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. Exempt Accommodation

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request information held by the council relating to “Exempt Accommodation” (EA). Unless specified otherwise, please provide the following information for each financial year from 2018/19 to 2025/26 inclusive, or for the latest date for which data is available.

    1. Total Housing Benefit expenditure For each financial year, please provide the total amount of Housing Benefit expenditure (sometimes referred to as “enhanced housing benefit”) paid in respect of all claims that meet the definition of Exempt Accommodation under Housing Benefit regulations.

    2. Number of successful claims Please provide the number of successful Housing Benefit claims relating to residents living in Exempt Accommodation.

    3. Number of exempt accommodation properties Please provide the total number of properties being used as Exempt Accommodation within the council’s area.

    4. Breakdown of provider types For the properties identified in Question 3, please provide a breakdown by provider type, including:

    a) Number of Registered Providers / Housing Associations (registered with the Regulator of Social Housing)

    b) Number of registered charities only

    c) Number of Community Interest Companies (CICs)

    d) Number of Private Limited Companies

    e) Number owned by the council

    f) Number classified as other provider types (please specify the type)

    5. Providers of Exempt Accommodation Please provide a list of all organisations or individuals operating or registered as providers of Exempt Accommodation within the council’s area as of the date of this request.

    6. Weekly Housing Benefit Amounts Regarding the weekly Housing Benefit paid per resident in Exempt Accommodation, please provide for each financial year: a) Highest weekly amount paid b) Average weekly amount paid c) Lowest weekly amount paid

    7. Average length of stay Please provide the average length of stay for residents living in Exempt Accommodation.

    8. Assessment of new providers Please provide details of the council’s current process for assessing new providers of Exempt Supported Accommodation before Housing Benefit payments are approved. This may include any due diligence, quality assurance, safeguarding checks, inspections, referral pathways, or standards applied.

    If any part of this request exceeds the appropriate cost limit under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act, please advise how the scope may be refined so that the request can be processed. If any information is held but exempt from disclosure, please provide the remaining information and specify the exemption relied upon. I would prefer to receive the information electronically in spreadsheet or CSV format where possible.

    Published: 18 June 2026

  2. PSED S149 Duty Data for HMP, Council Budget, ROWIP and Council Tax

    Please provide all PSED s149 duty data which includes assessments, action plans and details of impact for the following:

    1. The HMP 2025

    2. The council budget 2024-2025

    3. The ROWIP (Rights of Way Improvement Plan) – Any documentation between its policy being assessed, drawn up and instigated. Technically this could be any time from 2016-2026. The PROW team should be able to assist when such policies were examined under the PSED. The duty requires examination prior, during and after a policy has been introduced.

    4. Council tax reduction schemes for carers whether paid or not – This should be from when the duty commenced in 2011-2026 but we will accept 2021-26 the time of living in this area.

    Published: 17 June 2026

  3. Code of Conduct complaints

    Please may I request the following:

    (1) The total number of Code of Conduct complaints received by your authority between 5th May 2024 - 5th May 2025:

    (1.1) Of the value for (1), how many were upheld?

    (1.2) Of the value for (1), what was the split between unitary and parish members (if applicable)

    (2) The total number of Code of Conduct complaints received by your authority between 5th May 22025 - 5th May 2026:

    (2.1) Of the value for (1), how many were upheld?

    (2.2) Of the value for (1), what was the split between unitary and parish members (if applicable)

    Published: 17 June 2026

  4. Electoral and Democratic Services systems

    Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request information about three software systems used by your council.

    Committee Management System (CMS), Democratic Services

    Please provide the following information about the current CMS used by your council for committee management, meeting agenda and report pack publication, election results, and councillor profile management:

    * Name of the software supplier and product

    * Any optional add-on modules taken in addition to the core CMS product

    * Contract length and expiry date

    * Total contract value

    * Annual support and maintenance cost

    In addition to the above, please also provide the:

    * Total number of councillors elected to your council

    Electoral Management System (EMS), Electoral Services

    Please provide the following information about the current EMS used by your council for management of the Register of Electors, elections, and canvass:

    * Name of the software supplier and product

    * Any optional add-on modules taken in addition to the core EMS product

    * Contract length and expiry date

    * Total contract value

    * Annual support and maintenance cost

    In addition to the above, please also provide the:

    * Total electorate for your council area

    * Number of voters registered to vote by post

    Polling Station Management, Electoral Services

    Do you use a software product and devices (such as a tablet) for the electronic processing of voters in your polling stations?

    If yes, please provide the following information:

    * Name of the software supplier and product

    * Any optional add-on modules taken in addition to the core product

    * Contract length and expiry date

    * Total contract value

    * Annual support and maintenance cost

    Published: 17 June 2026

  5. Specification for trench reinstatements

    Please provide a fully detailed copy of the specification for the backfilling and reinstatement of trench works for the installation of utilities.

    Please also provide details relating to the checks and inspections ensuring that all utility companies comply with the county's requirements.

    Published: 17 June 2026

  6. Children in Supported Accommodation

    I am writing to make a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would be grateful if you could provide the following information:

    1. Please provide. data for the most recent 12-month period available on the number of children placed in supported accommodation in your area, broken down by entry route:

    a) via section 20 of the Children Act 1989

    b) move from other settings

    c) via homelessness or housing duty routes under the Housing Act 1996. d) other

    2) Please confirm whether your local authority's contract with its in-house or externally commissioned independent advocacy service includes provision for 16- and 17-year-old children at the point of assessment or after placement in supported accommodation via homelessness or housing duty routes.

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    CLARIFICATION 1 REQUESTED Specifically, please clarify: 1. Q1(b) – “Move from other settings” Could you please clarify what is meant by “move from other settings”? For example: o Is this intended to capture children that don’t fall into Q1(a), Q1(c) or Q1(d)? o Or is it intended to refer only to specific placement types (e.g. foster care, residential care, family arrangements, custody, etc.)? 2. Q1(d) – “Other” As currently framed, this appears to overlap with Q1(b). Could you confirm: o What types of entry route you expect to be recorded under “other”, o How this should be distinguished from “move from other settings”?

    CLARIFICATION 1 RESPONSE: Specifically, please clarify: 1. Q1(b) – “Move from other settings” Could you please clarify what is meant by “move from other settings”? For example: o Is this intended to capture children that don’t fall into Q1(a), Q1(c) or Q1(d)? o Or is it intended to refer only to specific placement types (e.g. foster care, residential care, family arrangements, custody, etc.)? This refers to when a child was previously looked after but in a different setting, i.e. residential, custody, kinship, foster care - all other known care settings. 2. Q1(d) – “Other” As currently framed, this appears to overlap with Q1(b). Could you confirm: o What types of entry route you expect to be recorded under “other”, We have left this open to local authorities to interpret as some may have different categories to others, but as an example, an emergency care order o How this should be distinguished from “move from other settings”? If for example there are no former settings and this is a child's first entry into care

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    CLARIFICATION 2 REQUESTED In relation to question 1: Do you want information on young people under the age of 18 who have approached the council for housing (either through homelessness/housing duties or duties under the Children’s Act) where the young person was the applicant/client and not part of a household where they are a dependent child? OR Do you want the number of households with children under 18 who have been placed in temporary accommodation?

    CLARIFICATION 2 RESPONSE: Just to confirm, the first option please.

    Published: 16 June 2026

  7. Approximate average cost for transport projects

    Under the Freedom of Information Act, please can you provide the approximate average cost to Herefordshire Council to deliver the following transport projects in the most recent year for which figures are available. For the purpose of this request, please understand approximate cost to mean the total of

    i) fees for prelims, traffic management, and signage and road markings),

    ii) works contingency,

    iii) restricted and night working,

    iv) fees for design, project management, construction supervision, and Quantity Surveyor,

    v) Traffic Regulation Orders,

    vi) Air Quality Assessment,

    vii) site investigations,

    viii) street lighting assessment, and

    ix) Statutory Undertakers Allowance.

    1. Installation of Bollard (per bollard)

    2. Installation of a Vehicle Activated Sign (VAS) 

    3. A Set of Two traffic Speed Cushions   

    4. Small Scale Resident Only Parking 

    5. Zebra Crossing Single Carriageway, no Splitter Island

    Published: 16 June 2026

  8. Children in Care who Identify as Transgender/Gender Fluid

    Please advise:

    1. How many of the children in care in your local authority identify as transgender, according to your records?

    2. How many of the children in care in your local authority identify as gender fluid, according to your records?

    Published: 15 June 2026

  9. No. of Women where Recorded Cause of Homelessness is Leaving Prison, 01/04/2021 - 31/03/2026

    This is a request for information according to the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

    Please note there is one part to my request, which relates to homelessness and former prisoners.

    (1) Please can you confirm the number of women owed a housing duty where the recorded cause of homelessness is leaving prison.

    A local authority owes a homeless applicant the main housing duty when the relief duty ends and the authority are satisfied the applicant is:

    * homeless

    * eligible for assistance

    * in priority need

    * not intentionally homeless

    Please can you provide data from 1 April 2021 up to and including 31 March 2026.

    Published: 15 June 2026

  10. Education & Youth Justice Software Suppliers

    In each of the children and youth offending services departments within your local authority, please provide the following details:

    * Who is your current software supplier? for Education Services & Youth Justice

    * What was the total contract value, as originally contracted?

    * What was the contract term in years and what is the expiry date?

    * Are there any planned/optional extension periods, if so how many?

    * What procurement route was used (e.g. open tender, direct award, framework)

    In each of the following service areas:

    Statutory Education provision (for recording of DfE data and returns for areas such as admissions, early years, attendance, exclusions, education psychology)

    Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

    Youth Justice (used to manage statutory YJB case management and returns)

    Post-16/NCCIS youth provision (used for returns to DfE for education, training and employment 16+)

    Virtual school (used to record information related to children looked after)

    Family information service (FIS)/early years/children's centres (used for early years data/case management and statutory funding)

    Statutory schools' data collection (used to pull in and aggregate data from all school management information systems).

    Published: 15 June 2026