Rental usage of traffic cones by the Department of Infrastructure

Summary

A request was made to determine if the Department of Infrastructure rents traffic cones from third parties, including details on suppliers, quantities, and costs. The department responded that it does not hire cones from any third party, as it purchases and retains its own stock.

Key Facts

• The Department of Infrastructure does not rent or hire traffic cones from third parties.
• The department purchases and retains its own stock of traffic cones.
• The request was received on 3 April 2019 and responded to on 10 April 2019.
• No information regarding third-party suppliers, rental quantities, or unit costs was disclosed because no such rentals occur.

Data Disclosed

• 2019-04-03
• 2019-04-10
• 785865

Original Request

To whom it may concern, I wish to request the following information: 1) Does the department rent/hire traffic cones from a third party? (Yes/No) 2) If the answer to (1) is yes, where/what third party does the department rent/hire traffic cones from? 3) If the answer to (1) is yes, how many traffic cones have been rented/hired by the department, each month during the last calendar year from the date of this FOI request? 4) If the answer to (1) is yes, how much do these traffic cones cost to rent/hire per unit?

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Department of Infrastructure Sea Terminal Building, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2RF

Telephone: (01624) 686785 Email: dpo-doi@gov.im

Our ref: 785865 10 April 2019

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 3 April 2019 and which states:

"To whom it may concern, I wish to request the following information: 1) Does the department rent/hire traffic cones from a third party? (Yes/No) 2) If the answer to (1) is yes, where/what third party does the department rent/hire traffic cones from? 3) If the answer to (1) is yes, how many traffic cones have been rented/hired by the department, each month during the last calendar year from the date of this FOI request? 4) If the answer to (1) is yes, how much do these traffic cones cost to rent/hire per unit?"

The answer to your questions is that the Department does not hire cones from any third party; it purchases and retains its own stock.

Please quote the reference number 785865 in any future communications.

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Yours sincerely

FOI Response Team