I would be grateful if you could provide me with answers to the questions outlined below.
1. How many miles of public rights of way are there in your local authority area?
3,108 miles
2. What is your budget, excluding staff costs, for carrying out your statutory duties in relation to public rights of way maintenance (surfacing, bridges, structures, signposting and waymarking, keeping paths free from obstruction etc.)? Please provide separate figures for each of the following financial years:
Actual
2014/15 – £610,507
2015/16 – £612,004
2016/17 – £645,715
2017/18 – £742,000
Budget
2018/19 – £608K
3. What is your expenditure on staff costs for carrying out statutory duties in relation to public rights of way maintenance (surfacing, bridges, structures, signposting and waymarking, keeping paths free from obstruction etc.)? Please provide separate figures for each of the following financial years:
Actual
2014/15 – £378,439
2015/16 – £373,021
2016/17 – £385,409
2017/18 – £403,867
Budget
2018/19 – £408,146
4. How many staff, expressed as full time equivalents, does your authority currently employ to carry out its statutory duties in relation to public rights of way maintenance (surfacing, bridges, structures, signposting and waymarking, keeping paths free from obstruction etc.)?
10.8
How has this number changed since 2014/15?
No change
5. Do you make use of volunteers for maintaining public rights of way?
Yes- P3 scheme / Trail Riders Fellowship
If yes…
Broadly, what activities do these volunteers undertake?
Maintenance, strimming, liaising with landowners and contractors, fund raising, celebrating, promoting network
Are these activities organised directly by the local authority?
Facilitate, train, encourage, engage – parishes/ volunteers organise works with guidance not direction
Are these activities organised by other organisations? If so, which?
Strimmer Training
Notter Bridge training centre
Are you able to quantify the number of volunteer hours contributed per month? If so, please specify.
No
Has your ability / capacity to utilise volunteers decreased since 2014/15, if so how?
No
6. Are the following publicly available on your website:
The Definitive Map, or working copy?
Yes – Definitive Map
Interactive rights of way map?
Yes – Interactive Rights of Way Map
Definitive Map Modification Order application register?
Yes – Definitive Map Modification Order
7. How many undetermined / pending Definitive Map Modification Order applications are there on your register?
180