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. Sewage capacity

    I wish to make a request under the EIR for the following information:

    1. During the production of the draft Local Plan what information was requested from Sewage Companies with regard to capacity of their network in each of the settlements identified for housing under the settlement hierarchy?

    2. Why do the environmental restrictions included in the settlement hierarchy not reference the capacity of the sewage network in these areas?

    3. What legal advice has the Council received in relation to considering sewage infrastructure and its suitability / capacity as part of the settlement hierarchy and copies of that advice where the EIR allows.

    4. Any information, communication, legal advice or similar received by or sent by the Council from or to Welsh Water or Severn Trent in relation to the sewage systems in the villages of Luston, Yarpole, Kingsland or Orleton.

    Published: 29 April 2024

  2. Road Repair - Backbury ward

    I would like all the information available on the outstanding highways defects in Backbury ward, in an excel sheet, for the period from 1/1/20 to current. I'd like to know the location of the defect, date of inspection, what category has been assigned to the defect, and a likely date of repair if it has been programmed. If no date of repair has been set, I'd like to know why.

    Published: 29 April 2024

  3. MASH Referrals, Missed Education and Taxi Licensing

    1) How many children were spoken to IN PERSON by MASH social worker/s as part of the initial screening process of contacts and referrals received between October 2023 and February 2024. How many of these children were under 13?

    ii ) Number of children spoken to IN PERSON by MASH screening social workers to be broken down into referral outcome threshold level. How many of these children were under 13?

    iii) Number of children under 13 spoken to by MASH screening Social Workers as part of initial screening and referral process? How many of those children were to spoken to IN PERSON/ telephone or other format.

    2) Between September 2022 and April 2024 what is the number of children of statutory education age attending primary and secondary schools in the county of Herefordshire have had unauthorised absences that equated to more than 10 consecutive sessions or 5 school days. This number should be broken down into each school.

    3) Between September 2022 and April 2024 what is the number of children in primary school and secondary schools across Herefordshire whose parents have received a fine or Penalty Charge notices . Please provide this data broken down into each schools.

    4) Between September 2022 and April 2024 what number of the penalty charge notices were issued to parents have been paid in full. Please provide this information broken down into each school or education establishment.

    5) What is the annual operating cost of Taxi licensing. Please provide this for April 2020- April 2021, April 2022-2023 and April 2023-2024.

    Published: 29 April 2024

  4. Refund eligibility under Planning Guarantee Legislation

    I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act in relation to your authority's policies and practices in providing refunds under the planning guarantee legislation (Regulation 9A of the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) Regulations 2012) and more recent iterations.

    1.

    Please detail how the authority determine an applicant's eligibility for a refund in accordance with the legislation.

    2.

    Can you provide any official documentation, policies, or guidelines that outline the process and criteria for refund eligibility under the planning guarantee legislation? This would include any procedural steps that applicants must follow to initiate a refund request.

    If the authority does not have any official documentation, policies or guidelines and has not sought to create this since the inception of the legislation can you provide an explanation why?

    3.

    Are there circumstances, such as the statute of limitations, under which refunds would not be provided? If so, what are these circumstances? Any supporting written advice from your legal department would be of interest.

    4.

    Has your authority been proactive in informing applicant's that they are due a refund of their planning application fees paid when they become eligible?

    If the answer to 4 is no, could you explain the rationale behind this approach?

    5.

    Has your authority been proactive in refunding applicant's fees when they become eligible?

    a)

    If the answer to 5 is no, could you explain the rationale behind this approach?

    b)

    If refunds are not proactively made, can you advise what happens to the funds from the unclaimed refunds, since the legislation was implemented.

    c)

    Can you advise how much has the authority 'earned'/received in funds for planning applications from applicants that was due to be returned but has not been.

    6.

    Please provide the contact information for submitting refund requests i.e. the relevant person/team, contact telephone number and contact email address.

    7.

    Please provide the contact information for the authority's Monitoring Officer, as their oversight may be relevant to my inquiries.

    Published: 29 April 2024

  5. High needs/SENDs budget 2023/24

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide me with the following information:

    1. What is the name of your local authority?

    2. How much was spent on your high needs budget by the end of the financial year 2023/24? Please add the value below

    3. What was your original allocated high needs budget for 2023/24?

    4. How much are you expecting to have spent on your high needs budget by the end of the financial year 2024/25? Please add the value below

    5. What is your original allocated high needs budget for 2024/25?

    6. Have you sought permission from the Department for Education to move more than 0.5% from the DSG to high needs in the current financial year 2024/25? Please indicate YES / NO

    7. If YES, was permission granted? Please indicate YES / NO

    8. Has the council signed up to the Safety Valve programme or any other government scheme to reduce its SEND deficit? If so, how much money has been offered to the council?

    8. a) YES / NO

    8. b) Name of scheme (if YES)

    8. c) Value of scheme to the council

    9. Has the council been part of the Delivering Better Value in SEND programme? Please indicate YES / NO

    10. Please tell us about any other ways the council is looking to reduce pressure on its high needs budget and add any further comments that would help us understand those pressures on your high needs budget.

    Published: 29 April 2024

  6. Roads maintenance Contract

    What is the specification the counties roads maintenance contractor has to comply with? What are the terms of there contract excluding any financial information? Does the County have any directly employed road maintenance labour? Please provide an electronic copy of the relevant documents.

    Published: 26 April 2024

  7. S38 and S278 Technical Approvals between 01/01/2024 - 31/03/2024

    I would be grateful if you could provide me with the following information on all Section 38 and Section 278 technical approvals granted from 1st January 2024 - 31st March 2024.

    Please see the attached template showing the information required.

    Published: 25 April 2024

  8. Local Plan Consultation - sewerage capacity.

    Your Local Plan Consultation - Appendix 4a Settlement Service Scoring does not include the capacity of the present public sewerage systems for increased housing in each settlement. A key factor to keep Herefordshire's rivers clean.

    1. Has the Council got this information for each of the settlements?

    2. If 'Yes' may I have the information for Fownhope?

    3. How many of the settlements listed in Appendix 4a have public sewerage systems?

    Published: 25 April 2024

  9. School Recruitment Agency Spends 2023/2024

    I am Looking for a response on the following questions from your council as a whole, and for the individual schools (Primary and secondary) within your authority!

    Section 1 - Organogram

    Can you please provide me with the latest organization charts for each of the schools in your authority, including names of staff and departments they work in. I am looking for the names of all SLT, and middle leaders, along with their respective positions, and what subjects they are in charge of/cover. Please also provide information as to whether any of these positions are vacant, and if there are any plans to change to your leadership structure in the new academic year: 2024/2025.

    Please send the information in a clear organogram, as well as a list of the SLT, Middle leadership, and other roles -roles I am looking for information on specifically are: Headteachers, Head of departments, Heads PA/'s, Cover managers, and HR Managers.

    Section 2 - Recruitment Spends

    Do you currently use an MSP for the recruitment of temporary and/or permanent school staff (teaching, support, commercial, leadership) at the school sites than are under your authority? If so, what is the name of the MSP?

    If you do use an MSP, what is the name and job title of the person in charge of the decision to use an MSP, and how often is the use of the MSP reviewed? When will this be reviewed next? If there are multiple decision makers involved in this, please give details of all of them.

    If you do not use a Managed service provider across all of your schools, but do use a PSL for all of them, please mention this here.

    How often do you review your PSL, is this done at a specific time each academic year/couple of years? When is the next time that the PSL will be reviewed?

    What decision maker/s are involved in the choice of agencies for your PSL? Please give names and Job Titles.

    If the recruitment of agency staff is handled individually by each school, mention this here.

    Please provide the total money spent by each schools under your authority, on Recruitment agencies for the 2023/2024 tax year. Please break this down for each school in your authority by:

    Amount spent on each agency each month - give names of agency if possible.

    Amount spent on Temporary and Permanent Placements each month Amount spent in total.

    Please Highlight the month that you spent the most on recruitment agencies.

    Published: 25 April 2024

  10. Council taking care of animals/pets under the Care Act in calendar year 2023

    1) In your role under the Care Act on how many occasions in the calendar year 2023 did you as an authority have to take care of the animals/pets of somebody living in your area who was for whatever reason unable to care for them, or unable to find anybody else able to take over their role as carer for those animals/pets?

    2) For each occasion please state

    (i) the number of animals and their species,

    (ii) the names of the animals if applicable,

    (iii) what happened to the animals (were they put in a cattery/given to a animal charity etc),

    (iv) specify what if any costs were incurred by the council.

    Published: 25 April 2024