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. Herefordshire Flood Risk Mitigation: Environmental Impact of the Flood Investment

    Do you have any document about the environmental impact of the flood investment, predominantly about the nature based schemes and engineered schemes in the following document (https://councillors.herefordshire.gov.uk/documents/s50128861/Herefordshire%20Flood%20Risk%20Mitigation%20main%20report.pdf) page 2?

    Published: 29 September 2026

  2. Financial Affairs Referrals and Signposting

    Please provide the following information regarding adults who require support managing their financial affairs.

    1. Does the council currently accept new referrals for any of the following:

    DWP Appointeeship

    Corporate Appointeeship

    Property and Affairs Deputyship

    Managed Account or Money Management services

    2. If yes, which types of cases are accepted?

    3. Are these services delivered by the council directly or by an external provider?

    4. If delivered by an external provider, please provide the provider's name.

    5. Where the council does not accept referrals, which organisations are social workers, care professionals, families or clients signposted to?

    6. Does the council maintain a preferred, approved or signposting list of organisations providing financial affairs, appointeeship or deputyship services?

    7. If yes, please provide: The organisations on the list Any website or contact details held The process for being added to the list

    8. Please provide the team name and contact details responsible for:

    Financial affairs referrals

    Maintaining provider or signposting lists

    Published: 28 September 2026

  3. Cybersecurity services for Herefordshire council

    I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the Council's procurement and use of cyber security services. Where available, please provide details for the current contract(s), supplier(s) and procurement arrangements relating to the following services.

    1. Procurement Routes

    1. Which procurement platform(s) does the Council use for IT and cyber security procurements (for example Contracts Finder, Proactis, YORtender, Chest, Delta eSourcing or similar)?

    2. Which framework agreements does the Council typically use for cyber security services (for example G-Cloud, DOS, CCS frameworks, Bloom or equivalent)?

    2. Penetration Testing and Security Testing Please provide:

    * Current supplier name(s)

    * Contract start date

    * Contract expiry date

    * Contract value or annual spend

    * Procurement route or framework used

    * Whether services include infrastructure, web application, mobile, cloud, CHECK, IT Health Check or other penetration testing services

    3. Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus Please provide:

    * Current supplier name

    * Contract value or annual spend

    * Contract start date

    * Contract expiry date

    * Procurement route or framework used

    4. ISO 27001 Please provide details of any external supplier used for:

    * ISO 27001 consultancy

    * ISO 27001 implementation support

    * ISO 27001 internal audit

    * ISO 27001 certification preparation Including:

    * Supplier name

    * Contract value or annual spend

    * Contract expiry date

    * Procurement route used

    5. PCI DSS Please provide details of any external supplier used for:

    * PCI DSS consultancy

    * PCI DSS QSA services

    * PCI DSS penetration testing

    * PCI DSS compliance support Including:

    * Supplier name

    * Contract value or annual spend

    * Contract expiry date

    * Procurement route used

    6. Incident Response and Digital Forensics Please provide details of any external supplier used for:

    * Incident response retainers

    * Digital forensics retainers

    * DFIR services

    * Cyber breach response services Including:

    * Supplier name

    * Contract value or annual spend

    * Contract expiry date

    * Procurement route used

    7. Future Procurement Activity Where known, please provide:

    * The expected renewal or re-procurement date for each service

    * Whether the Council currently expects to re-tender, extend or recompete the contract 8. Relevant Departments Please provide the name of the department or team responsible for:

    * Cyber Security / Information Security

    * ICT / IT Services

    * Procurement and Commercial Management

    I am not requesting personal information. Generic team names or departmental contact details are sufficient. Where information is already publicly available, please provide links to the relevant contract award notice, procurement record or contract register entry. Electronic response by email would be appreciated.

    Published: 28 September 2026

  4. Attempted/Successful Underage Nicotine Sales

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to please request the following information relating to complaints, reports or referrals concerning the sale or attempted sale of vaping and nicotine products to people under the age of 18.

    For each of the last three financial years (2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26), please provide:

    1. The total number of complaints, reports, referrals, or other recorded instances of concern received relating to vaping or nicotine products (including electronic cigarettes/vapes, nicotine pouches, nicotine-containing e-liquids, and other nicotine products) being sold or allegedly being sold to under-18s.

    2. Where recorded, a breakdown of these instances by the following:

    - Financial year

    - Product type

    - Outcome (e.g. investigation or compliance visit, test purchase, seizure, warning or other enforcement action, prosecution or financial penalty, etc)

    - Premise type (e.g. convenience stores/newsagents, specialist vape shops, supermarkets, market stalls, online retailers, etc)

    I would appreciate it if this data could be provided in Excel format.

    If any part of this request requires clarification or if any aspect cannot be provided, please let me know, and I will be happy to assist.

    Published: 28 September 2026

  5. Gas Boiler Installation Complaints Statistics

    Please could you provide the total number of complaints or referrals received by your Trading Standards service in each of the following categories, for each of the last five complete financial years (2021/22 to 2025/26):

    1) Complaints relating to gas boiler installation, replacement, or servicing work

    2) Complaints relating to doorstep selling in connection with boiler or heating system sales

    3) Referrals or escalations relating to unsafe gas work — whether to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Gas Safe Register, or another enforcement body

    We are requesting aggregate totals only — we do not require any information relating to individual cases, complainants, or traders.

    Published: 28 September 2026

  6. Late Payment Charges between April 2025 and most Recent Date Available

    Please provide the total amount paid by the council in late payment interest, fees, penalties, or other charges resulting from the late payment of invoices between April 2025 and most recent date available. Please provide the total amount, and number of late payments if easily available.

    Published: 25 September 2026

  7. EHCP Provision and Placement Panel / Equivalent Process

    I am making this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the arrangements used by the Local Authority for making decisions about educational provision and placement for children and young people with Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs).

    Background and purpose of this request

    Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) set out the special educational needs of a child or young person and the special educational provision and educational placement considered necessary to meet those needs.

    As part of understanding how EHCP arrangements operate across local authorities in England, I am seeking information about the processes used by individual Local Authorities when considering and making decisions about EHCP provision and educational placement.

    In particular, some Local Authorities operate a Provision and Placement Panel, SEND Placement Panel, EHCP Panel, or another equivalent multi-disciplinary decision-making or advisory process. Such processes may involve education, health, social care, SEND and other professional representatives and may consider information relating to a child's needs, proposed provision, educational placement and available resources.

    This request is therefore intended to obtain information about the Local Authority's own policies, procedures, decision-making arrangements and records, rather than to suggest that a particular model or process should be followed.

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    Please provide the following information:

    1. Does the Local Authority operate a Provision and Placement Panel, SEND Placement Panel, EHCP Panel, or any equivalent panel/process that considers requests relating to educational provision or placement for children and young people with EHCPs?

    2. If yes, please provide a copy of the current:

    • Terms of Reference;

    • policy;

    • guidance;

    • procedure; or

    • other document describing the operation of the Panel/process.

    3. Please also provide copies of previous versions of the relevant Terms of Reference, policy, guidance or procedure held by the Local Authority for the previous five years, including the dates on which each version was in operation, where this information is held.

    If any of the information requested above is already publicly available, please provide the relevant webpage or document link.

    If the Local Authority does not operate a Provision and Placement Panel or equivalent process, please confirm this and provide details of the process used instead for making decisions about educational provision and placement for children and young people with EHCPs.

    If any part of this request is considered exempt from disclosure, please provide the information that can be disclosed and explain which exemption is being relied upon for the withheld information.

    I would be grateful if the information could be provided electronically.

    Published: 25 September 2026

  8. Drop Curb Applications

    I would like to please request the following information:

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

    * How many applications did your council receive for dropped kerbs?

    * If possible, how many of these were refused? How many of these were approved?

    * Following the applications that were approved, how many were actually constructed?

    Please share the data in a spreadsheet format.

    If data up until June is unavailable, please provide it for the most recent one year period that is available (e.g. 1st March 2025 - 31st March 2026).

    Published: 25 September 2026

  9. LR11 - Land Owner/Tenant Details

    Please provide the land owner and/or tenant farmer responsible for leaving cattle across PROW route LR11 on the definitive map. https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/travel-and-transport/highways-and-public-rights-of-way-map/

    Published: 24 September 2026

  10. Noise Complaints Received in Respect of Colwall Park Hotel from 2022-2026

    Please can you provide me, for each year (calendar or financial year, whichever is easier), the number of noise complaints you have received in respect of Colwall Park Hotel, in Colwall. I'm happy for this to be for the period 2022 to 2026 only.

    Published: 23 September 2026