FOI release

Code of Conduct complaints

This request was refused in part, so we didn't provide some of the information the requester asked for. This may include information where we can neither confirm nor deny that we hold it.

Case reference FOI2026/01290

Received 5 June 2026

Published 17 June 2026

Request

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)

Response

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?

 

Answer: The information for quesitons 1 and 1.1 is publically available on our council website and can be viewed via the following link:

 

https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/your-council/get-involved/code-of-conduct-complaints/#decisionnotices

 

Please be advised “upheld” is not an outcome that is recorded. If a breach is found, this is publicly available via the above link.

 

As such we consider this information to be exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 because it is reasonably accessible to you via other means. Please take this letter as a refusal notice under S17 of the Act.

 

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

Answer: This information is publically available on our council website and can be viewed via the following links:

 

https://councillors.herefordshire.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=568&MId=9645&Ver=4

 

https://councillors.herefordshire.gov.uk/documents/s50127661/Code%20of%20Conduct%20for%20Councillors%20-%20Six%20Monthly%20Review.pdf

 

As such we consider this information to be exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 because it is reasonably accessible to you via other means. Please take this letter as a refusal notice under S17 of the Act.

 

(2) The total number of Code of Conduct complaints received by your authority between 5th May 2025 - 5th May 2026:

Answer: The Service Area have advised we hold records in financial years. As such, the total number of complaints from the dates held, April 2025 to March 2026, is 52.

 

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

Answer: This information is publically available on our council website and can be viewed via the following link:

 

https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/your-council/get-involved/code-of-conduct-complaints/#decisionnotices

 

Please be advised “upheld” is not an outcome that is recorded. If a breach is found, this is publicly available via the above link.

 

As such we consider this information to be exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 because it is reasonably accessible to you via other means. Please take this letter as a refusal notice under S17 of the Act.

 

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

 

Answer: Please see the table below:

 

Unitary Council	1
Parish Council	26
Town Council	25

 

 

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