Key information
Request reference number: MGLA230626-2400
Date of response:
Summary of request
I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations about the use of glyphosate for amenity weed killing and any breaches of UK pesticide regulations.
The queries are as follows:
1. Do you or your landscape/ grounds maintenance contractors use glyphosate?
2. Have you or your contractors used any alternative products or methods to glyphosate for weed control? If so what are they?
3. Has your council's policy regarding use of glyphosate to kill weeds changed in the last 5 years? Are there any plans to change in the future?
3. Have your grounds maintenance teams or contractors been found to be in breach of Health & Safety Executive Official Controls (Plant Protection Products) Regulations 2020 or Plant Protection Products (Sustainable Use) Regulations 2012 in the last 12 months?
If so, please outline:
the nature of the infringement of each incident and whether it led to of the following:
Improvement Notice
Fee for Intervention
Prosecution
Response:
Your request refers to councils, so I should clarify that the GLA is London's strategic authority and does not operate in the same way as local councils in the capital (list available at
London Directory | London Councils).
The responses below relate to the GLA’s land and public spaces.
1. Do you or your landscape/ grounds maintenance contractors use glyphosate?
No
2. Have you or your contractors used any alternative products or methods to glyphosate for weed control? If so what are they?
No, weed control is done manually
3. Has your council's policy regarding use of glyphosate to kill weeds changed in the last 5 years? Are there any plans to change in the future?
No. You may wish to make a request to the individual London borough councils (London Directory | London Councils).
3. 4. Have your grounds maintenance teams or contractors been found to be in breach of Health & Safety Executive Official Controls (Plant Protection Products) Regulations 2020 or Plant Protection Products (Sustainable Use) Regulations 2012 in the last 12 months?
No
If so, please outline:
the nature of the infringement of each incident and whether it led to of the following:
Improvement Notice
Fee for Intervention
Prosecution
N/A