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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1,821 disclosures

  1. 1. Since 1 October 2021, how many Pre-packed for Direct Sale (PPSD) food businesses have been inspected to ascertain compliance with food labelling laws? Specifically, in relation to the requirements introduced from Natasha's Law?

    2. Since 1 October 2021, how many PPSD food businesses within your local authority area have been found to be non-compliant with food labelling laws?

    3. Since April 2020 until June 2022, please can you detail any support that has been provided and/or made available to local PPSD food businesses to support compliance with allergen labelling legislation?

    4. Since April 2020 until June 2022, can you state the number of PPSD food businesses you have provided support to in relation to compliance with allergen labelling legislation?

    5. Please can you detail any changes to environmental health /or food enforcement activities your organisation has implemented in response to Natasha's Law?

    6. How many breaches of allergen labelling compliance have you been notified of from within your Local Authority area since October 2021?

    Published: 7 October 2022

  2. Q1. Please confirm that the standard amount charged for the issuance of a summons for non-payment of Council tax from Herefordshire Council is £82.50p

    Q2. Please supply accurate figures of the total number of inhabitants of Herefordshire who were issued with Council tax summonses for non-payment of Council Tax in May, 2022

    Q3. Please supply accurate figures of the total number of inhabitants of Herefordshire who were issued with Council tax summonses for non-payment of Council Tax in June, 2022

    Q4. Please supply accurate figures of the total number of inhabitants of Herefordshire who were issued with Council tax summonses for non-payment of Council Tax in July, 2022

    Q5. Please supply accurate figures of the total number of inhabitants of Herefordshire who were issued with Council tax summonses for non-payment of Council Tax in August, 2022

    Q6. Please supply accurate figures of the total number of inhabitants of Herefordshire who were issued with Council tax summonses for non-payment of Council Tax in September, 2022

    Published: 6 October 2022

  3. The cost of the relatively new footbridge along a public right of way in Aston Ingham , Herefordshire.

    Published: 6 October 2022

  4. Under the Freedom of Information Act can you tell me: -

    How many schools in Herefordshire have asbestos on the site (please note for clarity: the number should include any school, maintained or otherwise, primary, middle or secondary, that is known to have an amount of asbestos within their grounds/in their buildings)

    - Please also provide a list, naming each school

    - Please also tell me if the council has a policy in place on the maintenance of asbestos within school sites

    - Please tell me if there is a council budget for any maintenance of asbestos within school sites

    Published: 5 October 2022

  5. Please inform me how many wheelie bins have been reported lost or stolen to your council in the last three years with a breakdown of how many per year and per month. For example, how many were reported lost or stolen in January 2020, February 2020 and onwards. If this data is not stored month-by-month, please just send it to me by year.

    Can you please also tell me how much revenue Herefordshire Council has accumulated from charging people who have had to replace their wheelie bin in the last three years - with a breakdown over the years, so in 2020, in 2021 and in 2022 so far.

    Published: 5 October 2022

  6. Grounds Maintenance Software

    1. What software you are using for your grounds maintenance?

    2. What is the annual spend on this contract?

    3. What are the start date & duration of the contract?

    4. Is there an extension clause in the contract and, if so, the duration of the extension?

    5. Has a decision been made yet on whether the contract is being either extended or renewed?

    6. Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract?

    Tree Management Software

    1. What software you are using for your tree management?

    2. What is the annual spend on this contract?

    3. What are the start date & duration of the contract?

    4. Is there an extension clause in the contract and, if so, the duration of the extension?

    5. Has a decision been made yet on whether the contract is being either extended or renewed?

    6. Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract?

    Playground Management Software

    1. What software you are using for your Playground management?

    2. What is the annual spend on this contract?

    3. What are the start date & duration of the contract?

    4. Is there an extension clause in the contract and, if so, the duration of the extension?

    5. Has a decision been made yet on whether the contract is being either extended or renewed?

    6. Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract?

    Published: 4 October 2022

  7. 1) How many cycle lanes are there within the boundaries of your council's jurisdiction? (as of 05/09/2022)

    2) How many cycle paths are there within the boundaries of your council's jurisdiction? (as of 05/09/2022)

    3) Are there plans in place to increase the number of cycle lanes in your jurisdiction?

    4) Are there plans in place to increase the number of cycle paths in your jurisdiction?

    Published: 4 October 2022

  8. I am seeking any information on local authority funds that have been stored with Qatar National Bank in the past 5 years, either as part of Treasury management operations, or for any other reason. Please provide the following:-

    A breakdown of local authority funds that have been stored with Qatar National Bank (QNB) since 1 January 2017.

    The quantum of the funds invested with QNB and the interest rate earned.

    The latest list of approved countries for local authority funds to be invested in.

    Published: 4 October 2022

  9. I would like to request, under the freedom of information act, the number of full-time equivalent school attendance staff employed by your council as of July in each of the years from 2011 to 2021.

    If data for the whole date range is not available, I would like data for all years in that range for which data is available. If data isn't available for July then I will accept data for the numbers employed at a different point in the calendar year, for example in December.

    If providing all the data requested would lead to refusal on the grounds it would take too much time or cost too much to collate, then I would accept data for 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021.

    Clarification: By "school attendance staff", I mean anyone employed by the council with responsibility for monitoring, managing and encouraging school attendance.

    Published: 3 October 2022

  10. Q1. Who provides the organisation's BACS payments and Direct Debit collection software?

    Q2. How you came to the decision to choose these companies?

    Q3. Do you use a Tender process or do you contact suppliers directly?

    Q4. If you go out to tender, are you able to tell us your process for applying?

    Q5. Please provide your current expenditure for your Bacs payment processing and Direct Debit collection.

    Q6. When does your current contract(s) with BACs payment and direct debit collection software expire?

    Q7. What is the total value of your current BACS payment and Direct Debit collection software contract(s) and over what period?

    Q8. Does the organisation, acting as a Bureau, provide Bacs processing on behalf on any other organisation?

    Published: 3 October 2022