FRCS FOI 9135 David Taylor - Response

1. How much money is the library service expected to contribute towards this savings target? No decision has been made yet

In order to achieve these savings the Council has identified that the numbers of libraries will reduce to just 4 or 6 key branches from the current 16 libraries and the mobile library. Council Libraries are seen by the public as the face of the Council and as part of the on going Enfield 2017 project are defined to be the gateways for the public to access Council services.

2. How will Enfield Council fulfill its Enfield 2017 strategy of using public libraries as gateways to Council services if their is to be a reduction in the number of libraries? There has been no decision made about a reduction in the number of libraries

Their is a rumor that if libraries are not going to be closed then a sponsorship scheme will be put in place and volunteers will be used to run 10 libraries that face closure: No decision has been made yet. However, sponsorship is not one of the options as outlined in the public consultation

3. What companies have been approached to sponsor the libraries if this is the case? No decision has been made yet. However, sponsorship is not one of the options as outlined in the public consultation

4. How much money is being offered/sought to sponsor the libraries? No decision has been made yet. However, sponsorship is not one of the options as outlined in the public consultation

5. How will the Council convince volunteers to work in the sponsored libraries when currently volunteers are not coming forward to work in the current environment as part of the current strategy? If volunteers are to be used more widely we will encourage local community participation and involvement by a robust recruitment drive and developing a quality assured programme of training and development for all volunteers

6. To see what savings will be achieved by closing libraries can you please supply the running costs of each of the following libraries for the past three years: Enfield Town Edmonton Green Ordnance Road Bowes Road Southgate Oakwood Fore Street Angel Raynham Ridge Avenue Milfield Community Library Mobile Library

The only cost which can be broken down by library is premises costs and they are listed below. All other costs are shared across the service.

PREMISES COSTS 2013/14 2012/13 2011/12 Enfield Town 126,424.30 122,113.56 126,664.22 Palmers Green 22,866.98 13,608.38 17,691.26 Edmonton Green 1,117.41 906.43 3,622.21 Ordnance Road 14,807.43 45,882.49 49,844.13 Bowes Road 11,412.71 7,978.95 13,142.57 Southgate 1,841.31 28,391.72 30,610.17 Enfield Highway 32,637.16 42,434.82 34,783.32 Ponders End 18,032.07 17,631.58 19,834.57 Winchmore Hill 19,305.29 16,279.86 17,043.33 Enfield Island Village 27,453.70 32,454.11 35,675.73 Oakwood 28,006.32 28,109.79 28,262.94 Bullsmoor 14,052.55 13,266.19 14,731.24 Fore Street 49,152.51 51,516.78 49,756.52 Angel Raynham 0.00 0.00 0.00 Ridge Avenue 38,940.79 38,242.95 39,690.13 Milfield Community 0.00 0.00 0.00 TRANSPORT COSTS Mobile Library 10,292.01 9,802.76 10,380.61

I am happy for the running costs to be estimated from the cost of staffing, power use, and ICT provision. I would also like to see identified which libraries from my list face the possibility of closure or handed over to sponsors to be run by volunteers. No decision has been made yet. However, sponsorship is not one of the options as outlined in the public consultation

7.How many senior managers posts will be removed in order make significant savings to the library budget? No decision has been made yet

8. How many front-line staff jobs will be cut and what is the expected saving? I would like this broken down by payment scale (SO1, Sc4, Sc 3 etc...) No decision has been made yet