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. ASB powers and enforcement

    I would like the following information please:

    CPNs

    1. Please state the number of Community Protection Notices (CPNs) issued by your authority in the period November 2022-October 2023. Please also state the number of Community Protection Warnings (CPWs) issued within this period.

    2. If possible, please state the subject of these CPNs/CPWs - for example, by providing the texts, or stating the subject matter of the orders (e.g. Litter, waste, ASB).

    3. Please state the number of fixed penalty notices (FPNs) issued for the offence of breach of CPN between November 2022-October 2023.

    PSPOs

    4. Please state the number of fixed penalty notices (FPNs) issued for the offence of violating a PSPO in the calendar year 2023.

    5. Where possible, please state the offences for which these PSPO FPNs were issued (eg begging, alcohol, dog control, dispersal).

    6. Please state whether these PSPO FPNs were issued by a private company (Y/N).

    Political campaigning in public spaces

    7. Please state whether your council has an area in the town centre where people could put up a political stall (for example, a political party or campaigning organisation).

    8. If so, would a fee be required? What is the amount of this fee?

    9. Please specify if anything else is required for a political stall (e.g. public liability insurance, or completion of an application form). If there is an application form, please provide a copy of the form.

    Published: 5 March 2024

  2. Agreed planning references that contain a S106 document for the years 2000-2010

    Could I please request the planning references for all agreements that contain a S106 document for the years 2000-2010?

    Published: 5 March 2024

  3. Council expenditure on energy bills in the last three financial years

    Under the FOI Act, I would like to know how much the council has spent on energy bills in each of the last three financial years.

    Published: 5 March 2024

  4. Sports/Youth facilities

    Please can I request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act on sport and youth services facilities.

    The total number of sport facilities ran by or receiving financial support from your Local Authority at the beginning of each of the financial years a) 2019-20, b) 2020-21, c) 2021-22, d) 2022-23, e) 2023-24

    The total budget in pounds (£) and the percentage of your Local Authorities total budget spent on sport facilities funding in each of the financial years a) 2019-20, b) 2020-21, c) 2021-22, d) 2022-23, e) 2023-24

    The total number of youth and children's services ran by or receiving financial support from your Local Authority at the beginning of each of the financial years a) 2019-20, b) 2020-21, c) 2021-22, d) 2022-23, e) 2023-24

    The total budget in pounds (£) and the percentage of your Local Authorities total budget spent on youth and children's services funding in each of the financial years a) 2019-20, b) 2020-21, c) 2021-22, d) 2022-23, e) 2023-24

    Published: 5 March 2024

  5. Parenting skills support

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information from your council.

    1. Please put 'yes' in the table attached if the local authority offers any of the programmes listed. Many of these programmes have numerous different sub-programmes, please put 'yes' if the authority uses any of these.

    2. Does the local authority provide any e-learning style parenting skills programmes?

    3. If the local authority does provide any e-learning style parenting skills programmes, what are they called?

    4. How much did the local authority spend on e-learning style parenting courses - including commissioning and licensing costs - in the last fiscal year for which finances are available?

    Not including courses delivered by Zoom/Microsoft Teams or staffing costs.

    5. If an external body delivers parenting skills training on behalf of the local authority, what is their spend on e-learning style parenting courses?

    6. How many parents accessed e-learning parenting skills courses and online parenting skills programmes in the last year for which data is available?

    Not including those supported via Zoom or Teams. Even if parents didn't complete courses, please do include their initial uptake as attendance.

    7. Does the local authority collect any feedback on the e-learning style courses delivered?

    Published: 4 March 2024

  6. Statistics for Bromyard Town

    Can you please give me the statistic for Bromyard, i.e. social housing, unemployment, how many residents, adults and children and any other information that would be relevant to the Town.

    Published: 4 March 2024

  7. Prescribed tranquiliser dependency

    From April 2013 local authorities were given responsibility by Public Health England for providing drug and alcohol services. This FOI request relates only to those patients who have become addicted or dependent upon tranquilising medications prescribed by their doctors. They do not abuse these or other substances, and were not previously dependent on these or other substances. This group is therefore distinct from illicit drug users. Can I please request the following information:

    1. How many referrals have there been to drug and alcohol services in your local authority in the years 2021, 2022, 2023 for treatment for addiction to benzodiazepines, z drug tranquillisers, gabapentinoids and opiods prescribed by their GPs? Please break this down by year, gender and drug.

    2. How many Involuntary Tranquilliser Addicts are currently in treatment provided by your local authority's drug and alcohol services for addiction to benzodiazepine, z drug tranquillisers, gabapentinoids and opiods prescribed by their GPs? Please break this down by gender and drug. Could you please supply your answer in an excel spreadsheet. -

    Published: 1 March 2024

  8. Early help cases from 21/22 to 23/24

    I would like to make the following freedom of information request:

    • How many Early Help cases are open across Herefordshire, 2023-24 school year to date?

    • How many Early Help cases are open for students accessing all secondary schools in Herefordshire, 2023 - 24 school year to date?

    • How many Early Help cases were opened across Herefordshire, 2022-23 and 2021-22 school years?

    • How many Early Help cases were opened for students accessing all secondary schools in Herefordshire, 2022-23 and 2021-22 school years?

    • How many TAF meetings have been requested across Herefordshire involving schools, 2023-24 school year to date?

    • How many TAF meetings have been requested across Herefordshire specific to secondary schools, 2023-24 school year to date?

    Published: 1 March 2024

  9. Children's social care spending for financial years 2018-19, 22-23 and 23-24

    I am writing with a request under the Freedom of Information Act. Could I ask, for the financial years 2018-19, 22-23 and 23-24:

    1. How much did your local authority spend on providing residential placements to children taken into the council's care? Please provide a breakdown for each year, including a projected spend for the rest of 23-24 if it is available.

    2. Of that figure, how much of the figure was spent on private-sector residential placements? Again, please provide a breakdown for each year and include a projected spend for the rest of 23-24 if it is available.

    3. How many children were taken into the council's care for each financial year?

    Published: 1 March 2024

  10. Deaf children with EHCPs

    We are requesting the following information:

    1) How many deaf children are in the Herefordshire area?

    2) How many deaf children have EHCPs?

    3) How are children performing against their EHCPs? are their needs being met?

    Published: 1 March 2024