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. Spending on Court of Protection

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please tell me:

    * The total number of Court of Protection welfare cases your council was involved in 2025

    * If possible, please also answer this question for the following years: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

    * The total amount spent by your council on Court of Protection welfare proceedings in 2025, including in-house legal costs, legal fees for external lawyers and expert witnesses, and if possible, an estimate of staff time spend on cases

    * If possible, please also answer this question for the following years: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

    * The total amount spent by your council on Court of Protection welfare proceedings where ‘P’ (the subject of proceedings/protected party) was an adult with learning disabilities and/or autism in 2025, including in-house legal costs, legal fees for external lawyers and expert witnesses, and if possible, an estimate of staff time spend on cases

    * If possible, please also answer this question for the following years: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

    * Of this, the total amount spent on Court of Protection proceedings involving a Deprivation of Liberty s21 MCA application in 2025, including in-house legal costs, legal fees for external lawyers and expert witnesses, and if possible, an estimate of staff time spend on cases

    * And if possible, please also answer this question for the following years: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

    * And of this, the amount spent on Court of Protection proceedings involving a Deprivation of Liberty s21 MCA application where ‘P’ (the subject of proceedings/protected party) is an adult with learning disabilities and/or autism in 2025, including in-house legal costs, legal fees for external lawyers and expert witnesses, and if possible, an estimate of staff time spend on cases

    * And if possible, please also answer this question for the following years: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 I understand that under the FOI Act, I should be entitled to a response within 20 working days (no later than 20th May 2026).

    Published: 22 May 2026

  2. Council tax arrears, enforcement, and recovery data (2021-2026)

    Under the Freedom of Information Act, please provide the following council-wide yearly data from Herefordshire Council for each of the following financial years (from the first to last day of each financial year) - 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25, and 2025/26:

    Council tax:

    1. The number of live council tax accounts at the end of each financial year (if held).

    2. The number of council tax accounts with arrears at the end of each financial year.

    3. The total value (£) of council tax arrears outstanding at the end of each financial year.

    Debt collection:

    4. The total amount (£) of council tax arrears collected/recovered in each financial year (regardless of the year the debt relates to).

    5. The total number of liability orders issued for council tax arrears in each financial year.

    6. The total value (£) of liability order costs charged to council tax accounts in each financial year.

    7. The total number of council tax arrears cases referred to enforcement agents in each financial year.

    8. The total value (£) of unpaid council tax debt for cases referred to enforcement agents in each financial year (based on the balance recorded when the case was referred, where available).

    9. The total value (£) of enforcement agent fees added to council tax accounts in each financial year (if held).

    If providing this full request exceeds the cost limit, please provide as much of the information as possible within the limit, prioritising questions 3 - 9.

    If any of this information is not held in the exact format requested, please provide the closest available data. Please send the information in writing to this email address, and provide the data in Excel or CSV format if possible.

    Published: 22 May 2026

  3. Electively Home Educated (EHE) Pupils for 2020/21-2024/25

    I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information:

    1a. Can you confirm the number of distinct pupils in the authority who were Electively Home educated (EHE) at any point in the academic year for the last five complete academic years, broken down by academic year (2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25).

    1b. Please also provide the number of those who have an EHCP.

    2a. Can you confirm the number of distinct pupils missing education (CME) at any point in the academic year for the last five complete academic years, broken down by academic year (2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25).

    2b. Please also provide the number of those who have an EHCP.

    I would be grateful if you could provide the above data as CSV/XLSX/ODS tables with one column per year and clear row headings.

    If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.

    Published: 21 May 2026

  4. Allocation of the Seventh Tranche of the Household Support Fund

    I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act to kindly request information relating to your Household Support Fund allocation.

    Please see our list of questions attached, and thank you in advance for your assistance.

    Published: 21 May 2026

  5. Council’s Expenditure on Residential Care Placements for Children in Private Care Homes

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am requesting information regarding the council’s expenditure on residential care placements for children in private care homes. Please provide the following information:

    1. The number of children for whom the council funded private residential care home placements in each of the last ten completed financial years;

    2. The council's total expenditure on placing children in private residential care homes for each of the last ten completed financial years.

    Published: 21 May 2026

  6. Council Tax Collections for Second Home Premiums between 01/04/2025 - 31/03/2026

    Under the Freedom of Information Act could you please provide the following information.

    Between April 1, 2025 and March 31, 2026:

    1. How much council tax did the council collect through the second home premium? Please give this figure to the nearest £1 and only include the amount specifically collected through the premium element of second home owners' council tax bill.

    2. How many homes did the council collect a second home premium from?

    Published: 21 May 2026

  7. Culture Spending from 2009 - 2025

    I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would like to request the following information:

    1. The total amount of money spent by the council on cultural services, activities or buildings for the financial years:

    a. 2009-2010

    b. 2010-2011

    c. 2011-2012

    d. 2012-2013

    e. 2013-2014

    f. 2014-2015

    g. 2015-2016

    h. 2016-2017

    i. 2017-2018

    j. 2018-2019

    k. 2019-2020

    l. 2020-2021

    m. 2021-2022

    n. 2022-2023

    o. 2023-2024

    p. 2024-2025

    1. For each of the above financial years please provide the council's total overall budget and indicate what proportion (or percentage) of that budget was spent on cultural services/activities If "cultural services or activities" is defined differently across departments or reporting frameworks, please included a brief explanation of what is including in these figures e.g. museums arts programmes, heritage services etc. If this request is too broad or exceeds the cost limit,

    I would be grateful if you could advise how it may be refined. Please provide the information in electronic format if possible. If any of the requested information is exempt, please specify which exemption applies and provide the reasoning.

    Published: 20 May 2026

  8. Current Council Tax Arrears Data

    Under the Freedom of Information Act, and with relation to your local authority, can you please provide me with the following information?

    1. The total amount owed to the council in council tax arrears within your local authority on the latest date which figures were available.

    2. The total number of people who are currently in arrears of payment of their council tax to your local authority (arrears defined as having missed at least one payment)?

    3. The total number of people who currently have debt management procedures commenced against them by your authority for non-payment of council tax (including those under any escalation process in debt recovery, receiving e.g. automated reminders, letter before action and referral to debt collection agency)?

    4. The total number of people who have had court proceedings begun against them relating to non-payment of council tax in your local authority in 2023/24 and 2024/25?

    Published: 20 May 2026

  9. 2025/26 Youth Homelessness Data

    I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to support our annual Youth Homelessness Databank project. The data we are requesting: We would like to know about any young people aged 16-24 who approached you as a main applicant during the financial year 2025-2026 because they were homeless or at risk of homelessness. The information we are requesting falls under the Housing Act 1996 which has been amended to include the new duties brought in by the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017, and the Children Act 1989. Format of responses: We have attached a template spreadsheet to this request for you to enter your response. Please return the FOI in the template provided in an Excel format. Our Freedom of Information request: We kindly request the information in the query below. In all questions ‘2025-2026’ refers to the financial year from April 2025 to March 2026. We are requesting data on homelessness presentations, assessments and eligibility for this financial year (2025-2026) including: (Q1-Q14) Annual total of unique individuals: 1st April 2025 - 31st March 2026 (Q15) Quarter 3 total of unique individuals: 1st October - 31st December 2025 For Table 1: 1) In your authority in 2025-2026, how many 16-24 year olds presented themselves as homeless, or at risk of homelessness, as a main applicant? This does not include general housing advice. By presenting we mean all who presented themselves as homeless even if they were not subsequently assessed. This includes individuals who presented before 56 days of becoming homeless, or at risk of homelessness, believed they were homeless but did not meet requirement, presented but were not eligible for homelessness assistance. 2) In your authority in 2025-2026, how many 16-17 year olds were assessed: a - For Prevention and/or Relief duty under part 7 of the Housing Act? b - For further support under the Children’s Act? While this assessment is a new duty brought in by the HRA, it is a duty under part 7 of the Housing Act as amended by the HRA. Please answer Q3-7 for those under 2a only. 3) In your authority in 2025-2026, how many 16-17 year olds received an initial decision of being owed: a - Prevention duty under HRA b - Relief duty under HRA 4) Prevention duty ended: a - With accommodation secured b - Leading to relief duty c - Any other reason 5) Relief ended: a - With accommodation secured b - for any other reason (not including those who progress to an assessment under the Housing Act 1996) 6) In your authority in 2025-2026, how many 16-17 year olds were assessed for a statutory main housing duty under part 7 of the Housing Act? By this we mean following unsuccessful prevention and/or relief outcomes, how many young people underwent a final assessment under part 7 of the Housing Act in order to assess their eligibility for a statutory main housing duty 7) In your authority in 2025-2026, how many 16-17 year olds were accepted as statutorily homeless and owed a statutory main housing duty under part 6 of the Housing Act 1996? After undergoing a final assessment, how many young people were accepted as statutorily homeless and offered a statutory main housing duty. For Table 2: 8) In your authority in 2025-2026, how many 18-24 year olds presented themselves as homeless, or at risk of homelessness, as a main applicant? This does not include general housing advice. By presenting we mean all who presented themselves as homeless even if they were not subsequently assessed. This includes individuals who presented before 56 days of becoming homeless, or at risk of homelessness, believed they were homeless but did not meet requirement, presented but were not eligible for homelessness assistance. 9) In your authority in 2025-2026, how many 18-24 year olds were assessed for a Prevention and/or Relief duty under part 7 of the Housing Act? While this assessment is a new duty brought in by the HRA, it is a duty under part 7 of the Housing Act as amended by the HRA. 10) In your authority in 2025-2026, how many 18-24 year olds received an initial decision of being owed: a - Prevention duty under HRA b - Relief duty under HRA 11) Prevention duty ended: a - With accommodation secured b - Leading to relief duty c - Any other reason 12) Relief ended: a - With accommodation secured b - for any other reason (not including those who progress to an assessment under the Housing Act 1996) 13) In your authority in 2025-2026, how many 18-24 year olds were assessed for a statutory main housing duty under part 7 of the Housing Act? By this we mean following unsuccessful prevention and/or relief outcomes, how many young people underwent a final assessment under part 7 of the Housing Act in order to assess their eligibility for a statutory main housing duty 14) In your authority in 2025-2026, how many 18-24 year olds were accepted as statutorily homeless and owed a statutory main housing duty under part 6 of the Housing Act 1996? After undergoing a final assessment, how many young people were accepted as statutorily homeless and offered a statutory main housing duty. For Table 3: 15) In your authority in Quarter 3 of 2024 (1st October - 31st December 2025), how many 16-24 year olds presented themselves as homeless, or at risk of homelessness, as a main applicant? This does not include general housing advice. By presenting we mean all who presented themselves as homeless even if they were not subsequently assessed. This might include individuals who presented before 56 days of becoming homeless, or at risk of homelessness, believed they were homeless but did not meet requirement, presented but were not eligible for homelessness assistance. We are also requesting totals for 2025-26 for questions 1-14 broken down by gender (male, female, other/unknown/not recorded), and by the following nationality categories (UK, EEA, non-EEA and Unknown). Please note that P1E returns are not suitable for this request as they do not provide data broken down by age. Data Issues: If it is not possible to release some or all of the specified data, please indicate why. If you are unable to release data for some of the queries, please complete all other queries within the FOI request. If you are unable to release the specified data for the requested Quarter, please still provide data for the annual total. If the data requested is not recorded, either at all or in a format that is accessible for this purpose, please inform us of this and proceed to the next question. Use of data: Centrepoint issue this FOI request to all authorities in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales and use this data to contribute to the youth homelessness databank. By responding to this request, we assume you consent to the re-use of the data in this way. Contact:

    Published: 19 May 2026

  10. Designated Open Spaces Intended to be Adopted but have not been Formally Adopted

    I am writing to make a request for all the following information listed below, to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

    Please provide a comprehensive list of all known completed developments within your authority's area where designated open space was intended to be adopted by the council but has not, to date, been formally adopted.

    Please provide the following:

    Essential supporting data

    a. Site Name/Address

    b. Developer Name

    c. Amount of commuted sum to be paid to facilitate adoption

    d. Whether the commuted sum to facilitate adoption has been paid

    Desired additional data

    e. Planning Application Reference(s).

    f. Reasons why the Local Authority have not adopted the open space

    g. Any additional relevant information

    Published: 19 May 2026