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. Autistic children and school placement type

    Can you please provide me with the data for school aged children in the year 2023 to answer the questions below broken down by ages:

    5-10 (Primary)

    11-15/16 years (Secondary)

    For questions 3 and 5, please use the below list to categorise the setting type:

    • Mainstream - (This can be academy, Free or LA maintained)

    • Grammar School

    • Private Independent Mainstream (NOT special)

    • Specialist Resource Base/Provision or SEN unit - If so, what is the primary area of need

    • Special School (Academy, Free, LA maintained)

    • Independent Special School (maintained or non-maintained)

    • Pupil Referral Unit (PRU)

    • Alternative Provision

    • Educated Otherwise than At School (EOTAS) - Section I is blank or states EOTAS

    • Electively Home Educated (EHE)

    • No placement available

    • Other

    • Don't know

    Please provide the data as detailed above for the following 8 questions:

    1. How many children have an EHCP?

    2. How many children identified as autistic do not have an EHCP?

    3. How many of these EHCPs identify ASD, ASC or Autism as a need or diagnosis?

    4. For the EHCPs that have Autism (ASD/ASC) identified, what is the type of educational setting they attend (type of school named in Section I).

    5. For the EHCPs that have Autism (ASD/ASC) identified, how many mention that a child has demand avoidance, identifiable by any of the following terms being used in any section of the EHCP:

    â—‹ Demand Avoidance

    â—‹ Pathological Demand Avoidance

    â—‹ PDA

    â—‹ Extreme demand avoidance.

    â—‹ Avoids everyday demands or activities

    6. For these EHCPs that have demand avoidance mentioned, what is type of educational setting they attend (type of school named in Section I). Please use the above list to categorise setting type

    7. Does your LA use the term 'Pathological Demand Avoidance' or 'PDA' or 'autism with a demand avoidant profile' in EHCPs if provided in a professional report?

    8. If these terms in question 7 are not used, what is the reason for this?

    Published: 16 January 2024

  2. Public Spaces Protection Order signs

    • Herefordshire Council Policy & Procedure document in relation to the introduction and implementation of Public Spaces Protection Order's (PSPO).

    • The completed application 'case file' for this particular PSPO.

    • The results of the initial evidence gathering phase.

    • Any assessments made in relation to the application site.

    • The consultation and process results - both generic & site specific

    • The correspondence sent to the relevant Local Parish Councillor as part of the consultation process and when.

    •When and if any site notices were displayed, press notification or other Parish notices.

    • The relevant PSCO order covering the site and when it was made.

    Published: 16 January 2024

  3. Highway gullies

    Please advise,

    1. If you have a schedule for clearing gullies on residential roads and if so the frequency with which this work is carried out.

    2. Is your maintenance work for clearing gullies carried by a contractor or your own staff?

    3. What type of equipment is used? Eg do you own a gully sucker? Or do your contractors use a gully stucker?

    4. Have you used new technology for your gully clearing? If so, please give details. Specifically have you used In Touch Ltd SmartWater sensors or do you have plans to do so? If so, what, if any, reductions in cost and/or reductions in blockages have resulted?

    Published: 16 January 2024

  4. Between 01/01/2020-01/01/2023 number of contraventions reported against protected trees and hedges

    Between the 1st of January 2020 and the 1st of January 2023, please provide the below requested information for contraventions reported against trees and hedges protected through Tree Preservation Orders, Conservation areas, and Hedgerow Regulations.

    Please work from the 1st of January 2020 to most recent, should the free FOI time limit be met, please state at what year/month this was met and return.

    Please provide numerical data for:

    1. The number of tree/hedgerow contraventions reported.

    2. The number of tree/hedgerow contraventions pursued to Magistrates and/or Crown Court.

    3. The number of tree/hedgerow contraventions closed with no action deemed necessary.

    4. The number of tree/hedgerow contraventions where a decision to take action or not was reached within 6 months of the case being registered.

    5. The number of tree/hedgerow contraventions closed through serving of tree replacement notices, or voluntary tree planting.

    Published: 15 January 2024

  5. Drinking Water Abstractions in Gorsley

    I am currently determining a small sewage discharge permit in Gorsley, Herefordshire and wanted to check if there were any drinking water abstractions in the area. The centre of the site is SO6724826104.

    Our base maps indicate 2 wells listed and a spring within 150m west of the site boundary.

    Could you please provide information on any private abstractions within 250m for this point.

    Published: 15 January 2024

  6. Legal costs recharged to defendants for the last 5 years

    Please may you tell us what costs are recharged to defendants for:

    1. Summons and,

    2. Liability orders by your Council.

    Please may you provide this for each year of the last five years. Please may you be clear if this is the calendar or accounting year.

    This may be broken down as:

    * Summons cost Justice - set by legislation (was £3, now 50p)

    * Summons cost Council

    * Liability Order cost

    Published: 15 January 2024

  7. Details of S38 and S278 Technical Approvals Granted

    I would be grateful if you could provide me with the following information on all Section 38 and Section 278 technical approvals granted from 1st October 2023 - 31st December 2023.

    Published: 15 January 2024

  8. Animals registered to Herefordshire Council listed under Dangerous & Wild Animals Act 1976

    Please can I request the following relating to any animals registered to Herefordshire Council which are currently listed under the Dangerous & Wild Animals Act 1976:

    - Species of animal

    - The location of the animal

    - How long the animal has been registered with the council

    Published: 15 January 2024

  9. Change of Use Applications

    This request applies specifically to Class A premises, which includes shops and retail premises such as restaurants.

    Please see the attached questions.

    Published: 12 January 2024

  10. Childcare Survey 2024 (England)

    Please complete the attached questionnaire.

    Please note the FOI request does not require you to complete Section D.

    Published: 12 January 2024