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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Under the FOI Act I would like to know for home (domiciliary) Care
Q1. What are the current commissioning arrangements in place (i.e SPOT, framework/dynamic purchasing system)?
Q2. Number of providers that you contract with and under which arrangement (i.e SPOT, framework)
Q3. When do these expire?
Q4. How many home care hours are commissioned per week and under which arrangement (i.e SPOT, framework), if possible please can these be broken down into 15, 30, 45 and 60 minutes.
Q5. What is the call off process (i.e how is work awarded)?
Q6. Rates that you pay for care (please state range and average hourly rate)
Q7. If there are any enhancements for 6 please specify (i.e extra for weekends)
Q8. Number of live in packages commissioned- For clarity, the snapshot of active cases as of 30th June.
Q9. Rates that you pay for these?
Q10. Do you have a need for new providers at present?
Q11. Do you have any minimum prerequisites for new providers (please state)
Q12. What is the name and contact details for the lead commissioner, if these cannot be shared how does a provider contact Commissioners for advice and support?
Please answer as of 30th June 2022. If this information is not available for that date, you are welcome to use any other date but please can you specify the date used.
Published: 2 August 2022
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Q1. Please could you tell me whether the authority has raised any concerns with central government about the impact of inflation on the quality of school food in the last six months.
Published: 2 August 2022
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Please could you confirm if you have a Tenants Contents Insurance offering in place for your tenants ? If so, can you confirm when this is due for renewal and tender procedure.
Published: 2 August 2022
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1) The number of licensed dog breeders between 1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2021.
2) Additionally can you provide a breakdown as follows -
a. The number of dog breeding licences issued in 2021 to licence holders who have bred one or two litters?
b. The number of dog breeding licences issued in 2021 to holders who have bred three or more litters?
3) The total number of breeding bitches present at licensed premises in your local authority between 1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2021.
4) How many licences have been issued to those selling kittens as pets in the course of a business 1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2021.
Published: 2 August 2022
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I am making the following request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. For the 2022/23 rate year, the Government has put in place a retail, hospitality and leisure relief scheme under which eligible business can receive 50% off their business rates bills for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 - up to a total value of £110,000 per business. Please provide the following
1) The number of hereditaments to which this relief has been applied to date
2) The estimated value of this relief to be granted by your authority for the whole of the 2022/23 rate year.
Published: 1 August 2022
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I write under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in relation to the use of zero hours contracts by the unitary authority.
Please could you provide the following information:
Q1. Whether the authority has a policy regarding the use of zero hour contracts?
Q2. The total number and percentage of employees employed on zero hour contracts?
Published: 1 August 2022
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1. What was your local authority's overall spend on supported bus services in the following financial years? Please break the totals down by services that are partially subsidised and those that are fully subsidised.
i) 2017/18
ii) 2018/19
iii) 2019/20
iv) 2020/21
v) 2021/22
2. How many bus routes in the following financial years were subsidised by your local authority? Please break the totals down by whether services were partially subsidised or fully subsidised.
i) 2017/18
ii) 2018/19
iii) 2019/20
iv) 2020/21
v) 2021/22
3a. How many subsidised bus routes have been closed by your local authority in the following financial years? Please break the totals down by whether services were partially subsidised or fully subsidised.
i) 2017/18
ii) 2018/19
iii) 2019/20
iv) 2020/21
v) 2021/22
3b. Please could you provide details of any routes that have been closed within answer 3a, including the number of the bus route, the bus provider and the names of the first and last bus stops.
4. In the following financial years, how many subsidised bus routes - not including those that have closed - saw either a reduction in vehicles operating the route or a reduction in hours of operation? Please break the totals down by whether services were partially subsidised or fully subsidised.
i) 2017/18
ii) 2018/19
iii) 2019/20
iv) 2020/21
v) 2021/22
5. How many subsidised bus routes are currently under review with regards to their continuation? Please break the totals down by whether services are partially subsidised or fully subsidised.
Published: 1 August 2022
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I understand you are responsible for enforcing 'food standards' law. I am specifically interested in food standards and not food hygiene/food safety.
My questions are:
Q1. Does your authority carry out food standards?
Q2. Does your authority carry out food hygiene work?
Q3. If you carry out both, how many officers do standards only, how many officers do hygiene only and how many do both?
The remaining questions relate ONLY to food standards.
Q4. Do you currently have a 'lead food officer' for food standards that is qualified and deemed competent?
Q5. Is your lead food officer directly employed by your own authority or are they employed by another authority?
Q6. How many competent 'authorised officers' do you have for food standards work? (excluding 'lead officer')
Q7. How many competent 'regulatory support officers' do you have for food standards work? (excluding 'lead officer')
Q8. Section - 3.4.2 of the Food Law Code of Practice lists a number of qualifications in order to be qualified/competent for food standards work. How many of your 'lead officer', 'authorised officers' or 'regulatory support officers' for food standards have one of the qualifications listed below.
I am only interested in officers who are currently competent to do food work (i.e. do not include employees who have a qualification but are not competent to carry out food standards work):
• CTSI Trading Standards Practitioner Certificate with the Food Standards unit from the Trading Standards Practitioner Diploma
• Trading Standards Qualification Framework (TSQF) Diploma in Consumer Affairs and Trading Standards (DCATS) with the Food Standards Service Delivery Module
• Trading Standards Qualification Framework (TSQF) Higher Diploma in Consumer Affairs and Trading Standards (HDCATS) with the Food Standards Service Delivery Module
• Diploma in Trading Standards
• Diploma in Consumer Affairs (DCA Part II) provided it includes the Food and Agriculture paper
• Trading Standards Qualification Framework (TSQF) Certificate of Competence in Food Standards service delivery module
• Trading Standards Qualification Framework (TSQF) Core Skills Certificate in Consumer Affairs and Trading Standards (CSCATS) with the Food Standards Service Delivery Module
• Diploma in Consumer Affairs Certificate of Competence in Food and Agriculture
NB- if they do not have the above it is assumed they must have one of the alternatives - which are:
• Higher Certificate in Food Control awarded by EHRB or CIEH
• Higher Certificate in Official Control awarded by SFSORB
• Advanced Professional Certificate in Food Hygiene and Standards Control (APC) awarded by CIEH
• A Certificate of Registration awarded by the EHRB to practice as an Environmental Health Practitioner
• A Diploma in Environmental Health awarded by the EHRB or the REHIS
• Degree in Environmental Health
• Masters Degree in Environmental Health
• Higher Certificate in Food Premises Inspection awarded by the EHRB, IFST or the SFSORB with the Food Standards Endorsement
• The Higher Certificate in Food Standards Inspection awarded by the SFSORB
• Environmental Health Practitioner (Integrated Degree) Apprenticeship
Q9. How many officers (lead, authorised or regulatory support) do you employ that you have assessed as being competent under the FSA Competency Framework in ALL of the following activities:
Sub-activity B1.2: Assessing business compliance with food standards legislation
Sub-activity B2.2: Food standards audits
Sub-activity B5.1: Taking formal samples
Sub-activity C1.1: Preparing investigation files
Sub-activity D3.1: Preparing prosecution files
Q10. How many of each of the following food premises do you currently have in your area
• High risk premises / category A
• Medium risk premises / category B
• Low risk premises / category C
Q11. How many inspections have been carried out at high risk or category A premises for each of the following financial years. This refers to businesses that are expected/scored to be visited every year.
2018-2019
2019-2020
2020-2021
2021-2022
2022-2023 (to date)
Q12. How many inspections have been carried out at medium risk or category B premises for each of the following financial years. This refers to businesses that are expected/scored to be visited every 2 years.
2018-2019
2019-2020
2020-2021
2021-2022
2022-2023 (to date)
Q13. How many inspections have been carried out at low risk or category C premises for each of the following financial years. This refers to businesses that are expected/scored to be visited or subjected to alternative enforcement strategy every 5 years.
2018-2019
2019-2020
2020-2021
2021-2022
2022-2023 (to date)
Q14. How many food samples have you obtained for each of the following years. 'Formal' or 'informal' (i.e. any food product taken/purchased for the purpose of analysis).
2018-2019
2019-2020
2020-2021
2021-2022
2022-2023 (to date)
Note:
- competency refers to the Food Standards Agency competency framework
- 'inspection' refers to a 'full inspection' or 'partial inspection' as defined on page 72 of the FSA Food Law Code of practice. It should not include visits where a complaint is discussed unless there has actually been some form of inspection.
- 'risk' refers to the risk rating system you use for rating premises. Either High/Medium or Low or FSA A, B or C. Please specify which terminology you use in your response.
Published: 1 August 2022
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The total quantity and value of fines issued under Public Spaces Protection Orders in your authority in 2022.
Published: 29 July 2022
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I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act to request the following information for your council area, please.
* All the information on reported dog fouling in your council area including:
* Number of reports of dog fouling
* Number of fixed penalty fines given
* Number of prosecutions (and subsequent fines if applicable)
* Please could we have the information on this from the last 5 calendar years, please. If data from the last 5 calendar years is not possible, would it be possible to share data from the last 2 calendar years instead, please?
Please could you provide the information within an excel document split by number of reports, number of fines and number of prosecutions under each year
Published: 29 July 2022