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. Educational Psychology Services, Salaries and Posts

    Please provide the following information in line with FOIA:

    1. What is the structural FTE Educational Psychologists in the following grades:

    a. Assistant Educational Psychologists employed on the Soulbury Assistant Educational Psychologise Scale

    b. Educational Psychologists on Soulbury Scale A

    c. Educational Psychologists employed on Soulbury Scale B

    d. Educational and other Psychologists employed on any other scale

    2. How many vacant posts are there in the Educational Psychology Service?

    3. How many posts are filled on an interim or temporary basis by employees?

    4. What is the average salary (including on-costs) of employed Educational Psychologists

    5. What is the average daily cost of employed Educational Psychologists

    6. What is the average daily cost of the following categories of Educational Psychologists for the years 2020-2021, 2021-2022 and 2022-2023

    a. Temporary Educational Psychologists

    b. Locum Educational Psychologists

    c. Agency Educational Psychologists

    7. What is the total spend on locum/ agency / temporary Educational Psychologists for the year 2020-2021, 2021-2022 and 2022-2023.

    8. What is the current and projected spend on Locum Educational Psychologists for the current financial year?

    Published: 23 October 2023

  2. Council tax enforcement for 2022/2023 period

    1. In relation to your collection of council tax for the 2022/2023 council tax period please provide the total number of referrals/debts passed to enforcement agents.

    2. Please confirm the name of the enforcement company used by the council for the recovery of council tax debt.

    3. Please confirm if accounts which are part of the council tax reduction/support scheme are passed to enforcement companies and if so how many such cases were passed on for the 2022/23 council tax period.

    4. Please confirm if accounts of people on health/disability related benefits such as Disability Living Allowance, Employment Support Allowance and Personal Independence Payment are passed to enforcement companies and if so how many such cases were passed on for the 2022/23 council tax period.

    5. Please confirm if an assessment of vulnerability is done prior to a debt being passed to an enforcement company and if so provide a brief description of what the assessment involves. Please also confirm how many cases of people assessed as being vulnerable or potentially vulnerable were passed on to an enforcement company for the 2022/23 council tax period.

    6. Please confirm what protocols are in place between the local authority and enforcement companies regarding the approach that should be taken when someone is assessed as being vulnerable as per the assessment referred to in Q5. Please also confirm the kinds of cases which should be raised with, or referred back to, local authorities for further consideration when encountered.

    7. Please confirm:

    A) how many requests the council received to bring a council tax debt back from an enforcement agent due to vulnerability reasons during the 2022/23 period and

    B) How many times the council agreed to bring an account back due to vulnerability reasons during the 2022/23 period.

    Published: 23 October 2023

  3. Overdue Library books

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 please can I request information about:

    How many library books are overdue at libraries within your council and how much money in fines are Herefordshire's libraries owed by people for not returning overdue books?

    Can you detail (where possible): - Which book has been missing the longest? Inc. Title, author, date it was taken out.

    How many books in your local authorities' libraries are missing in total?

    The total figure of money owed in fines for the overdue books? - How many copies of books are missing/overdue? e.g. 40 copies of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire missing from Herefordshire's libraries.

    Published: 20 October 2023

  4. Closed children centres, family hubs and youth centres in periods 2019/20 and 2022/2023

    Could you please answer the following 2 questions:

    - How many children's centres and family hubs operated by your council were closed in the periods 2019/20 - 2022/2023?

    - How many youth centres previously operated by your council were closed in the periods 2019/20 - 2022/2023?

    Published: 20 October 2023

  5. National Referral Mechanism (NRM) children identified as potential victims of modern slavery

    This Freedom of Information request is made to access to data in relation to children referred by your local authority to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) for children who were identified as potential victims of modern slavery. Therefore, I would like you to provide me with:

    1. Gender: How many of children referred to the NRM as potential victims of modern slavery by your local authority in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and in the Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 of 2023 were identified as males and females?

    2. Nationality: What were the nationality of children referred to the NRM as potential victims of modern slavery by your local authority in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and in the Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 of 2023?

    3. Location: What was the location of the exploitation in the UK for children referred to NRM as potential victims of modern slavery by your local authority in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and in the Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 of 2023? Please state how many of exploitations referred in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and in the Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 of 2023 happened in England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

    4. Exploitation type: For children referred to the NRM as potential victims of modern slavery by your local authority in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and in the Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 of 2023, how many of them were recorded as potential victims of:

     Criminal exploitation

     Domestic exploitation

     Labour exploitation

     Sexual exploitation

     Organ harvesting

     Domestic and criminal exploitation

     Labour and criminal exploitation

     Sexual and criminal exploitation

     Domestic and labour exploitation

     Domestic and sexual exploitation

     Sexual and labour exploitation

     Criminal and domestic and sexual exploitation

     Criminal and labour and sexual exploitation

     Domestic and labour and sexual exploitation.

    5. County lines: For children referred to the NRM as potential victims of modern slavery by your local authority in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and in the Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 of 2023, how many of them were recorded as potential victims of county lines?

    6. Reasonable ground decision: For children referred to the NRM as potential victims of modern slavery by your local authority in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and in the Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 of 2023:

    6.a. how many of them received a positive reasonable ground decision?

    6.b. how many of them received negative reasonable ground decision?

    7. Conclusive ground decision: For children referred to the NRM by your local authority in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and in the Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 of 2023,

    7.a. how many of them received a positive conclusive ground decision?

    7.b. how many of them received negative conclusive ground decision?

    Published: 20 October 2023

  6. Agencies involved in substance misuse, alcohol and drug misuse

    1. Does the local authority have a local partnership with multiple agencies involved in the planning and delivery of harm reduction, treatment and recovery interventions for people affected by substance misuse, alcohol and drug misuse?

    2. Does the local authority hold contracts with independent (i.e. private) or third sector (i.e. charity or voluntary based) providers for tier 2, tier 3, or tier 4 provisions of substance misuse services?

    3. If yes to (2), who are the independent or third sector providers, what tier of services does it provide, and for which substance group(s)?

    4. If yes to (2), what is the average contract length and how often do you re-commission services?

    5. Does the local authority hold contracts for substance misuse provisions within the criminal justice system?

    6. If yes to (5) does the local authority commission substance misuse provisions in prisons?

    7. If yes to (6), who are the independent or third sector providers, what tier of services does it provide for which substance group(s) and in which prison(s)?

    Optional questions if there is information available to answer:

    8. If yes to (1), what is the total annual spend on the local partnership?

    9. If yes to (2), what is the contract value (in £) with the independent or third sector provider?

    10. Please provide the contact details of the department or commissioners leading on the commissioning of your substance misuse services.

    Published: 19 October 2023

  7. Bus passes for financial year 2022-2023

    Please can you provide the following information for the financial year 2022-2023.

    • Are disabled bus pass holders able to travel for free at all times i.e. free 24 hours a day, seven days a week?

    • How many concessionary bus passes were issued?

    • How many disabled bus passes were issued?

    • How much was spent on all concessionary bus pass travel?

    • How much was spent on disabled bus pass travel?

    • How many bus trips were made by concessionary bus pass holders?

    • How many bus trips were made by disabled bus pass holders?

    • How many bus trips were made by disabled bus pass holders before 9:30am?

    • How many bus trips were made by disabled bus pass holders after 11pm?

    • Do you offer a young person's bus pass? And if you do, what are the benefits of the young person's bus pass?

    • Does the disabled bus pass include free travel for a travelling companion?

    • If you provide free travel at all times for disabled bus pass holders (i.e. free 24 hours a day, seven days a week) - Can you tell us the benefits of providing free travel for disabled bus pass holders, for disabled people and your organisation?

    • If you provide free travel at all times for disabled bus pass holders (i.e. free 24 hours a day, seven days a week) - How much additional cost would there be if you lifted the time restrictions and provided free bus travel at all times for all disabled bus pass holders per financial year? And please can you explain how you calculated this figure.

    Published: 19 October 2023

  8. Water abstractions within 1km of Shell garage, Leominster

    Any information held by Herefordshire Council relating to water abstractions (groundwater or surface water) within 1km of the following site: Shell- Leominster, Ridgemoor, HR6 0DQ, Herefordshire Council, United Kingdom (Grid reference 350180 (E), 259660 (N))

    Please include all details held for any abstractions, including but not limited to:

    • Type of abstraction (groundwater/surface water):

    • Water Abstraction rates (volumetric):

    • Surface water body / groundwater unit abstracted from: • Logs from abstraction boreholes:

    • Location of abstraction point (e.g. grid reference):

    • Use of abstracted water:

    • Any other abstraction details:

    • Details of any water quality data held for these abstractions.

    Published: 19 October 2023

  9. Internal staffing complaints since Jan 2019

    Please can you tell me, since January 2019 to the date of this request, how many internal complaints have been made by Herefordshire council staff members against colleagues? If my request is too broad, then please just provide the data for the past 12 months.

    Published: 19 October 2023

  10. Fines for unauthorised school absences since 2013

    How many times Withington Primary School/Council has fined parents for unauthorised absences each year since 2013.

    I only want the number for each year.

    Published: 18 October 2023