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. I request the organigram of roles and responsibilities within the traffic and parking and parking appeals team so that i can satisfy myself that my case is being considered 'independent' and that evidence I have request on a numerous occasions will be provided.

    Published: 25 September 2023

  2. Two part enquiry:-

    Statistics please for exactly how many homes/houses have been provided under the Bordergroup Neighbourhood Development Plan (which was adopted by Herefordshire Council in 2019 & now forms part of the Development Plan for Herefordshire).

    Also, how many of those homes/houses created under the use of the NDP have actually served local, working families as indicated by the key objectives & core strategy?

    Published: 25 September 2023

  3. Please can you give information regarding current 5G masts in Hereford and Herefordshire .

    A map would be beneficial.

    Also information regarding planned masts for the next 6 months of 2023

    Published: 25 September 2023

  4. Please can you provide me with the following information under the Freedom Of Information Act:-

    a) addresses of all Registered Residential HMO properties that are within your councils area;

    b) the maximum number of occupants that each property referred to in (a) is licensed to hold

    c) the last actual registered number of occupants that each property referred to in (a) holds

    d) the date each of the properties in (a) was first registered as HMO

    e) the names of the owners/licence holders of those properties referred to in (a) and the correspondence address OR the registered "licence holder address" of the owners referred to

    Please share all the above in a PDF, CSV, or excel format.

    Published: 22 September 2023

  5. Further to the response provided in FOI2023/01118 and as advised, please provide responses to question 1,3,4,5 and 6 as set out below:

    1. In the most recent available 12-month period

    a) How many children do you have in care?

    b) Foster care

    c) Residential care

    3. What was the average cost of a CIC/LAC/CLA?

    4. How much were the five most expensive placements?

    5. What was the total cost of the CIC/LAC/CLA department broken down by;

    a) agency staff?

    b) contracted staff?

    c) third parties?

    6. What was the average number of placements for each child including placements with family?

    Published: 22 September 2023

  6. Please could you provide figures for the number of reports, fixed penalty notices (FPNs), prosecutions and fines relating to dog fouling from August 2013 - August 2023 for Herefordshire?

    Please could you provide the breakdown of this information per year if possible.

    If available, please could you also provide a breakdown of where these reports, fixed penalty notices (FPNs), prosecutions and fines relating to dog fouling have occurred (for example: parks, beaches, private property etc)?

    Published: 22 September 2023

  7. 1. Do you have a web-based directory of services/eMarketplace for adult social care?

    a. Is this directory / eMarketplace developed in-house or by an external provider?

    b. If an external provider please provide the name of the supplier?

    c. If an external provider please provide the renewal date for the contract

    d. What is the annual support cost for your directory/eMarketplace?

    e. Are there any plans to review provision of your directory / Marketplace in the next 12 months?

    f. Please provide the name(s), email(s) and telephone number(s) of the individual responsible for the directory / eMarketplace within your organisation

    2. Who oversees the management of personal budgets and direct payments and integrated personal budgets and what are their contact details? - i.e.. name(s), email(s) and telephone number(s)?

    3. Does the LA support the administration, delivery and or/management of Personal health budgets, e.g. on behalf of the NHS Integrated Care Board, and if so, who is the contact at the LA for this and their contact details? - i.e.. name(s), email(s) and telephone number(s)?

    4. Does the LA use third party solutions to assist with the delivery and budget management of personal budgets, direct payments or integrated budgets? E.g. pre-paid cards, eWallet solutions etc.

    a. If yes, what solution is used, who is the provider and when is the contract due to expire?

    b. If no, is this something that you are considering and who in the LA is the person to contact about this and what are their contact details - i.e.. name(s), email(s) and telephone number(s)?

    5. Does the LA have a directory of Personal Assistants and if so, who is the person at the LA who is responsible for this and their contact details - i.e.. name(s), email(s) and telephone number(s)?

    6. Who oversees the provision of personal assistants and what are their contact details - i.e.. name(s), email(s) and telephone number(s) ?

    7. Who is the current Director of Finance for ASC within the LA and what are their contact details i.e.. name(s), email(s) and telephone number(s)?

    8. Who is the Integrated Services lead at the LA and what are their contact details - i.e.. name(s), email(s) and telephone number(s)?

    9. Is there a Transformation Manager or Personalisation Lead or similar role, if yes please provide job title, name(s), email(s) address?

    Published: 20 September 2023

  8. 1) What was the maximum amount the council budget allowed to be paid out in the form of a 'leaving care grant' (sometimes also called a setting up home allowance) in the 2022-2023 financial year?

    2) How many young people left the care of your council on or after their 16th birthday in the 2022-2023 financial year?

    3) How many of these young people received a leaving care grant?

    4) What was the average amount (both mean and median) paid out to care leavers in a leaving care grant in the 2022-2023 financial year?

    Payments are not made out to care leavers. Items chosen by the young person are ordered on a council procurement card held by the personal adviser and deducted from their leaving care balance. The average transaction from the 2022/23 financial year is median £179.00 and mean £226.95

    5) What was the lowest amount paid out to a care leaver in a leaving care grant in the 2022-2022 financial year?

    6) What was the highest amount paid out to a care leaver in a 'leaving care grant' in the 2022-2023 financial year?

    Published: 20 September 2023

  9. I am requesting the following information under the Freedom of Information Act. The information concerns the government's school rebuilding programme - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-rebuilding-programme-schools-in-the-programme

    - and these schools nominated by the council that were not selected:

    Aylestone School

    Much Birch CofE Primary School

    Peterchurch Primary School

    Wellington Primary School and Nursery

    Withington Primary School

    Please could you provide the funding applications made under the programme for each of these schools. Commercially confidential data can be redacted. Alternatively please provide the maintenance issues and work required and the funding requested for each school without providing the full application.

    The council is invited to add details of any of the required maintenance work that was subsequently performed outside the government's school rebuilding programme.

    Published: 20 September 2023

  10. How many private individuals have been billed for charges for non-residential care services with the presentation of an initial bill in excess of £5,000 without previous notice that costs were accruing, within the past 5 years.

    Published: 20 September 2023