Sports facilities - Freedom of information requests

Title or Description
Sports facilities
FOI Number
2024198
Date Received
12/02/2024
Type of Request
FOI
Request or Question
The total number of sport facilities ran by or receiving financial support from your Local Authority at the beginning of each of the financial years a) 2019-20, b) 2020-21, c) 2021-22, d) 2022-23, e) 2023-24
The total budget in pounds ( ) and the percentage of your Local Authorities total budget spent on sport facilities funding in each of the financial years a) 2019-20, b) 2020-21, c) 2021-22, d) 2022-23, e) 2023-24

The total number of youth and children's services ran by or receiving financial support from your Local Authority at the beginning of each of the financial years a) 2019-20, b) 2020-21, c) 2021-22, d) 2022-23, e) 2023-24

The total budget in pounds ( ) and the percentage of your Local Authorities total budget spent on youth and children s services funding in each of the financial years a) 2019-20, b) 2020-21, c) 2021-22, d) 2022-23, e) 2023-24
Response
Q1
The total number of sport facilities ran by or receiving financial support from your Local Authority at the beginning of each of the financial years a) 2019-20, b) 2020-21, c) 2021-22, d) 2022-23, e) 2023-24

The responsibility for managing the Council s leisure facilities was devolved to Live Borders in April 2016.
Berwickshire Recreation Education Sports Trust (BREST) and Jedburgh Leisure Facilities Trust (JLFT) and the Council provides an annual management fee. For further information Live Borders can be contacted by emailing: (Details provided to requester)

The total number of sports facilities is 13 for each of the financial years requested.

Q2
The total budget in pounds ( ) and the percentage of your Local Authorities total budget spent on sport facilities funding in each of the financial years a) 2019-20, b) 2020-21, c) 2021-22, d) 2022-23, e) 2023-24


2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
Total Management Fee 2,114,675 1,922,674 1,830,474 1,860,774 1,684,774
Total Net Revenue Budget 283,838,000 297,827,000 314,657,000 324,871,000 343,761,000

% 0.75% 0.65% 0.58% 0.57% 0.49%

Q3
The total number of youth and children's services ran by or receiving financial support from your Local Authority at the beginning of each of the financial years a) 2019-20, b) 2020-21, c) 2021-22, d) 2022-23, e) 2023-24

2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
13 12 14 18 18

Please note that the above information is based on youth and children s services and does not include schools, nurseries or private childminders. As search has been carried out on our ERP system on suppliers with child , kid or youth in their name and also includes other suppliers where we are aware that payments have been made. The above is based on the total number of organisation where either a commission payment and/or grant has been paid.

Q4
The total budget in pounds ( ) and the percentage of your Local Authorities total budget spent on youth and children s services funding in each of the financial years a) 2019-20, b) 2020-21, c) 2021-22, d) 2022-23, e) 2023-24

2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
283,838,000 297,827,000 314,657,000 324,871,000 343,761,000
0.21% 0.20% 0.40% 0.35% 0.38%

Please note that the above information is based on youth and children s services and does not include schools, nurseries or private childminders. As search has been carried out on our ERP system on suppliers with child , kid or youth in their name and also includes other suppliers where we are aware that payments have been made. The above percentages are based on commission payments and/or grants that have been paid.