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. ICT Equipment / Software

    Q1. Can you please list the number of devices deployed by your organisation for the following?

    Device Type

    Number of Devices

    Desktop PCs

    Laptops

    Mobile Phones

    Printers & Multi Functional Devices (MFDs)

    Tablets

    Physical Servers

    Storage Devices (for example: NAS, SAN)

    Networking Infrastructure (for example: Switches, Routers, Interfaces, Wireless Access Points)

    Security Infrastructure (for example: Firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Virus Monitoring Tools)

     

    Q2. Does your organisation plan to procure any of the below enterprise applications or software, if yes, please provide information in the below format. Please note, if the applications you're planning to procure are not listed below then do mention them separately.

    Name of Application

    Contract Expiry Date

    Annual Cost

    Content Management System -

    Supply Chain Management (SCM)

    Inventory Management Software

    Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) Software 

    Business Intelligence Systems

    Other software/apps (mention the name of the software)

     

     

    Q3. Do you have any plans to procure End user devices (desktop/laptop/tablet/mobile phones etc)? if yes, please provide information in the below format.

    Desktops

    Laptops

    Mobile Phones

    Tablets and Others (Please specify, if Others)

     

    Q4. Do you have any plans to procure below services/softwares? if yes, please provide information in the below format.

    Artificial Intelligence (AI)

    Cyber Security

     

     

    Published: 4 June 2024

  2. Painting, decorating, refurbishment, maintenance, minor construction, and fire protection contracts

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I note to seek access to the following information in excel format.

    I would be most grateful if you would provide me details in respect to any Painting, Decorating, Refurbishment, Maintenance (this includes and planned or reactive repairs & maintenance), minor construction, and Passive Fire Protection services you have on contract.

    Please can you provide me with a list of all agencies/businesses awarded a place on each of the approved and related public spend frameworks.

    The details we require are:

    a) Suppliers who applied for inclusion on each framework/contract and were successful & not successful at the PQQ & ITT stages.

    b) Actual spend on this contract/framework (and any sub lots), from the start of the contract to the current date.

    c) Start date & duration of framework/contract?

    d) Could you please provide a copy of the service/product specification given to all bidders for when this contract was last advertised?

    e) Is there an extension clause in the framework(s)/contract(s) and, if so, the duration of the extension?

    f) Has a decision been made yet on whether the framework(s)/contract(s) are being either extended or renewed?

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

    Can you also please make sure this information is as up to date as possible at the time of receiving the request.

    Published: 4 June 2024

  3. Legacy unadopted open spaces

    I would be grateful if you could provide me with the following information on all known cases whereby the Developer has yet to fulfil their obligation of paying a commuted sum and transferring the Open Space to the Council.

    a. Site Name/Address of all Unadopted Areas of Public Open Space within the Council's Jurisdiction.

    b. Name of Developer associated with the corresponding site.

    c. Date of the Section 106 Agreement to which the Open Space applies.

    d. The Agreed Commuted Sum Value to be paid by the Developer.

    e. Planning Application Reference(s).

    Published: 4 June 2024

  4. Parking penalty charge notices

    1a) How many parking penalty charge notices did the council issue in the year 2023/2024?

    1b) How much in total was charged through the penalty charge notices outlined in question 1a?

    1c) How much in total did the council receive in parking penalty charge payments in 2023/2024?

    1d) How many of the parking penalty charge notices outlined in question 1a were successfully appealed?

     

    2a) How many parking penalty charge notices did the council issue in the year 2022/2023?

    2b) How much in total was charged through the penalty charge notices outlined in question 2a?

    2c) How much in total did the council receive in parking penalty charge payments in 2022/2023?

    2d) How many of the parking penalty charge notices outlined in question 2a were successfully appealed?

     

    3a) How many parking penalty charge notices did the council issue in the year 2018/2019?

    3b) How much in total was charged through the penalty charge notices outlined in question 3a?

    3c) How much in total did the council receive in parking penalty charge payments in 2018/2019?

    3d) How many of the parking penalty charge notices outlined in question 3a were successfully appealed?

     

    4) In the year 2023/2024, in which spending area was the highest amount of money acquired through parking penalty charge notices spent?

     

     

     

    Published: 3 June 2024

  5. Number of libraries, staff and expenditure from 2016-2023

    Ref: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST FOI2024/00888

    Please do proceed and provide answers for questions 1, 2, the first part of question 3, and questions 4-11.

    1. How many library service points did you have by the end of 2016 (calendar year)? Do you have a list of addresses for those at all? Please detail mobile libraries separately to buildings.

    2. How many library service points did you have by the end of 2023 (calendar year)? Please provide the addresses and detail mobile libraries separately to buildings.

    3. Of those, which have had their opening hours reduced since 2016?

    4. How many of these libraries have been transferred from council control to the control of volunteers since 2016?

    5. Please tell us how many libraries have moved premises since 2016 and provide the former and current address.

    6. Please tell us how many new libraries have opened since 2016 (not existing libraries moving to different buildings) and provide addresses.

    7. How many library service points are proposed for closure within the next year? Please detail any mobile libraries separately to buildings.

    8. How many members of staff worked for your libraries' service by the end of 2016 calendar year (headcount please, not FTE)? And how many members of staff work for your libraries' service by the end of 2023 calendar year (headcount please, not FTE)?

    9. How many library service points were operated by volunteers by the end of 2016 calendar year? And how many library service points are operated by volunteers by the end of 2023 calendar? Please detail any mobile libraries separately to buildings.

    10. The net spend on library services each year in the period 2016 to 2024.

    11. How many books have been classed as Lost, Stolen or Missing per annum since 2016? Please also provide figures for the financial cost. Please provide the information in the form of a csv/xlsx file.

    Published: 3 June 2024

  6. Moss Filters

    Please can you inform me the names of the Companies who maintain the Moss Filters and the Planters.

    Published: 3 June 2024

  7. Incorporated companies Council Tax Credit

    Under the Freedom of Information Act of 2000, could you please provide me with the most up-to-date list of all incorporated companies within the authorities billing area that have a council tax credit against their account.

    Please note, I am not requesting business rates data but council tax accounts held by companies such as charities e.g housing associations and property developers etc.

    Could you please including the following data in the response:

    (A) The company name to which the account in credit relates to.

    (B). The value of overpayment.

    (C). The years(s) the overpayment relates to.

    (D) The property address the credit relates to. (E) Whether the account is a live/open account or a closed account. (F)The date that the data was generated. Please can you provide the most up to date data held.

    Published: 3 June 2024

  8. Fee Rates

    In accordance with the FOI act, please can you answer the following question below: ·

    What was the lowest rate (£ per week) you paid for placing a person in your area for 2023/24 and 2024/25.

    Please disregard Funding Nursing Care (FNC) from these calculations.

    Fee Rates - Working Aged Adults (18-64) FY2023/24 FY2024/25

    Residential Nursing (excl. FNC) Fee Rates - Older People (65+) FY2023/24 FY2024/25

    Residential Residential Dementia Nursing (excl. FNC) Nursing Dementia (excl. FNC)

    If you do not have all the data for all this, please send what you can

    Published: 31 May 2024

  9. Agency healthcare staff usage and expenditure

    1. Does the council have a preferred agency/agencies for the supply of temporary staff within

     

    A)   Adult Social Care settings 

     

    B)   Children's Social Care settings

    2. What is the council's process in reviewing/appointing preferred agencies

     

    3. Excluding care at home and domiciliary care, what was the council's total spend on agency staff in:

     

    3a) 2022-2023 within Adult Social Care settings

     

    3b) 2022-2023 within Children's Social Care settings

    3c) 2023-2024 within Adult Social Care settings

     

    3d) 2023-2024 within Children's Social Care settings

     

    4. What was the total spent on agency Nurses (excluding care at home/domiciliary care) in

     

    4a) 2022-2023

     

    4b) 2023-2024

     

    5. A list of the care settings where agency staff was provided via funding from Herefordshire Council over the past 12 months

     

    Published: 31 May 2024

  10. Holiday Childcare Survey 2024 (England)

    In each section of this survey please report on your most recent data.

     

    Section A – Cost of holiday childcare

     

    2. Please give the typical (average/mean) price per day and per week of a full-time place in a holiday club in your local area.

     

    Typical price per day

    Typical price per week

    Maintained sector

     

     

    PVI sector

     

     

     

    Section B – Amount of holiday childcare in your area

    3. What is the total number of holiday clubs in the PVI and maintained sector?

     

    Total number of holiday clubs

    Total in maintained sector

     

    Total in PVI sector

     

     

    Section C – When holiday childcare is available

    4. How many holiday clubs in your area are open for a full day (8am-6pm, Mon-Fri)?

     

    Number of holiday clubs open for a full day (8am-6pm, Mon-Fri)

    Maintained sector

     

    PVI sector

     

     

    5. How many holiday clubs in your area are usually open in each of the school holidays and inset days?

    Important guidance on completing question 5:

    ·       Each holiday club can be counted once for each of the school holiday periods in which they are open.

    ·       This means that answers to this question do not need to sum to the total number of holiday clubs in your area as one holiday club, may be counted more than once.

    ·       However, the figure for any one holiday period should not exceed the total number of providers in your local authority.

     

     

    Summer holiday

    Easter holiday

    Christmas holiday

    Half terms

    INSET days

    Example

    10

    6

    3

    6

    2

    Maintained sector

     

     

     

     

     

    PVI sector

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Section D - Changes to childcare providers and places

    6. a) For the following categories, please mark the box (X) indicating whether the total number of holiday clubs/play scheme providers has increased, decreased, or stayed the same since 2023.

     

    Increased

    Decreased

    Same as 2023

    Not applicable (none either year)

    Data not held or cannot tell

    Maintained sector

     

     

     

     

     

    PVI sector

     

     

     

     

     

     

    b)  Similarly, please mark the box (X) indicating whether the total number of holiday childcare places across all sectors has increased, decreased, or stayed the same since 2023.

     

    Increased

    Decreased

    Same as 2023

    Data not held or  cannot tell

    Overall number of places

     

     

     

     

     

    Section E – Whether there is enough holiday childcare

    7. Is there enough holiday childcare in your local authority area (childcare sufficiency) for the following groups?

     

    Yes: in all areas

    Yes: in some areas

    No

    Data not held or cannot tell

    4- to 7-year-olds

     

     

     

     

    8- to 11-year-olds

     

     

     

     

    12- to 14-year-olds

     

     

     

     

    Disabled children

     

     

     

     

    Parents working full-time (9am-5pm on weekdays)

     

     

     

     

    Parents working atypical hours (outside 9am to 5pm on weekdays)

     

     

     

     

    Please leave this question blank if there are no rural areas in your local authority

     

    Children in rural areas

     

     

     

     

     

    Published: 31 May 2024