FOI request details

Request

Subject: Dog Wardens

Reference: LBR-FOI-00826

Do you provide dog warden services?

Do you have an in-house team that provides dog warden services?

Do you contract dog warden services to an external provider?

If you use an external provider:

• What is the name of the provider?

• What is the start date of the contract?

• What is the end date of the contract?

• What is the value of the contract?

  If you use multiple external providers, please provide this information for each of them.

  Do you collaborate with other Local Authorities on dog warden services? If yes, please name them.

  Do you house dogs seized by your dog warden (or the contractor(s) providing your dog warden service) at your own kennel facilities?

  Do you house dogs seized by your dog warden (or the contractor(s) providing your dog warden service) in external kennel facilities?

  If you use external facilities:

• What is the name of the provider?

• What is the start date of the agreement you have with them?

• What is the end date of the agreement you have with them?

• Is there a set value of the agreement you have with them? If yes, please provide it. If no, please provide details of the payment schedule.

• Please provide the Local Authority license number for their kennelling/dog boarding services.

• Is the provider a rescue and rehoming centre? If yes, please provide its charity number if available.

  If you use multiple external providers, please provide this information for each of them.

  Do you rehome dogs seized by your dog warden (or the contractor(s) providing your dog warden service) after their 7 statutory days?

  Do you rehome dogs to members of the public yourselves?

  Do you rehome dogs via a rescue organisation/ charity?

  If so, please give details of which ones.

  Do you rehome dogs in any other way?

  If so, please provide details.

Response

Full Disclosure - 1 March 2023

Do you provide dog warden services?

Yes.

Do you have an in-house team that provides dog warden services?

Yes.

Do you contract dog warden services to an external provider? N/A.

If you use an external provider:

• What is the name of the provider?

• What is the start date of the contract?

• What is the end date of the contract?

• What is the value of the contract?

  If you use multiple external providers, please provide this information for each of them. N/A.

  Do you collaborate with other Local Authorities on dog warden services? If yes, please name them.

  Richmond and Wandsworth Councils have a Shared Staffing Arrangement (SSA) which includes the dog warden service (under the title of Animal Welfare Service).

  Do you house dogs seized by your dog warden (or the contractor(s) providing your dog warden service) at your own kennel facilities? No.

  Do you house dogs seized by your dog warden (or the contractor(s) providing your dog warden service) in external kennel facilities?

  If you use external facilities: Yes.

• What is the name of the provider? Battersea Dogs Home.

• What is the start date of the agreement you have with them? August 1987.

• What is the end date of the agreement you have with them? Open ended.

• Is there a set value of the agreement you have with them? If yes, please provide it. If no, please provide details of the payment schedule. There is no value or payment schedule.

• Please provide the Local Authority license number for their kennelling/dog boarding services. This is covered by their registered charity status.

• Is the provider a rescue and rehoming centre? If yes, please provide its charity number if available. Yes.

  If you use multiple external providers, please provide this information for each of them.

  Do you rehome dogs seized by your dog warden (or the contractor(s) providing your dog warden service) after their 7 statutory days? No.

  Do you rehome dogs to members of the public yourselves? No.

  Do you rehome dogs via a rescue organisation/ charity? Yes.

  If so, please give details of which ones. Battersea Dogs Home.

  Do you rehome dogs in any other way? Very occasionally. Through breed rescues.

Please note that our responses were accurate to the best of our knowledge at the time of release, and have not subsequently been updated. This information should be considered an historical record only.