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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I would like to know the number of noise complaints the council has received from the public each month over the past five years, and how many of these led to the issuing of an abatement notice or other form of enforcement.
Published: 11 August 2022
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Please can you see attached FOI request.
Published: 11 August 2022
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Q1. What is the local authority's policy on vaping in schools (e.g. what sanctions are imposed against students found to be in possession of a vape on school premises)?
Q2. Does each school keep a record of incidents involving vaping?
If so, Q2a. How many incidents have there been of vaping devices being confiscated in each of the following academic years: 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2021/22? If possible, please break down by school phase?
Q2b. How many incidents have there been of children caught vaping in school in the same years? Please break down this information by school phase where possible.
Q2c. How many instances of children being suspended from school as a result of vaping incidents have been recorded in the same years? Please provide the school phase for each entry where possible.
Q2d. How many instances of children being excluded from school as a result of vaping incidents have been recorded in the same years? Please provide the school phase for each entry where possible.
Published: 11 August 2022
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Please provide under FOI:
1. The number of households on your council/social housing waiting list
2. The number of households on your council/social housing waiting list with children
3. The number of households on your council/social housing waiting list with children under 5
Published: 10 August 2022
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I am requesting the following information regarding Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs):
1. How many applications for DHPs did the council receive in 2020/21?
2. How many of the applications in question 1 did the council approve? (i.e. the council decided to award DHP in response to the application, either in full or in part)
3. How many of the applications in question 2 were awarded in full? (i.e. the council decided to award the full amount applied for in the DHP application)
4. How many of the applications in question 1 did the council refuse? (i.e. the council decided not to award any DHP in response to the application)
5. How many applications for DHPs did the council receive in 2021/22?
6. How many of the applications in question 5 did the council approve? (i.e. the council decided to award DHP in response to the application, either in full or in part)
7. How many of the applications in question 6 were awarded in full? (i.e. the council decided to award the full amount applied for in the DHP application)
8. How many of the applications in question 5 did the council refuse? (i.e. the council decided not to award any DHP in response to the application)
9. Please provide any data the council holds on reasons for DHPs being refused in 2020/21 and 2021/22
10. What was the average amount of DHP awarded in response to successful DHP applications in 2020/21? This is the amount awarded for each application, not each household (i.e. three successive awards to one household count as three separate awards). Successful applications are those that were awarded any money
11. What was the average amount of DHP awarded in response to successful DHP applications in 2021/22? (See notes accompanying question 10)
Please note that these questions treat each application for DHPs separately - regardless of whether more than one such application was made by the same household in a financial year, or whether they were made to renew previous awards. For example, if in 2020/21 one household applied for DHP and was awarded it in full for a fixed period, and then applied again and was awarded it in full again, then applied a third time and was awarded 50 percent of the requested amount, and then applied a fourth time and was refused with no money awarded - then in relation to this household:
• the question 1 figure is four (four separate applications)
• the question 2 figure is three (three applications were awarded in full or in part)
• the question 3 figure is two (two applications were awarded in full)
• the question 4 figure is one (one application refused with no award)
I wish to emphasise that if a council did not award any money to a DHP applicant but signposted the applicant elsewhere or provided support outside DHPs, this counts as a 'refusal' for the purposes of questions 4 and 8. If the figures for questions 3, 7, 10 and/or 11 cannot be provided within the section 12 cost limit, please mark these questions as 'information not held'. This is not asking the council to provide all the information it can up to the section 12 cost limit (if I was asking that, I would ask it).
Published: 10 August 2022
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The attached request is in Word format to make it easier to complete.
Published: 10 August 2022
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This Freedom of Information request is for the attention of the council departments that deal with the Private Rented Sector.
Discretionary licensing
1) Does your local authority currently operate a selective licensing scheme? If so, what kind of designation is it i.e., city wide/borough wide/single designation/multi designation.
2) Is your local authority currently running/about to run a consultation for selective licensing and/or launching a selective licensing scheme in the next 12 months?
3) Does your local authority currently operate an additional licensing scheme? If so, what kind of designation is it i.e., city wide/borough wide/single designation/multi designation.
4) Is your local authority currently running/about to run a consultation for selective licensing and/or launching an additional licensing scheme in the next 12 months?
Council Tax Tenure
5) As part of the authority's council tax registration process, do you collect data on property tenure?
Please specify which of the following options applies:
Yes for all tenures
Yes for rental properties only
Yes for council/social housing properties only
No (please give reasons why)
6) Which council department/services can access the tenure/landlord data?
7) If you limit which departments can access this data, for what reasons do you do so?
8) Is the landlord data used when assessing the size of the private rented sector?
Article 4 Directions (Planning)
9) Does your local authority have any Article 4 Directions currently in place for HMOs? (C3 to C4)
10) If answered yes to Question 9, what kind of designation is it? Please specify which of the following options applies: Single designation of an area Multiple designation of an area Borough/city wide designation
Published: 10 August 2022
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• Total number of car parks
• No. of off-street car parks (not spaces)
• No. of on-street car parks (not spaces)
• No. of Multi Storey car parks
• No. parking machines
• Type of machines: Pay & Display - Pay on Exit - Pay on Foot - Barrier etc.
• Age of machines
• Current parking machine supplier
• Payment capabilities-Coin -Card -Google/Apple-Pay by Phone-App
• Date replacement would be reviewed.
Published: 10 August 2022
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I would like to request the following information on youth workers held by your local authority.
1. Do you have a distinct youth service and/or do you have youth work employees based in other services?
2. How many youth workers does the local authority currently employ on the following terms and conditions (please include the pay range for each group):
* JNC
* NJC
* Any other terms and conditions
3. What is the education/professional qualification requirement for staff in your local authority working as, or equivalent to:
* youth support worker
* youth worker
* youth work manager
4. If you are currently recruiting youth workers, how many of these roles require a JNC qualification?
5. Are you planning any significant changes (i.e. a reduction or increase) to the number of employed JNC qualified youth workers in the next financial year? How many staff will be affected by these changes?
Published: 10 August 2022
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I would like to make a Freedom of Information request for Responsible Person Contact Details for ECO4 Flex declarations as per the ECO4 Order.
Background In Ofgem's 'Ofgem ECO4 Administration Consultation Part 2' detailed at https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications/ofgem-eco4-administration-consultation-part-2 'Chapter 6' of the consultation sets out the intention for ECO4 Flex under the ECO4 Order. In Chapter 6 the consultation says from July 2022 Councils will be required to issue a SoI and a dedicated responsible person would need to sign the declaration. The relevant part of the publication is: 6.21. From 1 July, a new SoI will be required from LAs across GB to state their intent to participate in ECO4 Flex and a commitment that the signing LA officer will check and verify that declarations will be issued for households that match the criteria in the SoI. As with ECO3 SoIs, these would need to be signed by the CEO or dedicated responsible person. Relevant legislation The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022 at https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2022/9780348236606/part/1?fbclid=IwAR1NwvIWKeVLdfdqz7-l-RZxp-uGy8OSxwF-ei6w6ge52Aok8EIG3llshNg
The Freedom of Information Request that I am making is as follows:
Q1. Please could you provide details of the CEO or dedicated responsible person referred to in the consultation above. Requested details for the Responsible Person include
• Full Name
• Job Title
• Email address
• Telephone number
• Address
Q2. Please can you advise on whether you
Q2a. Accept applications from all appropriately Registered Installers
or Q2b. Accept applications from a defined list of installers (if this is the case please can you provide details)
Published: 9 August 2022