Pesticides - Find a freedom of information request

Please see attached the paper forms.

1. Is your local authority part of an assurance scheme such as Amenity Assured? If so, please specify.

2. Total number of staff.

3. Total number of staff applying pesticides.

4. Total number of staff with spraying certificates (PA2, PA3, PA4, PA6 etc.).

5. Total number of Knapsack Sprayers.

6. Total number of Hand Held Lances.

7. Total number of boom sprayers; boom size in metres; are the boom sprayers NSTS tested

8. Total number of CDA sprayers

9. Total number and type of other sprayers. Please indicate whether any of these are NSTS tested

10.Total quantity (Litres or Kilogramme) of each product used between January and December of 2020 For each product -

11.Please specify, where possible, the surface type (see list below).

12.The product name.

13.The method of application (see list below).

14.The reason for use of each product.

The surface types include:

• DL Derelict land/brown field site
• DG Domestic Gardens
• GO Golf Course/Bowling greens
• HS Hard Surface
• RI Riparian
• SS Soft surface - e.g. motorway central reservation; roadside verges; embankments ST Sports Turf - e.g. football; rugby; tennis

The methods of application include:

• BC Biological control
• CD Controlled droplet applicator
• HD Hydraulic boom sprayer
• IN Stem injection (including herbicide plugs)
• KN Knapsack
• LA Spray lance
• RD Radiarc Sprayer

1. No.

2. None.

3. None.

4. Not Applicable.

5. None.

6. None.

7. None.

8. None.

9. None.

10.Lincolnshire County Council does not hold records of this.

11.Hard surface.

12.Lincolnshire County Council does not hold this information.

13.CD.

14.Highway maintenance.

Please see the following statements from Highways and Corporate Property services regarding the above response:

Highways:

Lincolnshire County Council highways employees do not carry out weed treatment. Our weed treatment is carried out through our highways term contract. The areas treated are all hard surfaces within the highway such as footways, cycle tracks, kerb channels and areas of block paved carriageways. Our specification states that our Contractor must use herbicides that comply with all current legislation and that it must be applied by a controlled droplet application with the equipment used ensuring drift does not occur during the process.

Corporate Property:

Lincolnshire County Council employees do not carry out weed treatment. Our weed treatment is carried out through our Property Services and highways term contracts. The areas treated are all hard surfaces within the highway such as footways, cycle tracks, kerb channels and areas of block paved carriageways, and also hard surface areas within LCC property site boundaries. LCC schools may have their own contracts in place. Our specification states that our Contractor must use herbicides that comply with all current legislation and that it must be applied by a controlled droplet application with the equipment used ensuring drift does not occur during the process