Date: 28 February 2019 Our ref: ### Contact: Lynsey Wilson Direct dial: 01275 885117 Email: [email protected]

### Corporate Services - Information requests ### North Council Town Hall Weston-super-Mare BS23 1UJ

DX 744900 Clevedon Dear ###

Freedom of Information Act 2000

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

Libraries 1. Please list the libraries that were owned by the council in 2010/11, if possible including their addresses and postcodes If the council does not hold information for 2010/11 please provide the requested information for the earliest year for which information is held. Weston-super-Mare Central Library Clevedon Library Nailsea Library Portishead Library Worle Library Backwell Library Banwell Library Congresbury Library For All Healthy Living Centre Long Ashton Library Pill Library The Campus Winscombe Library Library

Backwell and Banwell Libraries have now closed. Addresses for existing libraries can be found in the link below.

2. Please list the libraries that are owned by the council in 2018/19, if possible including their addresses and postcodes http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/my-services/leisure/libraries/find-a-library/yourlocallibrary/

3. Where a facility listed in response to question 1 is not listed in response to question 2, please specify any that were subjected to community transfer Congresbury Library was subject to Community Transfer around 2010

Youth centres 4. Please list the youth centres that were owned by the council in 2010/11, if possible including their addresses and postcodes Bleadon Youth Club Backwell Youth Club Banwell Youth Club Castle Batch Youth Club Clevedon Youth Club Congresbury Youth Club Locking Castle and St Georges Youth Club Long Ashton Youth Club Nailsea Youth Club Pill Youth Club Portishead Youth Centre Weston Youth Centre Yatton Youth Club

5. Please list the youth centres that are owned by the council in 2018/19, if possible including their addresses and postcodes Congresbury Youth Club Weston Youth Centre Yatton Youth Club

6. Where a facility listed in response to question 4 is not listed in response to question 5, please specify any that were subjected to community transfer Weston, Portishead and Nailsea were formally transferred as buildings. The others were already operating with separate management committees and predominantly in buildings not owned by North Somerset Council. In those cases, the management committees continued to run the clubs without NSC financial support after 2011/12, but there was no formal transfer.

Community centres 7. Please list the community centres that were owned by the council in 2010/11, if possible including their addresses and postcodes If the council does not hold information for 2010/11 please provide the requested information for the earliest year for which information is held. Our asset register only records the assets we currently hold and those that have been disposed of. We are not able to produce a list of what we held on a specific previous date and, therefore, can’t say what we held in the 2010/11 year as requested.

8. Please list the community centres that are owned by the council in 2018/19, if possible including their addresses and postcodes We don’t record Community Centres as a stand-alone category in our asset register: they are recorded as ‘Halls / Community Centres’. The asset register extract is below: Location No Street Name Post Town Postcode Tenure_Type Burrington Parish Room Frys Lane Burrington BS40 7AD Leasehold/Licence 21 Strode Road 21 Strode Road Clevedon BS21 6QB Freehold Church Hall, All Saints East Clevedon C of E Primary School All Saints Lane Clevedon BS21 6AU Leasehold/Licence Clevedon Community Centre & Site of Princes Hall 2a Princes Road Clevedon BS21 7SZ Freehold Coach House at Princes Hall Princes Road Clevedon BS21 7NQ Freehold Southey Road Guides Hall Southey Road Clevedon Freehold Springboard Community Centre Princes Road Clevedon Freehold Somerset Hall High Street Portishead BS20 6AH Leasehold/Licence St Barnabas Centre West Hill Portishead BS20 6LN Other Carlton Centre Carlton Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1UA Freehold Castle Batch Community & Children's Centre Bishop Avenue Weston-super-Mare BS22 7PQ Freehold Community Centre at Baytree Road Baytree Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 8HG Freehold The Potteries Community Centre Langford Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3PQ Freehold Victory Hall Westfield Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 4XG Freehold

We publish a list of ‘Community Centres’ on our website, but these aren’t necessarily owned by us: http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/my-services/leisure/community-venues/community-meeting-places/ 9. Where a facility listed in response to question 7 is not listed in response to question 8, please specify any that were subjected to community transfer Below is an extract of the disposed Halls and Community Centres from the asset register:

Location Tenure_Type Historic_Reason Date_of_Exit Avon Way Hall Leasehold/Licence Early surrender 16/07/2018 Poppyfields (Ebdon Court) Freehold Sold 29/10/2014 William Knowles Centre Freehold Sold 11/03/2016

Children's centres Please note that this section is based on the funding of centres, including but not limited to centres that were/are owned by the council. 10. Please list the children's centres/Sure Start centres that were funded by the council in 2010/11, if possible including their addresses and postcodes If the council does not hold information for 2010/11 please provide the requested information for the earliest year for which information is held. South Weston CC Ashcombe CC Weston Central CC Locking Castle CC Worle CC Castle Batch CC Banwell, Winscombe & Sandford CC Yeo Valley & Rural Outreach CC (Congresbury) Yatton CC Clevedon CC Portishead CC Crockerne CC (Pill) Long Ashton CC Nailsea & Backwell

11. Please list the children's centres/Sure Start that are funded by the council in 2018/19, if possible including their addresses and postcodes http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/my-services/children-young-people-families/early-years- childcare/childrens-centres/ Children’s Centre offer still take place at all the communities listed in question 10. In Yatton, Pill and Worle, the facilities have been integrated with Library.

12. Where a facility listed in response to question 10 is not listed in response to question 11, please specify any that were subjected to community transfer None.

Subsidised bus routes 13. Please list the bus routes that were subsidised by the council in 2010/11, including the operator of each route; the operator and route number will suffice If the council does not hold information for 2010/11 please provide the requested information for the earliest year for which information is held. Route Operator Notes Number 3 First West of 3 separate contracts 5 7 First West of England 2 separate contracts 13 First West of England 14 First West of England 102 First West of England Contribution to contract 126 First West of England 2 separate contracts – contributions from Somerset County Council 352 First West of England 353 First West of England Contributions from City Council 359 First West of England 2 separate contracts 362 First West of England 2 separate contracts –contributions from Bristol City Council X25 First West of England 2 separate contracts 357 First West of England Wholly supported – funded by section 106 developer contributions 16 WebberBus Wholly supported – funded by section 106 developer contributions 4 WebberBus Wholly supported (with Sunday service by Bakers Dolphin) 83 WebberBus Wholly supported 85 WebberBus Wholly supported 121 Wessex Connect Wholly supported (with Sunday service by Bakers Dolphin) 354 Wessex Connect Contributions from Bristol City Council 660 Wessex Connect Wholly supported 657 Wessex Connect Wholly supported 4 Bakers Dolphin Wholly supported (with weekday service by WebberBus) 121 Bakers Dolphin Wholly supported (with weekday service by Wessex Connect) 834 Eurotaxis Wholly supported – with contributions from Bath and North East Somerset Council 835 Eurotaxis Wholly supported – with contributions from Bath and North East Somerset Council 692 Blue Iris Coaches Wholly supported 800 Blue Iris Coaches Wholly supported 985 Coombs Travel Wholly supported 831 Coomb Travel Wholly supported – with contributions to Somerset County Council contract 683 Buglers Coaches Wholly supported – with contributions from Somerset County Council and Bath and North East Somerset Council 672 Unknown Wholly supported – with contributions to Bath and North East Somerset Council contract 791 Abus Wholly supported – with contributions to Bath and North East Somerset Council contract

Note: Not all services were wholly supported by North Somerset Council. For example, some services may only be supported at certain times of the day or on a Sunday/Public Holiday. We have tried to indicate where a route is wholly supported.

14. Please list the bus routes that are subsidised by the council in 2018/19, including the operator of each route; the operator and route number will suffice Route Operator Notes Number 88 Carmel Bristol 128 Citistar 135 Citistar 106 Crosville/Carmel Bristol Until 27 May 2018 – replaced by C1/C2 C1 North Somerset Council From 29 May 2018 C2 North Somerset Council From 29 May 2018 L1 Weston and District Community Transport Funded by section 106 developer contributions B1 Weston and District Community Transport 97 Weston and District Community Transport Until 27 May 2018 – replaced by A5 A5 Carmel Bristol From 29 May 2018 – funded by section 106 developer contributions 672 Abus/Buglers Coaches/CT Plus Contribution to Bath and North East Somerset Council contract

Note: All services are wholly supported by North Somerset Council (or neighbouring local authorities). North Somerset Council now considers that it has complied with your request. However, you have a right to appeal if you are dissatisfied with our response. Requests for an internal review must be made in writing, and within 40 working days of this response being issued to you. When requesting an internal review, please include your reference number, the date of your original request and your contact details. Please also include an explanation of why you are dissatisfied with our response. Requests for an internal review should be sent to [email protected]

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Phone: 0303 123 1113 Website: www.ico.gov.uk

I will now close your request as of this date.

Yours sincerely

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