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. term maintenance contracts and expenditure

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following recorded information about your council’s externally supplied term maintenance contracts for council buildings, facilities and any council-operated care homes. Please could you provide:

    1. Details of the current contracts, including supplier names, contract references, start and end dates, any extension options and annual spend.

    2. Actual spend under these contracts, and any predecessor contracts, for each of the last three financial years: 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26, broken down by supplier where held. Please state whether figures include VAT.

    3. Any recorded plans for retendering or replacing these contracts, including the anticipated procurement route, relevant framework name and reference where applicable, and expected tender date. If no plans are recorded, please confirm this.

    Please identify any different arrangements for council-operated care homes. An electronic response, preferably in Excel or CSV, would be appreciated.

    Published: 29 October 2026

  2. Children known to social care and school information sharing – Herefordshire

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am writing to request the following information from Herefordshire. This request covers both children's social care and the Virtual School.

    1. Children who have left care through permanence orders The number of children who ceased to be looked after by your authority between 1 April 2014 and 31 March 2026 due to

    (a) an adoption order,

    (b) a special guardianship order, or

    (c) a child arrangements order, who are currently of compulsory school age.

    2. Sharing information with schools Please describe how your authority informs schools that a pupil

    (a) is currently, or

    (b) has previously been, subject to a Child in Need plan, a child protection plan, or looked after.

    In particular, please state whether this information continues to be shared after a plan ends or when a child moves school, and whether your authority operates a dashboard or portal giving schools this visibility. A copy of any relevant information-sharing protocol would be welcome.

    3. Virtual School staffing The number of full-time-equivalent Virtual School staff working with

    (a) previously looked-after children, and

    (b) children with a social worker, as at 1 September 2026.

    4. Pupil Premium Plus for previously looked-after children Does your Virtual School take any steps to inform adoptive parents, special guardians or schools that previously looked-after children are eligible for Pupil Premium Plus? If so, please briefly describe these steps.

    CLARIFICATION To clarify, regarding Q1, the phrase refers to children who are of compulsory school age as of today, rather than the age they were when they ceased being looked after. I hope that helps. Please let me know if you need any further information to proceed with the request.

    Published: 29 October 2026

  3. Properties purchased for TA - England

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following for the period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2026:

    1. The number of residential properties the council purchased for use as temporary accommodation. For this and each of the questions below, please break down the figures by whether the purchase was funded through the Local Authority Housing Fund or by the council directly.

    2. Of these, the number that were occupied by tenants at the point the council agreed to buy them, or were sold with vacant possession after tenants were asked to leave.

    3. The number of households known to the council to have been served notice to leave (under Section 21 or any other ground) so that a property could be sold to the council.

    4. Whether the council requires sellers to confirm no tenants were evicted to achieve vacant possession. If so, please provide the policy or document that sets this out.

    Please provide the figures for questions 1 to 3 in a spreadsheet format, such as .xlsx or .csv. If any part of this request would exceed the cost limit, please tell me which part and answer the remaining parts. If any part is refused, please specify the exemption relied upon and provide details of the internal review and appeal process.

    Please also advise how I might rephrase the request to obtain the information. I would be grateful for a response within the statutory 20 working days. If you have any questions about this request, please let me know.

    Published: 29 October 2026

  4. Specialist Child Sexual Exploitation Services

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please could you provide the following information for each of the financial years 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26:

    1. The total amount of money spent by the council on specialist child sexual exploitation (CSE) services or teams in each financial year.

    2. The number of full-time equivalent (FTE) staff employed by the council specifically within specialist CSE services or teams in each financial year.

    3. As of 31 March 2026, does the council operate a dedicated specialist CSE service or team? If yes, please provide the name of the service or team.

    Please provide the information broken down by financial year where applicable.

    For the purposes of this request, please include specialist services or teams whose primary responsibility is supporting, assessing or working with children at risk of or experiencing child sexual exploitation.

    Where CSE provision sits within a broader child exploitation service, please include it where a specific CSE function or team exists.

    I am seeking aggregate figures only and am not requesting any personal data. If any part of this request would exceed the appropriate cost limit, please provide the information that can be supplied within the limit and advise which part of the request would exceed it.

    Published: 28 October 2026

  5. Sweeper info and street cleansing

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would be grateful if you could provide the following information relating to the Council's street cleansing fleet and operations:

    A list of all road sweepers owned or leased by the Council with a GVW of under 4 tonnes, including make and model.

    For leased sweepers, the lease starts and end dates (month and year only).

    For owned sweepers:

    Year purchased.

    Planned replacement date or details of any fleet renewal programme.

    Confirm whether street cleansing services are carried out in-house or by a contractor. If contracted out, provide the name of the contractor.

    Published: 28 October 2026

  6. Food Waste Statistics

    I would like to ask the following: How many tonnes of food waste has your council collected in

    2021,

    2022,

    2023,

    2024,

    2025 and

    2026?

    Please can yearly figures be broken down by month. If monthly figures are not easily available, yearly totals would be fine. If your council only began collecting food waste recently, for example as part of the government's Simpler Recycling changes, please provide figures from when collections started. If possible, please provide this in a spreadsheet format (Excel or CSV).

    Published: 28 October 2026

  7. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST RESPONSE FOI2026/02399

    From 1st June 2024 - 30th June 2026 (broken down by month and year by year if possible please):

    How many reports did your council receive of home improvement traders breaching consumer protection law.

    If possible, please break the data down by type of home improvement trader e.g. builder, decorator, plumber OR type of work they were carrying out.

    Published: 27 October 2026

  8. Locally commissioned pharmacy services

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request information regarding commissioned services from community pharmacies. I would like to know:

    1. The name of any services commissioned from community pharmacies by Herefordshire Council, outside of the NHS-negotiated Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework

    2. The number of pharmacies which have signed up to provide each service

    3. The payment mechanism and payment rates for each service, including whether payment is made through a block contract, fixed retainer, fee per activity/intervention, or another arrangement. Where applicable, please provide the individual fees or rates payable

    4. The total spending (including fixed retainers and activity-based payments) for each service for the last full financial year in which it is available. If the service is provided under a block contract, please provide the annual contract value for the most recent financial year available

    5. The start and finish date of the contract I'd be most grateful if you could provide your response in Excel or CSV format. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wish to clarify my request.

    Published: 27 October 2026

  9. Pest exterminations

    I would like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act. Please provide the following information regarding pest control and extermination services handled by or on behalf of the Council:

    1. Annual Extermination / Treatment Volume For each of the last five financial years (2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26), please provide the total number of pest control treatments, exterminations, or call-outs carried out by the Council (or its contracted pest control provider).

    2. Breakdown by Pest Type For each year listed above, please provide a breakdown of these figures by pest type (e.g., rats, mice, bedbugs, wasps, cockroaches, squirrels, or other pests).

    Published: 27 October 2026

  10. CCTV/camera manufacturer restrictions

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

    1. Whether Herefordshire Council has any policy, list or instruction that prohibits or restricts the purchase or use of CCTV or camera equipment from specific manufacturers or providers.

    2. If so, which manufacturers or providers are affected. A reply by email is fine.

    Published: 27 October 2026