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
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1. How many roadside vehicle emissions checks in air quality management areas (AQMA) have been conducted in the past five years?
2. How many fixed fines have been given to drivers whose vehicles do not comply with the above emissions limits in the past five years?
3. How many fines have been issued for unauthorised chimney smoke within a smoke control area under the The Clean Air Act 1993 in the past five years?
4. How many complaints have been made regarding unauthorised chimney smoke in the past five years?
Published: 17 August 2022
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Household support fund I understand that a decision was taken by the Council in June 2022 that the money allocated by central government would be awarded to people on pension credit and those who are exempt from paying council tax. Under the freedom of information Act please advise me:
How much money Herefordshire Council received for the coming winter 2022/23?
How it has been allocated?
How much of the fund has been allocated?
How much of the funding is left for people on low incomes?
Published: 17 August 2022
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I know that it has previously been reported that school caterers have had to cut portion sizes and consider changing menus in order to provide free school meals, because of increasing costs - due to inflation - combined with funding increases that don't mirror this inflation
If your LA provides LA maintained schools with catering services, then in the past twelve months, have they had to:
1) Decrease portion sizes for Free school meals?
2) Raise the prices of non-FSM meals
3) Have you had to top-up the funding for free school meals from other areas of your budget?
Published: 17 August 2022
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Q1. The number of households assessed by your local authority as being owed a prevention or relief duty due to risk of homelessness in 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 (or as recent as figures are held)
Q2. The number of households in the answer to (1) who had dependent children in 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 (or as recent as figures are held)
Q3. The number of children (in total) in households owed a homelessness prevention duty in 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 (or as recent as figures are held)
Q4. The number of households with children placed in temporary accommodation by your authority at the end of 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 (if figures held)
Q5. The number of households with children under five placed in temporary accommodation by your authority at the end of 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 (if figures held)
Q6. The number of children under five (in total) placed in temporary accommodation by your authority at the end of 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 (if figures held)
Q7. The number of households with children under five placed in temporary accommodation by your authority at the end of 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 who have been in temporary accommodation for more than six weeks.
Published: 17 August 2022
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I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000 to request the following information from Herefordshire Council regarding the council's refuse collection vehicles. Please may you provide information on:
Q1. Whether the council has a written policy, procurement strategy, practice, order, direction or other document which sets out your policy on the procurement of refuse collection vehicles. If the answer is affirmative, please provide a copy.
Q2. How many refuse collection vehicles are currently in control of or procured by the council and in operation in your local authority?
Q3. For each of the refuse collection vehicles currently in control of and procured by the council and in operation in your local authority, please provide the following details:
* Age
* Producer
* Model
* Type of fuel used
Published: 16 August 2022
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I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect to any TV Aerial and IRS contracts you may have in place. The details we require are:
* Do you currently have a provider / contractor in place to service and maintain the TV Aerial and / or IRS systems in your housing stock / asset portfolio?
If so, could you please answer the following under the Freedom of Information Act.
* What is the actual spend on this contract (and any sub lots), from the start of the contract to the current date?
* Start date & duration of contract?
* Is there an extension clause in the contract(s) and, if so, the duration of the extension?
* Has a decision been made yet on whether the contract(s) are being either extended or renewed?
* Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract? However, if not, who provides the repairs to these systems.
Published: 16 August 2022
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Q1. Has the Council paid VAT on the fees paid to any care provider in the twelve months prior to this request?
Q2. If so, to how many care providers has the Council paid VAT?
Q3. What are the names of the care providers to whom the Council has paid VAT?
Q4. Are the care providers to whom the Council paid VAT registered with a regulatory body? (E.g. CQC or CIW)
Q5. If the care providers are not regulated, why not? What care services do they provide?
Q6. Does the Council operate any care homes directly?
Q7. If so, how many care homes do they operate?
Q8. Does the Council recover the VAT it incurs in operating those homes?
Q9. If so, how many of those homes does the Council recover the VAT on?
Please also provide the following information in relation to children's residential care:
Q10. Has the Council paid VAT on the fees paid to any care provider in the twelve months prior to this request?
Q11. If so, to how many care providers has the Council paid VAT?
Q12. What are the names of the care providers to whom the Council has paid VAT?
Q13. Are the care providers to whom the Council paid VAT registered with a regulatory body? (E.g. OFSTED or ESTYN)
Q14. If the care providers are not regulated, why not? What care services do they provide?
Q15. Does the Council operate any care homes directly?
Q16. If so, how many care homes do they operate?
Q17. Does the Council recover the VAT it incurs in operating those homes?
Q18. If so, how many of those homes does the Council recover the VAT on?
Published: 15 August 2022
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Regarding: The Oxford Arms, 111 Widemarsh Street, Hereford, HR4 9EZ
Q1. Please can you confirm who the Premises Licence holder is for the above premises whether current or pending?
Q2. Also, whether there is a Gaming Machine Notification or Gaming Machine Permit in their name?
Q3. If there is a permit could you also confirm the number and category of machines covered and when the annual fee would be due?
Published: 15 August 2022
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Please could you provide the total number of fines/Fixed Penalty Notices that have been issued by the local authority for non-attendance of children at school in the most recent academic year (2021-22)?
Please also include the total monetary value of those fines in £.
Published: 15 August 2022
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Please could you provide the following information regarding child sexual exploitation:
1. How many children have been referred to the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) for children (17 and under) due to concerns about Child Sexual Exploitation in the following years: 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 so far
1. How many children (17 and under) are currently the subject of a child protection plan with a Child Sexual Exploitation marker / under a sexual exploitation category?
Published: 12 August 2022