Freedom of information (FOI) releases from Herefordshire Council

This is a disclosure log of Herefordshire Council's responses to freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) requests that might be of wider public interest.

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  1. Military housing in Herefordshire

    I was hoping that you'd be able to help me with some queries around military housing in your local authority, in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act.

    1. In your local authority, how many single service personnel are living in Single Living Accommodation graded at

    a) Grade 1,

    b) Grade 2,

    c) Grade 3

    and d) Grade 4?

    2. How many single service personnel in your local authority are living in Single Living Accommodation for which no rent is charged, due to poor quality of facility?

    Thank you in advance for your help and if I can help at all by clarifying my request, please let me know.

    Published: 27 March 2025

  2. Electric Vehicle charge points

    I am looking for utilisation data relating to any Electric Vehicle charge points that are either owned by the council, operated by the council, funded by the council or located on council land. In terms of utilisation specifics, I would ideally like to receive raw data relating to charging sessions (e.g. plug-in / plug-out time & date, energy sold, payment method, charger ID, charger type & location). Alternatively, a summarised view by charger speed, day of week and time of day by month or quarter (e.g. Location X, ultrarapid, Monday, 4-5pm, Q2 2024) would be acceptable. Ideal 12-month period is March 2024 to February 2025 (inclusive), however if there is an easier time period to provide (e.g. 2024 calendar year), then that is absolutely fine. Additionally, I would like to receive summary information detailing how many Electric Vehicle charge points are either owned by the council, operated by the council, funded by the council or located on council land, their manufacturer and charger type (e.g. fast, rapid, ultrarapid).

    Published: 27 March 2025

  3. Digital Strategy and Digital Leadership

    For the purposes of research, I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:

    * Please provide a copy of the council's current or latest Digital Strategy. If the council does not have a Digital Strategy, please confirm this is the case. I am interested in both organisational Digital Strategy (specific to the council) and place-focused Digital Strategy (specific to the geographical footprint of the local authority).

    * Please provide a copy of any digital-related strategies across the council. This includes any technology, information or data related strategies. Example strategies include Technology Strategy, IT Strategy, Applications Strategy, Cyber Strategy, Data Strategy, AI Strategy, Analytics Strategy, Information Strategy.

    * Please provide the following information in relation to the council's most senior digital leader*:

    * Job description/profile.

    * Salary range.

    * When the position was created.

    * Whether the position is currently vacant or occupied.

    * Title of the role the council's most senior digital leader reports to.

    * The position of the role in the organisation's hierarchy. If the Chief Executive is Level 1 and positions reporting directly to the Chief Executive are Level 2, please confirm the level of the council's most senior digital leader.

    * Confirm whether the role attends all top-management team meetings**.

    *The role responsible for developing, defining and leading delivery of the organisation's digital vision and strategy. Those responsibilities should be the primary purpose of the role. Common job titles for these positions include Chief Digital Information Officer, Chief Information Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Director of Digital.

    **Defined as the regular meetings between the Chief Executive and their top-management/leadership team (e.g., Executive/Strategic Directors/CFO). Please contact me if you need me to clarify my request.

    Published: 27 March 2025

  4. Information held on swimming pools, football fields, sports halls, tennis courts and rugby fields

    1. How many a) swimming pools, b) football fields, c) sports halls, d) tennis courts and e) rugby fields does or did your local authority own during financial years 2022-3, 2023-4 and 2024-5? Please could you provide a list of these facilities by type?

    If you have any figures indicating roughly how many people use these facilities per day, I would be grateful if you could provide these, but f this poses an issue (e.g. excessive demand on your time) please do exclude this specific query from the overall request.

    2. How many of those a) swimming pools, b) football fields, c) sports halls, d) tennis courts and e) rugby fields were reported to be completely or partially out of order at some point during financial years 2022-3, 2023-4 and 2024-5?

    If you have the dates for which each facility was out of order, I would be grateful if you could provide these, but if this poses an issue (e.g. excessive demand on your time) please do exclude this specific query from the overall request.

    Published: 27 March 2025

  5. Highways infrastructure spend

    Where the extra £13•5 million being spent on the highways indastructure is actually coming from? as a Councillor has stated its not from central goverment but being borrowed?

    Under the Freedom of information act I want to know where exactly this money is being borrowed from and how you intend to pay it back without it costing the taxpayer.

    Published: 27 March 2025

  6. Statistics for child service users being transported by social workers own personal vehicles

    How many child social service users have been transported by social workers own personal vehicles in the calender month december 2024

    Published: 27 March 2025

  7. Religious services in council offices

    Please accept this as a Freedom of Information Act (2000) request. Information requested:

    1)   Do you have any religious services in your council offices, where your employees have office space for working? For example, your main council building?

    By religious services, I mean a group of people expressing reverence and adoration for a deity/god involving prayer i.e. group worship. (Note this request does not include individual prayer rooms for staff).

    2)   If the answer to questions 1 is yes, is this service held in an open area where staff will hear it whether wishing to take part or not, or are the services held in private for only those wishing to take part?

    3)   If religious worship takes place in an open area where staff will hear it whether wishing to take part or not, what religions have these services been for?

    4)   If religious worship takes place in an open area where staff will hear it whether wishing to take part or not, how did the council decide which religion to favour above all others?

    5)   If religious worship takes place in an open area where staff will hear it whether wishing to take part or not, what equality impact assessment or Equality Act (2010) considerations did you take into account before making this decision?

    6)   Please enclose any equality impact assessments or Equality Act (2010) considerations for these services. Please state if there are none and enclose your Equality Policy if no considerations were made.

    7)   If religious worship takes place in an open area where staff will hear it whether wishing to take part or not, what consideration was made for any members of the public visiting the council building that might have overheard the service and may not have shared the same religious belief or none e.g. atheists?

    8)   If religious worship takes place in an open area where staff will hear it whether wishing to take part or not, what consideration was made for any members of staff from another employer visiting the building that might have overheard the service and may not have shared the same religious belief or none e.g. atheists?

    9)   If religious worship takes place in an open area where staff will hear it whether wishing to take part or not, how many complaints were received for each service?

    10)   What was the outcome of these complaints?

    Published: 27 March 2025

  8. Local Authority Utility-Scale Assets

    I would be grateful if you can assist my research into Local Authorities who generate and export electricity from their own energy. I am particularly looking at utility-scale assets, e.g. solar farms, wind turbines and waste to energy plants, rather than small-scale, behind-the-meter assets (e.g. rooftop solar installations). I’d be grateful if you could answer the following questions: -

    1) Do you own or operate utility-scale electricity generation assets which export to the grid?

    2) If so, what technologies? And are they ‘co-located’? E.g., a solar farm with a battery.

    3) How much electricity (in kWh) would you expect to be exported, from each asset, per year? And how much revenue would you expect to earn from the export in FY25/26?

    4) When was each asset commissioned?

    5) What is the current contractual arrangement to sell the power, to whom is it sold and what is the contract end date?

    6) Do you partake in any government subsidy scheme in relation to the electrical output from the asset? E.g. Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROC) or Contracts for Difference (CfD).

    7) Does your Local Authority have any plans in place to acquire, build or invest in electricity generation assets in the future?

    7a.) If Yes , what is the:

    - Type of Assets (e.g. Solar)

    - Estimated Size of the assets in terms of electricity production

    - Estimated dates of completion

    - Organisations that are constructing the assets (if known)

    Published: 27 March 2025

  9. Sale of open space land from 13/11/1980

    Sale of Open Space Land

    This request relates to information concerning the Council’s activities in relation to open space and is in the public interest to be disclosed.

    1. Please list all open space land sold by the Council, including open space land sold by any of its predecessor authorities, since 13 November 1980.

    2. If the Council is unable to respond to question 1 (setting out the reason that may be the case), then, in the alternative and to the extent documents are retained and readily available, please list all open space sold by the Council, including open space land sold by any of its predecessor authorities, since 2000.

    3. With regard to the open space land listed as sold, please confirm whether the advertising requirements at section 123(2A) of the Local Government Act 1972 were followed.

    Published: 27 March 2025

  10. Care home occupancy as at March 2025

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information regarding occupancy levels across CQC registered social care services. Please provide the requested information in the attached Excel spreadsheet.

    For each of the following care home categories, where available, please provide data at the local authority level:

    • General residential

    • Dementia residential

    • General nursing

    • Dementia nursing

    • Learning disability residential

    • Learning disability nursing

    • Mental health residential

    • Mental health nursing

    • Transitional/short stay services (this may include the following services: Discharge to Assess, Intermediate Care, Reablement Support, Rehabilitation, and Respite Care)

    • YPD – Young physically disabled (provides specialised support for younger adults aged 18-65 with physical disabilities)

    For each category, please provide:

    1) Total number of care homes

    2) Maximum capacity of these care homes

    3) Total number of vacancies

    4) Number of vacancies (unavailable/non-admittable beds)

    5) Number of occupied beds

    Published: 27 March 2025