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. Total number of public toilets operated by the council for each year from 2014 to 2024

    Please can you provide the total number of public toilets operated by the council for each year from 2014 to 2024.

    Published: 8 May 2024

  2. Public health funerals organised, in the following years: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

    Can you please list how many public health funerals (or so called "pauper" funerals) your council has organised, in the following years: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

    Do you carry out an attended or unattended funeral?

    Do you return ashes to family or friends if wished and, if so, under what circumstances?

    If you do return ashes do you charge for that and how much?

    What evidence do you require to carry out a burial, if that isn't the default funerary method?

    Published: 8 May 2024

  3. Spend on office supplies and associated products 2022-2024

    Please can you respond to the following request for Information. The details I require are:

    1) Spend on Office supplies and associated products for the below financial years.

    a) 1st April 2022 - 31st March 2023

    b) 1st April 2023 - 31st March 2024

    2) Start date & duration of Contract?

    3) Is there an extension clause in the contract and, if so, the duration of the extension?

    4) Has a decision been made yet on whether the contract is to be either extended or renewed?

    5) Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for the contract?

    6) Name of Incumbent Supplier?

    7) How long have you traded with them?

    8) If you publish your register of contracts and purchasing, can you please provide a website link.

    9) In addition, can you confirm if you have a contract in place for Tail End Spend.

    Published: 8 May 2024

  4. Translation, interpretation, and language services expenditure for financial years 21/22 and 22/23

    Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information:

    Please provide the total amount spent on translation, interpretation, and language services in all areas of council competence for financial years 21/22 and 22/23.

    Published: 8 May 2024

  5. Level Up Fund Projects

    1. How many projects under the Government's 'Levelling Up Fund' has your Local Authority been granted government funding for (including rounds one, two and three)?

    2. What is the total estimated cost of these projects combined, and what is the total estimated cost of each project?

    3. How much money has currently been spent by the Local Authority on these projects in total, and how much money has currently been spent by the Local Authority on these projects, broken down by project?

    4. How much money has been transferred from the government to the Local Authority for each project, broken down by project?

    5. Do these projects require planning permission and if so, has planning permission been granted for the projects which require it? Please supply the answer for each project.

    Published: 7 May 2024

  6. Stonewall funding

    Please advise:

    1. What payments, if any, you made to Stonewall (officially Stonewall Equality Limited) in the financial year 2022/23.

    2. What payments, if any, you made to Stonewall (officially Stonewall Equality Limited) in the financial year 2023/24.

    3. What payments, if any, you expect to make to Stonewall (officially Stonewall Equality Limited) in the current financial year.

    Published: 3 May 2024

  7. Direct payments for adults and children under health and social care 2022/2023

    1. Could you please tell me the number of:

    For clarification the date range required is from 1st January 2022 to 31st December 2023

    a. Adults who are in receipt of direct payments who are under health and social care (18 - 85+)?

    b. Children who are in receipt of direct payments who are under health and social care (17 and under)?

    2. Could I please also ask for the date (date range) at which this data was last collected?

    Published: 3 May 2024

  8. Accommodation costs

    Savings and efficiencies of £19.5 million which could include reducing accommodation costs are needed.

    Response to supplementary question (PQ19), 8/12/2023 full Council meeting:

    'Between April and September 2023, the allowance was paid to 32 Agency workers with a total cost of £126,864, as part of the terms and conditions of their contract. This represents accommodation costs for agency social workers in the Children & Young People Directorate as part of measures to respond to recruitment challenges. Payments in respect of accommodation costs are not made to permanent workers as part of their everyday role.'

    Please confirm whether or not any accommodation costs other than the above-mentioned £126,864 were paid to anyone between April and September 2023 who was engaged by Herefordshire Council whatever their employment status (for example, worker, employed, self-employed,) or contract type (for example, permanent, non-permanent, temporary, interim).

    Published: 3 May 2024

  9. Pothole percentages - claims and repairs

    I would like to make a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

    The National Highways definition of the Local Road Network is that portion of the Road Network for which a Local Government is responsible, and is eligible for funding from the State Government to operate and maintain.

    With this in mind, for the last calendar year (January 2023 - Dec 2023) or last full year for which you have recorded figures, please would you disclose:

    1a. The percentage of compensation claims, brought by drivers for vehicle damage from potholes in your Local Road Network, which were not paid out by your council (i.e. the total number of claims submitted to your council for pothole-related vehicle damage, versus the total number of claims paid out by your council).

    1b. Your council's criteria for compensating, or not compensating, a driver who brings such a claim. For reference, please find an example of the information I am requesting, here: https://www.sunderland.gov.uk/media/31141/HighwayClaimsData/pdf/Highway_Claims_Data.pdf?m=1699722169190

    2. The percentage of potholes - identified by or reported to your council by any individual, public or council member - which were subsequently fixed, across your local road network.

    Published: 3 May 2024

  10. Communications - mobile phone contracts/Telephony/connectivity/SIP trunking

    I would like to request information under the Freedom of Information Act

    Mobile phones

    Who is your current mobile phone provider?

    How many mobile connections?

    When is the contract up for renewal?

    How long do you contract for (24 or 36 months)

    The email address of the primary contact for this contract?

    SIP Trunking

    Have you implemented SIP?

    If yes, when does the contract expire?

    Who is your SIP provider?

    The email address of the primary contact for this contract?

    Team Licences

    Which Microsoft 365 Licence do you have e.g. E3, E5.

    Have you voice enable your Teams Licences?

    If not, is that something you are considering?

    Telephony

    What is your current telephony system?

    How many users of the telephony system?

    When is the contract up for renewal?

    The email address of the primary contact for this contract?

    Connectivity

    What form of WAN do you use e.g. mpls, SDWAN etc.

    When does the contract end?

    How many sites?

    Published: 3 May 2024