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. FOI/Children in care accommodation

    Please advise:

    1. The total number of children in care you currently have placed in registered children's homes, both local authority owned and independently owned

    2. The total number of children in care you currently have placed in unregistered children's homes (defined as providing care as well as support but not officially registered) and the number of them in such accommodation aged under 16.

    3. The total number of children in care you currently have placed in unregulated semi-independent living accommodation (defined as providing support rather than care) and the number of them in such accommodation aged under 16.

    4. The total number of children in care in unregulated placements (whether unregistered children's homes or semi-independent living accommodation) that are unaccompanied asylum seekers and the number of them in such accommodation aged under 16.

    5. The average annual cost for children in care you placed in local authority registered children's homes for the financial year 2022/23.

    6. The average annual cost for children in care you placed in independent registered children's homes for the financial year 2022/23.

    7. The average annual cost for children in care you placed in unregistered children's homes for the financial year 2022/23.

    8. The average annual cost for children in care you placed in unregulated semi-independent living accommodation for the financial year 2022/23.

    Published: 16 February 2024

  2. Children receiving SEND home to school transport from 2018/2019 - 2023/2024

    I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act to request the following information:

    1. How many children have received SEND home to school transport every year since 2018/19 including the present year 2023/24 (please break down by year)

    2. What was your annual total spend on SEND home to school transport every year since 2018/19 (please break down by year). Please also provide your forecast spend for 2023/24.

    3. How much is the single most expensive daily SEND home to school transport round trip journey you are currently funding?

    4. How far is the single most expensive daily SEND home to school transport round trip journey you are currently funding?

    Published: 14 February 2024

  3. Road Maintenance in Herefordshire

    Could you please share information about the following:

    What is the length of your asphalt paved roads? Could you give an estimate of the annual budget for resurfacing/maintaining them?

    How often is the road and related asset condition assessed? When was the last time a report on the road surface quality was conducted?

    Do you use a Pavement Management System (PMS), and/or other tools to make planning and coordination easy?

    Do you have a full and comprehensive inventory of all the road assets (road signs, light poles, etc.) that the municipality owns such as location, condition, etc?

    How many insurance cases were reported about car and bicycle damages/accidents last year due to the road condition?

    How many reports or requests to fix road infrastructure damages did you receive from citizens concerning your roads last year?

    If there are publicly available reports or documents with this information please share them.

    Published: 14 February 2024

  4. Use of RICS accredited Property Advisory company to raise Council revenue from business rates

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

    1) Have the Local Authority instructed an RICS accredited Property Advisory company to raise Council revenue from business rates by either identifying properties which have been undervalued in the Rating List or identifying properties which are not in the Rating List but are complete and have not been valued for business rates purposes?

    Our request does not relate to Rating Advisors who have been appointed by the Council to review and Challenge Rateable Values on their own Local Authority assets.

    We would be grateful for the information in the following format:

    • Name of company;

    • Date of contract award;

    • Term of contract;

    Published: 14 February 2024

  5. Herefordshire Council’s spend on agency workers (both on-framework and off-framework)

    1. The Council's spend on agency workers (both on-framework and off-framework);

    2. Which framework/s the Council is using and when does the contract/s expire;

    3. If not using a framework, which provider/s and when does the contract/s expire.

    4. Agency spend by job roles/service area. If possible, it would be helpful for this information to go back the last 12 months, financial or calendar, or failing that any information you might have from recently.

    Published: 13 February 2024

  6. Audit of software assets

    I hereby submit a Freedom of Information request. I look forward to your reply.

    1. Has Microsoft (or a third party on its behalf) carried out an audit of your Microsoft software assets in the last 8 years?

    2. If so, what date did any such audits start and finish?

    3. What is the corporate identity of the party carrying out the audit, e.g. Microsoft or the name of the third-party auditing company?

    4. Did the audit identify any breaches of, under-licensing, or non-compliance with, your licensing conditions?

    5. If so, were any incentives relating to such breaches or non-compliance given by Microsoft to encourage your organisation to move to Microsoft cloud subscription licences?

    6. If so, please provide details of these incentives.

    Published: 13 February 2024

  7. S106 Agreements for 2000 - 2010

    Can you please provide me with details for s106 agreements signed between 2000-2010, including but not limited to: 1. Planning references 2. Total Contributions received 3. Total Contributions allocated (if possible where and when allocated) 4. Total Contributions Spent (with proof of expenditure) 5. Total Balance remaining

    Published: 12 February 2024

  8. Social Care Workers

    This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

    1.a)

    i) How many qualified social workers were working on a temporary (agency) basis at the Council during the financial year 1/4/18 to 31/3/19? Broken down, specifically:

    Children's Social Services

    Adults' Social Services

    ii) How many qualified social workers were working on a permanent basis at the Council during the financial year 1/4/18 to 31/3/19? Broken down, specifically:

    Children's Social Services

    Adults' Social Services

    1.b)

    i) How many qualified social workers were working on a temporary (agency) basis at the Council during the financial year 1/4/19 to 31/3/20? Broken down, specifically:

    Children's Social Services

    Adults' Social Services

    ii) How many qualified social workers were working on a permanent basis at the Council during the financial year 1/4/19 to 31/3/20? Broken down, specifically:

    Children's Social Services

    Adults' Social Services

    1.c)

    i) How many qualified social workers were working on a temporary (agency) basis at the Council during the financial year 1/4/20 to 31/3/21? Broken down, specifically:

    Children's Social Services

    Adults' Social Services

    ii) How many qualified social workers were working on a permanent basis at the Council during the financial year 1/4/20 to 31/3/21? Broken down, specifically:

    Children's Social Services

    Adults' Social Services:

    1.d)

    i) How many qualified social workers were working on a temporary (agency) basis at the Council during the financial year 1/4/21 to 31/3/22? Broken down, specifically:

    Children's Social Services

    Adults' Social Services

    ii) How many qualified social workers were working on a permanent basis at the Council during the financial year 1/4/21 to 31/3/22? Broken down, specifically:

    Children's Social Services

    Adults' Social Services

    1.e)

    i) How many qualified social workers were working on a temporary (agency) basis at the Council during the financial year 1/4/22 to 31/3/23? Broken down, specifically:

    Children's Social Services

    Adults' Social Services

    ii)How many qualified social workers were working on a permanent basis at the Council during the financial year 1/4/22 to 31/3/23?? Broken down, specifically:

    Children's Social Services

    Adults' Social Services

    2. What was the total spend by your organisation on temporary/ locum qualified (agency) social workers during the financial years 1/4/19 to 31/3/23? Broken down by financial year, specifically:

    Children's Social Services

    Adults' Social Services

    3. How many vacant positions were filled through locum temporary/ locum qualified (agency) social workers during the financial years 1/4/18 to 31/3/23? Broken down by financial year. Broken down by financial year, specifically:

    Children's Social Services

    Adults' Social Services

    Published: 12 February 2024

  9. Council Tax and the consolidated fund

    In the United Kingdom, council tax is a local tax collected by local authorities to fund local services.

    Does it go directly to a central government consolidation fund?

    Is a percentage returned to the council to be used to finance services such as rubbish collection, street cleaning, education, and social services?

    If so what is the percentage returned to the council from government?

    Published: 12 February 2024

  10. Section 38/278 Agreements

    Can you provide an up to date list of all roads within Herefordshire that currently have Section 38 or Section 278 highway agreements in relation to them?

    Published: 9 February 2024