Herefordshire Climate Assembly
Case reference EIR2026/00492
Received 23 February 2026
Published 3 March 2026
Request
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the Herefordshire Climate Assembly (or similarly titled citizens’ assembly on climate change). Please could you provide:
1. The total number of facilitators engaged for the Climate Assembly process.
2. Information on how expert witnesses/speakers were selected, specifically: Whether they were selected by the Council, by the facilitation team, by participants, or through another process. Any documented criteria, guidance, or decision-making process used for their selection.
3. Information on how the Assembly’s final recommendations were drafted, specifically: Who was responsible for drafting the recommendations (e.g., participants directly, facilitators, council officers, or a combination).
Whether facilitators or council officers edited, refined, or structured the recommendations prior to publication.
If relevant documents (e.g., terms of reference, procurement documents, methodology reports, or internal guidance notes) contain this information, I am happy to receive copies of those documents in lieu of a narrative response.
I look forward to your response within 20 working days as required under the Act. Many thanks.
Response
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the Herefordshire Climate Assembly (or similarly titled citizens’ assembly on climate change).
Please could you provide:
1. The total number of facilitators engaged for the Climate Assembly process.
A: The only information held is publicly available and published on Herefordshire Council’s website and can be viewed via the following link:
Citizens' Assembly - Herefordshire Council
As such we consider this information to be excepted under Regulation 6 of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 because this is available to you via other means.
2. Information on how expert witnesses/speakers were selected, specifically: Whether they were selected by the Council, by the facilitation team, by participants, or through another process. Any documented criteria, guidance, or decision-making process used for their selection.
A: This information is not held.
3. Information on how the Assembly’s final recommendations were drafted, specifically: Who was responsible for drafting the recommendations (e.g., participants directly, facilitators, council officers, or a combination). Whether facilitators or council officers edited, refined, or structured the recommendations prior to publication.
If relevant documents (e.g., terms of reference, procurement documents, methodology reports, or internal guidance notes) contain this information, I am happy to receive copies of those documents in lieu of a narrative response.
A: The only information held is publicly available and published on Herefordshire Council’s website and can be viewed via the following link:
Citizens' Assembly - Herefordshire Council
Issue details - Recommendations from Citizens Climate Assembly - Herefordshire Council
Appendix A - Recommendations from Citizen Climate Assembly.pdf
As such we consider this information to be excepted under Regulation 6 of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 because this is available to you via other means.
Documents
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