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. 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

  2. Withdrawn or Cancelled Permanent Exclusions from 2020-2023

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

    - Confirm the total number of permanent exclusions have been withdrawn/cancelled in your local authority area in 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23 and the reasons for the cancellations.

    - Confirm how many withdrawn/cancelled permanent exclusions resulted in a permanent move to an alternative setting (Managed Move) in your local authority area in 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23.

    Published: 9 February 2024

  3. Animal welfare for farm animal species during 2022 and 2023

    I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 ('the Act') to please request the following information in relation to farm animal species only during the years 2022 and 2023 (broken down by year):

    1. Do you enforce farmed animal welfare legislation?

    a. if not why? e.g. no farms, a different local authority does

    b. if a different local authority enforces this legislation in your area, please inform us which one?

    2. How many of each of the following are under your authority?

    a. Farms;

    b. Markets; and

    c. Borders

    3. How many of each of the following in your jurisdiction were inspected one or more times?

    a. Farms;

    b. Markets; and

    c. Borders

    For the avoidance of doubt, if the same farm/market/border was inspected more than once then it should only be recorded once.

    4. How many of each of the following in your jurisdiction showed non-compliance with animal welfare law following an inspection:

    a. Farms;

    b. Markets; and

    c. Borders

    For the avoidance of doubt, if the same farm/market/border was inspected more than once and showed non-compliance each time, then it should only be recorded once, similarly if it showed compliance on one inspection and not the other, then it should also be recorded as one.

    5. How many of each of the following were inspected more than once in your jurisdiction?

    a. Farms;

    b. Markets; and

    c. Borders

    6. What were the total number of inspections that were conducted in your jurisdiction at each of the following:

    a. Farms;

    b. Markets; and

    c. Borders

    7. What was the total number of inspections conducted in your jurisdiction at each of the following that found non-compliance with animal welfare law?

    a. Farms;

    b. Markets; and

    c. Borders

    8. What was your body's budget for farmed animal welfare enforcement?

    9. Please list whether an official improvement notice or a prosecution was issued or commenced by you on each of the occasion an inspection revealed non-compliance at each of the following:

    a. Farms;

    b. Markets; and

    c. Borders

    10. How many welfare complaints did you receive in relation to the following:

    a. On-farm animal welfare;

    b. Welfare at markets; and,

    c. Welfare during transport

    d. Welfare at a border post

    11. How many welfare complaints did you investigate in relation to the following:

    a. On-farm animal welfare;

    b. Welfare at markets; and,

    c. Welfare during transport

    d. Welfare at a border post

    12. How many prosecution proceedings did you commence for offences named in the Animal Welfare Act 2006?

    a. Of those proceedings, how many resulted in a successful prosecution?

    13. How many improvement notices did you serve under section 10 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 for failures to comply with section 9(1) of that Act?

    14. How many prosecution proceedings did you commence for offences named in Section 7 of the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007?

    a. Of those proceedings, how many resulted in a successful prosecution?

    15. How many compliance notices were issued by your inspectors for failures to comply with the Welfare of Animals (Transport) (England) Order 2006?

    16. How many prosecution proceedings did you commence for offences named in the Welfare of Animals at Markets Order 1990?

    a. Of those proceedings, how many resulted in a successful prosecution?

    17. How many individuals subject to any of the above enforcement action had previously committed an animal welfare offence?

    18. How many people do you employ to carry out farm animal welfare inspections as part of their duties?

    a. How many farm animal welfare inspections did they complete?

    19. How many people do you employ to carry out enforcement of the Animal Health Act 1981 as part of their duties?

    20. In handling future freedom of information requests, is your authority able to respond to questions through a Google Form as an alternative to email response to enhance accessibility and efficiency?

    Published: 9 February 2024

  4. Contracts for remote or online sexual health testing

    Please answer the following questions in relation to online sexual health services.

    1. Does the authority commission or procure these services?

    2. In each of the financial periods 2021-22, 2022-23, April 2023 to December 2023:

    a. How much did the authority spend overall on sexual health testing services?

    b. How much did the authority spend on online services?

    c. How many citizens were tested using online services?

    3. How much was spent (by the authority or predecessor organisations) in each period with each of the following providers for online sexual health services?

    a. Preventx

    b. SH 24

    c. TDL or their NHS joint venture, Health Service Laboratories

    d. Viapath

    e. Synlab or their joint venture, Synnovis

    f. Lloyd's pharmacy

    g. NHS Trusts/ their laboratory services

    h. Other. Please name any provider where the spend in any year exceeded £100,000.

    4. When did the authority last issue a tender for these services?

    5. When does the current contract expire?

    Published: 9 February 2024

  5. Fire Safety Questionnaire

    I would like to request information through the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The purpose of this request is to gain information regarding fire safety, and to suggest ways in which local authorities could be helped to achieve this.

    Please complete the attached questionnaire.

    The questionnaire does not ask the local authority to identify itself, nor any of its staff, nor contractors

    Published: 9 February 2024

  6. Charges for non-residential care services

    I am requesting the following information under the Freedom of Information Act, relating to social care charges and debt enforcement for users of social care in non-residential care settings:

    Clarification: The request applies to all non-residential adult care services for which council adult care clients are charged for usage.

    1. How many individuals received non-residential social care services, broken down into the following financial years: 2021/22 and 2022/23?

    2. How many people were charged for care and support in non-residential settings, broken down into the following financial years: 2021/22 and 2022/23?

    3. How much money in total did the Local Authority receive from social care charging from non-residential care services, broken down into the following financial years: 2021/22 and 2022/23?

    4. How many individuals, since 1 April 2021 to date, have had debt management procedures commenced against them for non-payment of non-residential social care charges (i.e. any escalation in debt recovery, e.g. automated reminders, letter before action and referral to debt collection agency)?

    5. How many individuals, since 1 April 2021 to date, have been referred to debt collection agencies for non-payment of non-residential social care charges (this should be a subset of the question 4 figure, as question 4 includes these cases as well as lower level actions)?

    6. How many individuals have had court proceedings commenced against them relating to non-payment of non-residential social care charges, since 1 April 2021 to date? Please specify how many of these are probate cases.

    Published: 8 February 2024

  7. Care leavers (aged 18 – 21) in supported accommodation

    I am writing to make a formal request under the Freedom of Information Act for access to the following information:

    Please Note: The following questions are about care leavers (Aged 18 - 21) placed in supported accommodation who are receiving floating support; these young people come under the Leaving Care Act 2000.

    1) Who are the currently supported accommodation providers you use for 18+ floating support & accommodation?

    2) What provider out of your current list of supported accommodation providers has the majority of your care leavers?

    3) What is the minimum support hours L.A requirement for 18-21 care leavers in supported accommodation?

    For example, a min of 2 hours.

    4) What is the current minimum cost L.A. pays for 18+ floating accommodations?

    (Accommodation Only) For example, £500 P/W per placement depending on support needs.

    5) How many service users were placed with your L.A between the years 2022 - 2023?

    6) What are the practical postcodes your L.A placements team require for 18+ service users?

    7) What are the current issues your L. A's placement team face when it comes to placing 18+ service users in supported accommodation?

    8) What is the placements teams' budget per week for 18+ placements?

    For example, £620 P/W per placement including 3 support hours.

    9) What is the procedure for your L.A if a provider wishes to join both on-tender & off-tender providers list?

    10) What are the main KPI's (key performance indicators) your L.A placements team use to separate a good semi-independent service to a bad one, specifically for 18+ service users?

    11) What are the main factors your L.A Placements team use to ascertain whether a placement / provider is a good match for 18+ service users?

    12) What is the L.A's budget for support hours, specifically per hour, for 18+ service users?

    For example £21.50 per additional support hour.

    13) What type of accommodation is needed but in short supply for your L.A placements team? I.e. studios, shared, 2 bed flats, etc.

    14) What is the L.A placements team budget per week for the following accommodation:

    a) Studio,

    b) 1 bed Flat,

    c) 2 bed flat,

    d) Shared Accommodation.

    15) When does the L.A plan to publish their next tender for 18+ placements?

    16) What is L.A's standard procedure before placing an 18+ service user with a provider for the first time?

    17) Who are the current providers you use for 18+ unstaffed accommodation?

    Published: 8 February 2024

  8. Supported Living Referrals

    I am making a Freedom of Information Act request for the following:

    A copy of your referral form for Supported Living

    A copy of a refusal to place form

    A copy of the local referral/refusal policy and procedure for placing in supported living

    A copy of the National guidance

    Published: 7 February 2024

  9. Properties sold under Right to Buy Scheme

    I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act (2000).

    I would like to know:

    1. How many leasehold properties have been sold by the local authority under the Right to Buy scheme (1980) since its inception?

    2. How many of these leaseholds are currently registered at an away address (an address which is not that of the property itself)?

    3. How many properties initially sold under the Right to Buy act have been subsequently purchased by the local authority?

    a) How many of these were purchased on or after January 1st 2020?

    b) How much money has the local authority spent on purchasing these properties? (If any properties have been sold again after being re-purchased, please also specify this income)

    Published: 6 February 2024

  10. Planning applications from 1st January 2022 where no decision was made within 26 weeks

    Please provide a list (in Excel format) of all planning applications submitted on or after 1st January 2022 where no decision was made within 26 weeks (unless a longer period has/had been agreed in writing between the applicant and the Local Authority) and no refund of fees has been made to date. The information should be provided in the following columns:

    • Planning application reference

    • Applicant name

    • Valid date

    • Planning application fee paid (£)

    • Decision due date

    • Actual decision date

    • Extension of time/Planning performance agreed - yes or no?

    • Refund - yes or no?

    • Eligible for Refund - yes or no?

    • Withdrawn - yes or no?

    • Proposal

    I would appreciate if the information could be broken down into each respective year.

    Published: 6 February 2024