teachers in Senior Leadership Posts

For the past 10 years, how many BAME - more specifically Muslim - teachers does the council have in senior leadership posts (Principal Teacher, Depute Head and Head positions) in primary schools.

Request no. 58398. Received: 31/10/2025

Correspondence between the CEC and the Scottish Government - New Secondary School at West Edinburgh

Provide all correspondence between the CEC and the Scottish Government regarding requests by CEC to Scot Gov for Scot Gov to provide funding for the proposed new secondary school at West Edinburgh on the “West Town site. Plus a further question.

Request no. 58400. Received: 31/10/2025

Tree Preservation Order - Broughton Street

The amenity assessment criteria, scoring, or matrix used to determine that the tree met the required threshold for a TPO; All officer notes, records, consultation responses or internal correspondence relevant to the decision. Plus further questions.

Request no. 58401. Received: 31/10/2025, Resolved: 24/11/2025

Software Systems

For each of the following functions: Planning, Building Control, Land Charges, Environmental Health and Licensing, provide the name of the software/product used. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 58402. Received: 31/10/2025

Student Council Tax Discount

How many households (and individuals) are receiving a full discount on their Council Tax through all occupants being full-time students. Provide the percentage of households across your authority that are receiving this. Plus a further question.

Request no. 58405. Received: 31/10/2025

Advertising Consultations

Why are there no billboards around Edinburgh advertising the Consultation: Trams from Granton to the Bioquarter and beyond? Which council department is responsible for advertising Consultations?

Request no. 58407. Received: 31/10/2025

Pupil Transfer Requests

How many pupil transfer requests have there been from each of the primary schools within the Boroughmuir catchment area (including Canaan Lane) for each of the last four school years (including the current year). Plus further questions.

Request no. 58408. Received: 31/10/2025

Children in Temporary Accommodation

For every calendar year since 2020, please can you provide me with the number of children who have spent longer than one year in temporary accommodation in your local authority.

Request no. 58409. Received: 31/10/2025, Resolved: 25/11/2025

Black Mould in Housing Stock

The number of incidences of black mould which were identified in your housing stock in 2025 to date; Figures for the previous six full calendar years.

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Request no. 58410. Received: 31/10/2025

Sewage Leaks in Schools

Please confirm whether any schools in your area have reported leaks which have resulted in sewage coming into the school buildings (through ceilings, walls etc.) Plus further questions.

Request no. 58411. Received: 31/10/2025

CCTV - Calder Junction

Request for CCTV footage - Calder Junction - 24/10/2025 - Around 16:45.

Request no. 58412. Received: 31/10/2025, Resolved: 25/11/2025

Crisis Grant Distribution

How many crisis grants to those in need has your council distributed in the following months: December 2014 and January, 2015 December 2022 and January 2023, December 2023 and January 2024, December 2024 and January 2025?

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Request no. 58414. Received: 30/10/2025, Resolved: 20/11/2025

Missing Manhole Cover

Request for documentation for a period of 12 months prior to and including 25 May 2025: Records and images relating to how the council responded to the customer complaint of 6th March 2025 in relation to the above accident. Plus further questions.

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Request no. 58416. Received: 31/10/2025

Lauriston Castle Electronic Front Gate

Please provide the date, description and amount of work carried out on the electronic front gate of Lauriston Castle from 20 November 2021 to the present day.

Request no. 58424. Received: 31/10/2025, Resolved: 25/11/2025

Waste Management Performance

Please provide the most recent waste and recycling performance data (e.g., recycling rate, landfill diversion, and residual waste per household or capita). Plus further questions.

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