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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This request relates to adults only. Freedom of Information Request regarding Learning Disability and Autism Services. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to make the following request for information relating to the learning disability and autism services in your local authority.
1. The average (arithmetic mean in £ and pence) hourly rate you pay for externally provided learning disability and autism services (not your in-house services) for each of the service types as follows:
a. Residential homes (including profound and multiple learning disability (PMLD) services and respite care) Hourly rate: Weekly rate (if hourly is N/A):
b. Supported living
c. Day services
d. Domiciliary care
2. The average (arithmetic mean as a percentage) annual fee uplift (inflationary uplift) you have implemented for each of the last five years (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022) for externally provided learning disability and autism services (not your in-house services) for each of the service types as follows:
a. Residential homes (including profound and multiple learning disability (PMLD) services and respite care
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b. Supported living
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c. Day services
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d. Domiciliary care
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If you can please return the information in the spreadsheet provided.
Published: 10 October 2022
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Q1. For each of the financial years 17/18, 18/19, 19/20, 20/21, 21/22 and 22/23 (to date):
Q1A. How many requests were made for financial support in cash or kind under section 17 (6) of the Children Act?
Q1B. How many requests were granted for financial support in cash or kind under section 17(6) of the Children Act?
Q1C. For each financial year what was the total monetary value of the support provided in cash or kind under section 17 (6) of the Children Act?
Q2. For each of the financial years 17/18, 18/19, 19/20, 20/21, 21/22 and 22/23 (to date):
Q2A. What was the total number of children in the care of your authority?
Q3. For each of the financial years 17/18, 18/19, 19/20, 20/21, 21/22 and 22/23 (to date):
Q3A. How many approved foster carers were registered with your local authority? (For clarity, by approved foster carers I am looking for the number of people who have completed all the checks and training and are approved to carry out fostering)
Please note, I would be grateful if you could provide annual breakdowns for the data requested preferably in an Excel spreadsheet.
Published: 10 October 2022
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Please can your organisation provide in Excel CSV format, the following information:
a) The number of roles in your association (expressed in numbers of FTE), that are mainly or exclusively focused on issues of equality, diversity, or inclusivity. For example, this could include (amongst other guises) "EDI officers" or "diversity and inclusion project managers" but would not include general HR managers.
b) Either a) the pay band of each of these roles, or b) the combined total salaries for these roles. Whichever measure is more in accordance with your data preferences.
c) In the past 12 months the number of staff days across your organisation which have been committed to attending equality training programmes, whether internally run or with external consultants. (staff days = duration of the training programme multiplied by the number of staff in attendance for the course).
d) The contractual cost of any consultants hired, in the past twelve months, to provide any external training or advice on issues of diversity, equality, or inclusivity.
e) In the past twelve months, the number of staff days committed to attending conferences relating mainly or exclusively to matters of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. (duration of conference multiplied by the number of staff in attendance).
f) The costs of attending these conferences.
g) Membership costs the organisation pays for participation in equality charters such as the Stonewall Equality Champions, or Diversity and Inclusion Workplace champions.
The most desirable csv layout would be the letter (a-g) in column A and then the information you hold in column B. If your organisation does not hold information in relation to any of the letters please file as N/A.
Published: 10 October 2022
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Reference: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c4e8ece6-9bb0-443a-9cb8-b1c2c5c090c5
Q1. Can you please confirm whether or not this service now 'live'? If yes, please provide a link to the relevant URL (website where it is hosted).
Q2. The 'Procedure Type' is listed as a 'Call-Off from a Framework Agreement'. Please confirm which Framework Agreement was used.
Q3. Please provide the ITT documents that were issued as part of the procurement (i.e. those issued by Hereford Council, and therefore, in the public domain).
Q4. Please confirm whether the contract was awarded via 'Direct Award' or 'Mini Competition'.
Q5. The 'Contract End Date' is listed as 30 December 2023. Is this the end of the 'initial term' or the 'extended term'?
Q6. Does the contract include optional extensions? If yes, how many and for how long?
Q7. Who is the SRO/ Project Sponsor?
Published: 10 October 2022
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Underground Apparatus/Plant Site Ref: J109 - Bastion Mews, Hereford - NGR E351243 N240134
In order that all reasonable precautions may be taken to avoid risk to health and safety through contact with any of your existing apparatus during execution of works at the above site, please provide plan(s) indicating the general position and nature of your appararus in the area.
In addition, please highlight any likely problems that could arise in connection with your apparatus as a result of the works and any limitations on the quality of the information provided.
Published: 7 October 2022
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Request:
1) Can the Local Authority's Director of Public Health provide an estimate for the number of referrals made to alcohol treatment services in your local authority area for the following financial years?
a) 2018/19
b) 2019/20
c) 2020/21
d) 2021/22
2) Can the Local Authority's Director of Public Health provide the outturn data for budget spent on alcohol treatment services in your local authority area for the following financial years?
a) 2018/19
b) 2019/20
c) 2020/21
d) 2021/22
3) Can the Local Authority's Director of Public Health provide the outturn data for budget spent on drug and alcohol treatment services in your local authority area for the following financial years?
a) 2018/19
b) 2019/20
c) 2020/21
d) 2021/22
4) Can the Local Authority's Director of Public Health provide me with an estimate for the amount your local authority area is forecast to spend on alcohol treatment services in the following financial years?
a) 2020/21
b) 2021/22
c) 2022/23
5) Can the Local Authority's Director of Public Health provide me with an estimate for the amount your local authority area is forecast to spend on drug and alcohol treatment services in the following financial years?
a) 2020/21
b) 2021/22
c) 2022/23
Published: 7 October 2022
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Can you please provide me with a complete cost of the recent highway works that have taken place at the bottom of Fromes Hill.
Published: 7 October 2022
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Please could you kindly send me any information you may hold relating to persons who are/were known to the Council via any of the following teams and who have died with:
- no known next of kin (defined as blood relatives) OR
- where you have been unable to engage with or locate any KNOWN next of kin,
Please provide details of cases that have occurred or come to your attention since 1/7/2022 to the day of your reply or as close as possible.
The name of the team responsible varies but exists within all County Councils, London Boroughs, Unitary & Metropolitan District Councils.
Team names:
* Deputyship
* Appointeeship
* Adult social care
* Client Finance Team
* Protection of Property
* Financial Assessment
* Other team name whereby Council official(s) were charged with handling the financial affairs of the (now deceased) person
Please provide as much of the following information as you can:
1. full names of deceased persons,
2. dates of death,
3. marital status,
4. maiden surnames of married or widowed females,
5. dates of birth or ages at death,
6. last known addresses,
7. estimated value of estates,
8. date(s) when the information was passed (or information that
is about to be or likely to be passed) to the Government Legal Department (formerly Treasury Solicitor) or the Duchy of Lancaster or Cornwall or any other 3rd party, or, confirmation that this will not be happening and the reason why.Published: 7 October 2022
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1) If your council has a social housing stock, please tell me how many complaints you received from tenants in
a) 2021 and
b) 2022 up to the date of this email relating to alleged paranormal activity at council house properties.
Note: I would request, if practicable, that a search of logged complaints be carried out using the following keywords: ghost, poltergeist and paranormal.
The results would need to be manually reviewed to eliminate any false positives.
2) Finally, please supply me with a summary or (if available) the verbatim wording of the complaint for the FIVE most recent cases identified. Please redact any details that could identify an individual.
Published: 7 October 2022
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I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act, regarding developer contributions, or Section 106 payments. Specifically, my request concerns unpaid and overdue payments, for example payments that were tied to a specific date or point in a project, or payments that have been invoiced for but not received.
For every payment that is owed to the council, I would like the following details:
a) The amount of money owed;
b) The date by which it was supposed to have been paid OR;
c) If payment is tied to a trigger point in development rather than a date, then the date an invoice was raised
d) The reference number for the associated planning case
Published: 7 October 2022