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. 2017/2018 Rates year charge - Photovoltaic installation at Nanopore Insulation Ltd, Brimfield

    Under the freedom of information act of 2000, could you please provide the 2017/2018 charge including transition but excluding any other reliefs for the following property: PHOTOVOLTAIC INSTALLATION AT NANOPORE INSULATION LTD, BRIMFIELD, LUDLOW, SHROPSHIRE, SY8 4NX

    Published: 24 August 2022

  2. Data on reported accidents at children's playgrounds

    I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information which relates to reported accidents at children's playgrounds covered by your jurisdiction.

    Please may you provide me with data on:

    · The number of children's playgrounds in your area in 2022

    · The number of accidents reported at children's playgrounds in your area in 2022 so far, 2021, 2020 and 2019

    · The name of the playground where the most reported accidents have occurred in this timeframe (and total number between 2022 and 2019 here)

    · The number of complaints made in relation to the safety of equipment at playgrounds in your area in 2022 so far, 2021, 2020 and 2019

    · The name of the playground which has received the most complaints in relation to the safety of its equipment, in this timeframe (and total number between 2022 and 2019 here)

    · Any details on playground closures or equipment that has been removed due to safety complaints or reported accidents since 2019

    Please provide the information in the attached spreadsheet.

    Published: 24 August 2022

  3. 2017/2018 Rates year - Photovoltaic Installation at Kingspan Insulation Ltd, Shobdon Airfield

    Under the freedom of information act of 2000, could you please provide the 2017/2018 charge including transition but excluding any other reliefs for the following property:

    PHOTOVOLTAIC INSTALLATION AT KINGSPAN INSULATION LTD, SHOBDON AIRFIELD, PEMBRIDGE, LEOMINSTER, HEREFORDSHIRE, HR6 9LA

    Published: 24 August 2022

  4. Performing Animals (Regulation) Act 1925, dogs and cats

    With respect to your local authority's register of performing animals, please tell me:

    Q1. How many a) dogs and b) cats are currently registered under the Performing Animals (Regulation) Act 1925 in your area to be trained and/or exhibited for performance?

    Q2. Please can you provide a sample of the types of performances in which some of the registered dogs and cats are engaged?

    NOTE: For question 2, I am looking for a flavour of the range of performance types. I appreciate there could be a lot of animals registered with many different performance details, so please give me the performance details from just the FIVE most recently approved applications.

    Published: 23 August 2022

  5. School's financial status

    I would like to know the number of schools under your authority which ended the last financial year (2021/22) in financial deficit.

    If possible, I would also like to know the extent to which these schools were in deficit in £GBP.

    Published: 23 August 2022

  6. Domestic Abuse Training for Children's Services

    1. Has Herefordshire Council Children's Services department arranged for its social care staff to attend domestic abuse training on The Safe & Together Model? (As set out in the BASW England: Domestic Abuse Guidance for social workers April 2021).

    2. If the answer to question 1 is yes, please tell us the number of staff in this department, and by their job title, that have attended this training as of 8th August 2022.

    3. If the answer to question 1 is no, please tell us if your children's services department has arranged for its social care staff to attend domestic abuse training on Women's Aid Change That Lasts Programme? (As set out in the BASW England: Domestic Abuse Guidance for social workers April 2021).

    4. If the answer to questions 1 and 3 is no, please tell us if your children's services department has provided any other specific training to staff to deal with domestic abuse cases?

    5. If the answer to question 4 is yes, please tell me the name of this training, how it was delivered, it's duration and whether it was mandatory or optional?

    6. If the answer to question 4 is yes, please also tell us the number of staff in this department, and by their job title, that have attended this training as of 8th August 2022?

    7. If the answer to questions 1 and 3 is no, please tell us if your children's services department has provided any other specific training to staff on Controlling and Coercive Behaviours (Coercive Control) to deal with domestic abuse cases?

    8. If the answer to question 7 is yes, please tell me the name of this training, how it was delivered, it's duration and whether it was mandatory or optional?

    9. Has Herefordshire Council Children's Services department arranged for its social care staff to attend training on the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (and the Statutory Guidance July 2022)?

    10. If the answer to question 9 is yes, please tell us the number of staff in this department, and by their job title, that have attended this training as of 8th August 2022.

    Published: 23 August 2022

  7. Revenues/Benefits Workflow System and Caseload

    Please may you provide me with:

    1. What workflow system do you use for Revenues and Benefits work?

    2. What is your caseload for Benefits, NNDR and Council Tax?

    Published: 23 August 2022

  8. Vehicle collisions with Council owned property

    Q1. How many vehicles collided with property owned by your local authority - such as buildings, railings, lampposts, street furniture etc. - in each of the calendar years 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017? Please provide the data broken down by year.

    Q2. How much money did your local authority spend in each of the calendar years 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017 repairing council-owned property that was damaged by vehicles?

    Please also state how much, if any, of each annual amount, in £s, was recovered through insurance policies.

    Please also state how much, if any, of each annual amount, in £s, was recovered through uninsured loss recovery (ULR) programmes. Please provide the data broken down by year.

    Published: 23 August 2022

  9. Veteran eligibility for benefits

    1. Does the Local Authority disregard all payments made under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (2005) as income, when assessing eligibility for:

    * Housing Benefit

    * Council Tax Support/ Council Tax Reduction

    * Discretionary Housing Payments

    * Disabled Facilities Grants (England and Wales only)

    (Please answer YES/NO)

    2. Does the Local Authority disregard all payments made under the War Pension scheme, as income, when assessing eligibility for:

    * Housing Benefit

    * Council Tax Support/ Council Tax Reduction

    * Discretionary Housing Payments

    * Disabled Facilities Grants (England and Wales only)

    (Please answer YES/NO)

    3. Does the Local Authority disregard a Service Invaliding Pension or Service Attributable Pension, paid under the Armed Forces Pension Scheme, as income, when assessing eligibility for:

    * Housing Benefit

    * Council Tax Support/ Council Tax Reduction

    * Discretionary Housing Payments

    * Disabled Facilities Grants (England and Wales only)

    (Please answer YES/NO)

    Published: 19 August 2022

  10. Joint commissioning frameworks for children's social care

    Please complete the attached.

    Published: 18 August 2022