FOI 25-434 Pest Control Usage
Freedom of Information Request
- Reference
- FOI 25-434 Pest Control Usage
- Request Date
- 02 Oct 2025
- Response Date
- 09 Oct 2025
- Information Requested
Please provide the following information for the period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2025, broken down by financial year:
1) Total expenditure by the Trust/organisation on pest control services, including both in-house provision and external/contracted services.
2) If any services are contracted out, please provide the supplier name(s) and the contract value(s).
3) The number of call-outs/treatments by species category (e.g. rats, mice, pigeons, gulls, foxes, grey squirrels, wasps, bedbugs, cockroaches—please use your own categories if recorded differently).
4) For any lethal control commissioned or carried out by the Trust/organisation, the number of animals killed by species and, where recorded, the method used (e.g. trapping, poisoning, shooting).
5) A copy of any policy, guidance, or standard operating procedure relating to the Trust/organisation's pest control service or contractors.- Response
1) Total expenditure by the Trust/organisation on pest control services, including both in-house provision and external/contracted services.
Please see below the total expenditure for pest control services for each year requested.
2020 - 2021 £12733.83
2021 - 2022 £5468.08
2022 - 2023 £25162.09
2023 - 2024 £23811.09
2024 - 2025 £12784.43
2) If any services are contracted out, please provide the supplier name(s) and the contract value(s).
Graham Environmental - Approx £5000 per year in ongoing maintenance contracts plus ad hoc call outs as required.
Rentokil – Approx £2000 per year in ongoing maintenance contracts plus ad hoc call outs as required.
3) The number of call-outs/treatments by species category (e.g. rats, mice, pigeons, gulls, foxes, grey squirrels, wasps, bedbugs, cockroaches—please use your own categories if recorded differently).
Please see the table below detailing the number of calls placed each year requested. The figure in the category is the number of call outs per categories.
2020-21
47 calls
22 rat
11 mice
6 ant
3 wasp
5 pigeon
2021-22
46 calls
20 rat
7 mice
11 ant
7 wasp
1 red spider
2022-23
71 calls
30 rat
7 mice
19 ant
3 wasp
9 pigeon
1 silverfish
2 flies
2023-24
84 calls
35 rat
7 mice
14 ant
15 wasp
9 pigeon
1 cockroach
1 fox
2 flies
2024-25
80 calls
47 rat
2 mice
17 ant
8 wasp
4 pigeon
1 fleas
1 red spider
4) For any lethal control commissioned or carried out by the Trust/organisation, the number of animals killed by species and, where recorded, the method used (e.g. trapping, poisoning, shooting).
The Scottish Ambulance Service have applied section 17 of the Freedom of Information Scotland Act 2002 as information not held.
5) A copy of any policy, guidance, or standard operating procedure relating to the Trust/organisation's pest control service or contractorsPlease see the attached policy.
- Response Documents
