1. Has the council stopped accepting cash payments in any of the following areas of council business?
a. Housing
b. Welfare
c. Tax payments
In respect of a-c, we do not hold this information as this is the responsibility of district and unitary authorities. We therefore recommend that you contact them for this information. Their contact details are available here
d. Childcare
No
e. Adult education & skills training
No
f. Educational support (such as learning support or council-provided tuition)
No
g. Leisure/sport
Please see our response above in respect of question a-c
h. Parking
No
i. Health, social care, dentistry or mental health services (please specify)
Any charges made for social would not be made in cash
j. Payments to schools (including school meals)
No
k. The council is completely ‘cashless’ (cash is not used for any payments across council business)
No
2. If you answered yes to any question from 1(a) through 1(j), does the council have records of the number of payments made by cash prior to the cessation of accepting cash? If so, please provide these. If possible, please provide these figures for the three years prior to the cessation, in yearly intervals.
3. If you answered yes to question 1(g), does the council have records of the number of people who have been refused access to leisure or sport facilities due to being unable to make non-cash payments? If so, please provide these figures for each year since the council stopped accepting cash.
4. If you answered yes to question 1(j) (that the council no longer accepts cash for school meals), does the council have records of the number of students buying school meals in 12 months before and after the switch to cashless was made? If so, please provide these, broken down by month.
5. If you answered ‘no’ to question 1(g), does your council have any plans to move toward exclusively taking non-cash payments for council services?
Following our responses to question 1 we do not hold this information
6. Please provide a breakdown of the payment methods used for the services listed in question 1.
• Cash
• Card (Debit/Credit)
• Online payment
• Phone Payment
• Bank Transfer