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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In each of the last three financial years (18/19) (19/20) and (20/21) please state how much income has been accrued by your local authority from motorists for all types of motoring expenses, with a breakdown for; - the total income received by your authority for ALL types of income that you will have derived from motorists in one form or another.
a) Penalty Charge Notices, and where possible a further breakdown by offence e.g. parking ticket, bus-lane fines, etc - This should be the total you have received from PCNs and then if possible a breakdown of that figure by the different offences for which the PCNs were issued.
b) Parking fees, where possible a further breakdown by offence e.g. parking permits and pay-and-display income, etc - This should be the total of any fees you have derived from charging motorists to park and then if possible a breakdown of all the different methods that you have accrued those fees and how much income has been accrued from each method.
Published: 29 July 2022
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Q1. In relation to your collection of council tax for each financial year, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and April 2022 to date, please provide the total number of:
reminders issued;
final notices issued;
court summonses issued;
liability orders issued;
attachment of benefit arrangements made;
attachment of earnings arrangements made; and
referrals/ debt passed to enforcement agents;
Q2. Against how many people did you commence committal proceedings with regard to unpaid council tax in 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and April 2022 to date?
Q3. How many people were committed to prison for non-payment of council tax in 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and April 2022 to date?
Q4. What was the a. Average, b. Longest, c. shortest number of days served in prison by people committed to prison for non-payment of council tax owed to the local authority for each year 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and April 2022 to date?
Q5. How many people were subject to a suspended committal order for non-payment of council tax in 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and April 2022 to date?
Q6. If possible, what was the average amount of council tax arrears owed by people subject to council tax committal proceedings when the proceedings commenced, for 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and April 2022 to date?
Published: 29 July 2022
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Do you have any records of any private water supplies within 500m of Pontrilas Saw Mill Please?
Published: 29 July 2022
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Q1. How many council staff of all levels of employment have requested flexi retirement?
Q2. been refused because of financial cost?
Q3. been approved where financial cost did occur?
I would like the data from 06 April 2015 to date.
Published: 29 July 2022
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Please could you provide any information you hold on how many Domestic Water treatment plants that are connected indirectly or directly to a road storm drain.
Published: 28 July 2022
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Q1. How many households in your Local Authority area are eligible for the £150 council tax rebate announced by DLUHC in March 2022? For the avoidance of doubt, I am referring to households eligible for the scheme as per the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-council-tax-rebate-2022-23-billing-authority-guidance/support-for-energy-bills-the-council-tax-rebate-2022-23-billing-authority-guidance
Q1a. Of these households, how many pay council tax by Direct Debit, and how many by other means? (e.g. cash / phone / cheque payments)
Q1b. For households eligible for the £150 council tax rebate that pay for council tax by Direct Debit, how many have now received their £150 payment by July 1st 2022 and how was their payment processed? (i.e. transfer via BACS, postal cheque etc.)
Q1c. For households eligible for the £150 council tax rebate that do not pay for council tax by Direct Debit, how many have received their £150 payment by July 1st 2022 and how was their payment processed? (i.e. transfer via BACS, postal cheque etc.)
Please note that the time period for all of information in Q2, parts a, b, c, d & e are for October 6th 2021 to July 1st 2022.
Q2. Is your council one of the 152 authorities responsible for distributing the Household Support Fund?
And if so, could you please tell me how many applications has your Local Authority received for Household Support Fund Payments between October 6th 2021 to July 1st 2022?
Please can you provide this information on a month-by-month basis? For the avoidance of doubt, I am referring to households eligible for the scheme as per the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/household-support-fund-guidance-for-local-councils/household-support-fund-final-guidance-for-county-councils-and-unitary-authorities-in-england
Q2a. Of the applications made for the Household Support Fund payments between October 6th 2021 to July 1st 2022, what percentage of applications have been successful?
Q2b. For households that have received the Household Support Fund payments between October 6th 2021 to July 1st 2022, how was their payment processed? (i.e. transfer via BACS, postal cheque etc.)
Q2c. A breakdown of number of awards made by type of household (i.e. with children, pensioners)
Q2d. A breakdown of number of awards made by purpose (i.e. energy and water, food, housing costs, other essentials)
Q2e. What steps has your Local Authority undertaken to ensure that Household Support Fund payments are being used for their defined purposes?
Published: 28 July 2022
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Request for plans & information showing the location of any council owned assets within the vicinity of the following site:
* Street Lighting apparatus/cabling
Site: Site in Hereford HR1 3JP Easting/Northing: 350936,250668
Requests: For your reference, we have provided a site plan. Please use both the grid reference/postcode & site plan when responding to our requests.
Published: 27 July 2022
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Q1. In 2015/16 and 2020/21, the average length of time a household spent waiting to be moved into permanent social housing.
Q2. In 2015/16 and 2020/21, the average length of time a household/person spent living in temporary accommodation. (Typically, are these individuals subsequently moved into permanent social housing once they leave TA?)
Q3. As of 4 July 2022, a breakdown of how many people in each of your housing need/priority bands are waiting to be moved into permanent housing. (Can you please include the average waiting time for the different housing need/priority bands, as well as the longest wait people are experiencing in each group?)
Q4. As of 4 July 2022, the number of people in your council area currently living in temporary accommodation who are: Children; victims of domestic abuse; medically unwell and require appropriate housing to suit their needs; suffering from a mental illness; victims of violence and/or gang-related/physical threats.
Published: 27 July 2022
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For each of the following fourteen financial years below I wish to know the total amount of money that you have paid to each bus operator in ENCTS reimbursements broken down by bus operator.
• 2008/2009
• 2009/2010
• 2010/2011
• 2011/2012
• 2012/2013
• 2013/2014
• 2014/2015
• 2015/2016
• 2016/2017
• 2017/2018
• 2018/2019
• 2019/2020
• 2020/2021
• 2021/2022
Published: 27 July 2022
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Q1. Of the households living with children in temporary accommodation at the end of December 2021 (the last quarterly data publicly available), how many were placed in accommodation outside of your local authority area?
Q2. Of the households living with children in temporary accommodation in each of the following financial years, how many were placed in accommodation outside of your local authority area?
a. 2017/2018
b. 2018/2019
c. 2019/2020
d. 2020/2021
e. 2021/2022
Q3. For the households with children who left a placement in B&B/ hotel accommodation during each of the following financial years, what was the average time spent in B&B/hotel accommodation?
a. 2017/2018
b. 2018/2019
c. 2019/2020
d. 2020/2021
e. 2021/2022
Published: 26 July 2022