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. Meeting technology

   1. How do you manage your meetings? Do you use a meeting management software such as a board portal or a software such as Teams, emails etc?

   2. If yes, what is the name of the supplier?

   3. If yes, what is the contract expiry and contract review date?

   4. How many users are on the board portal/management solution, and how much do you spend on this?

   5. What is your cost per user?

   Could I also kindly ask for contact details for the best lead regarding this?

   Published: 20 September 2022

2. Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children

   Please provide the following information for the 12 month period from 1 August 2021. Please note there are four parts to my request.

   1. How many children (under 18) have left care homes without permission and can no longer be contacted?

   2. Of those, how many were unaccompanied asylum-seeking children? If it does not push my request over the cost limit please provide the nationalities of these children.

   3. How many were children under 14?

   4. How many were children under 10? I would like to receive the information electronically.

   Published: 20 September 2022

3. Business Grants awarded for previous five financial years

   I would like to find out the total amount you have given through business grants to businesses in your areas, in the past 5 financial years, broken down by year (2022-2021, 2021-2020, 2020-2019, 2019-2018, 2018-2017).

   Furthermore, I would like to receive information about how many grants in total you have given to businesses in your area, again, for the same timeframe broken down by year.

   If possible, I'd like to understand what these business grants were (titles of business grants given out to businesses) and the amount given for the past 5 financial years for each type of business grant.

   I do not require information for not for profit business/community interest club, private schools or nursery settings.

   Published: 16 September 2022

4. Current Section 38/278 Agreements

   Can you provide an up to date list of all roads within Herefordshire that currently have Section 38 or Section 278 highway agreements in relation to them?

   Published: 16 September 2022

5. Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Information

   Please provide me with the following information:

   Q1. Number of civil injunctions issued for antisocial behaviour over the past 12 months.

   Q2. Number of community protection notices issued over the past 12 months.

   Q3. Number of public space protection orders issued over the past 12 months.

   Q4. Number of closure orders issued over the past 12 months.

   Q5. Number of dispersal orders issued over the past 12 months.

   Published: 16 September 2022

6. Average cost of car parking/ revenue from car parks

   Please could you provide the following information in an Excel spreadsheet:

   * The average cost to park a car for up to one hour (or the minimum spend) between 9am and 6pm in a local authority owned car park in 2020, 2021, and 2022 (January to June).

   * The average cost to park a car for up to six hours between 9am and 6pm in a local authority owned car park in 2020, 2021, and 2022 (January to June).

   * The total revenue raised by the local authority from car parking fees in 2020, 2021, and 2022 (January to June).

   * The number of car parks owned by the local authority

   * The number of local authority owned car parks that accept cash payments

   * The number of car parks that have been sold by the local authority in the past five years

   Published: 16 September 2022

7. Data on annual spend on Christmas lights and decorations

   I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information which relates to your spending on Christmas/festive season lights and decorations for public spaces in your jurisdiction.  

   Please may you provide me with data on: 

   Q1. The total amount of money that the Local Authority plans to spend on Christmas lights in 2022, and how much was spent in 2021, 2020, 2019.

   Q2. The total amount of money that the Local Authority plans to spend on Christmas decorations in 2022, and how much was spent in 2021, 2020, 2019.

   Q3. The cost of energy used to run Christmas lights in 2021.

   Published: 16 September 2022

8. Education and inclusion structure

   Please provide a copy of your education and inclusion structure.

   Published: 14 September 2022

9. Cost of dropping curbs at Harrow Road and Plough Lane, Hereford

   How much is Herefordshire Council spending on dropping curbs on Harrow Road and Plough Lane in Hereford?

   Published: 14 September 2022

10. Abuse of councillors and local government staff

    Q1. On how many occasions have councillors reported abuse from public in a) 2017-18 b) 2018-19 c) 2019-20 d) 2020-21 e) 2021-22

    Q2. On how many occasions have council officers reported abuse from public in a) 2017-18 b) 2018-19 c) 2019-20 d) 2020-21 e) 2021-22

    Published: 14 September 2022