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. Number of potholes reported in 2023

    - The number of potholes reported in 2023

    - The number of potholes repaired in 2023

    Published: 19 April 2024

  2. Number of planning projects BBLP dealt with clearing conditions

    For the last 12 months:

    1) How many planning projects have Herefordshire Council employed Balfour Beatty to deal with clearing conditions?

    2) How many of those projects did Balfour Beatty sign off without further requests?

    3) How much did Balfour Beatty charge Herefordshire Council for this work?

    Published: 17 April 2024

  3. Spending of additional funding as result of HS2 cancellation

    The media has reported that Herefordshire will receive £102 million additional transport funding as a result of the HS2 cancellation

    Regional breakdown of extra allocations

    Local authority LTF funding (2025 to 2032)

    Blackburn with Darwen £117m

    Blackpool £121

    Cheshire East £181m

    Cheshire West and Chester £168m

    County Durham £73m

    Cumberland £149m

    East Riding of Yorkshire £168m

    Herefordshire £102m

    Kingston upon Hull, City of £161m

    Transport jobs get £4.7bn of cancelled HS2 cash | Construction Enquirer News 26.2.24

    Has this £102 million been received?

    How will it be spent?

    Please let me have a breakdown of total expenditure by category:

    New road building

    New cycle routes

    County-wide 20mph speed limits on streets where people live and routes used by children to go to school

    New bus routes and frequencies e.g. will the DRM 476 (Ledbury-Hereford be funded to go hourly and not every 2 hours?

    Mobility as a Service (MaaS)

    School travel plans to shift car trips taking pupils to school to bus/bike/foot

    Published: 17 April 2024

  4. Unoccupied non-residential council properties

    I am writing to obtain information about the costs incurred by unoccupied non-residential properties owned by the council. Please provide an itemised list of non-residential properties owned by the council that were unoccupied for one month or longer between 1 Jan 2022 and 31 December 2023.

    Please include the following information:

    • The address of the property

    • The dates during which the property was unoccupied.

    • The cost of insuring the property during the period it was unoccupied.

    o If this is not possible, please provide an annual amount.

    • The cost of providing security for the property during the period it was unoccupied.

    o If this is not possible, please provide an annual amount.

    • Any other maintenance costs for the property during the period it was unoccupied.

    o If this is not possible, please provide an annual amount.

    • The cost of any renovation works undertaken during the period it was unoccupied.

    • The dates any such renovation work was undertaken.

    • The size of the property

    I have provided an example (attached), which you can use as a template if convenient.

    Published: 15 April 2024

  5. Parking fines issued from 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2023

    The total number of parking fines (on- street and off-street) issued in the area covered by your council from 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2023 (or latest period as close to current date as possible).

    The type of parking offence each fine was, including: The number of fixed penalty notice fines, the number of penalty charge notice fines and the number of other parking fines.

    Published: 15 April 2024

  6. Council’s policies/protocols for adequate temporary accommodation for households with disabilities

    What are the council's policies / protocols for ensuring adequate sourcing of temporary accommodation for households with different disabilities - e.g. mobility issues, mental health issues etc?

    Published: 12 April 2024

  7. Software used by use for your payroll, HR and finance solutions

    1. What software do you use for your payroll, hr and finance solutions, how much annually do you spend on each, when does each contract expire?

    2. Do you manage your payroll in-house or do you outsource it if so, who do you outsource it to?

    3. How many people do you pay each month using your payroll solution?

    4. How many pensioners do you pay using your payroll solution?

    5. Do you use Microsoft power platform technologies such as Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents?

    6. What is the employee count in your organisation?

    7. Do you collaborate with other organisations in the delivery of HR & Payroll shared services? If so which organisation?

    8. Do you work with any industry experts such as ATOS, KPMG, EY, Accenture etc?

    9. Who in your organisation is the head of service for HR and Payroll software or services and what is their role?

    Published: 12 April 2024

  8. Damage to tyres due to road defects for last 5 calendar years

    I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information: The number of complaints made by motorists to the council after road defects damaged their tyres up to the last five calendar years.

    Or

    The number of claims made by motorists to the council after road defects damaged their tyres up to the last five calendar years.

    Published: 12 April 2024

  9. Percentage of business rates increase last three years

    By what percentage have the business rates you have collected over the last three year's increased?

    Published: 12 April 2024

  10. Blocked drains

    Our FOI request relates to instances of puddles and standing water on roads / highways caused by blocked drains that may have led to splashes as vehicles drive past.

    1. Please fill in the below table regarding blocked drains on road/highways. In this instance drains are: Highway drainage systems designed to manage the rainwater that lands on the road/highway, both to prevent flooding and to protect the road surface.

    They can include a wide variety of features including but not limited to roadside surface water drains and channels/gullies, shallow channels that convey water off the road into a drainage ditch (known as 'grips' or 'letts') and storm drains.

    Published: 12 April 2024