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 Questions

    1.  How many legal proceedings have been commenced by Herefordshire Council against Elective Home Education Families in the year 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 to date?

     

    2. How many legal proceedings have resulted in legal penalties imposed on Elective Home Education Families in the year 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 to date?

    (in a simple persons language how many has the council won in county/magistrates court?).

     

    Published: 25 June 2024

  2. 1. Could you please confirm the number of instances in the last 10 years where a fraudulent claim for a business rates refund has been made?

    2. Could you please confirm the number of instances where a refund has been paid to an incorrect entity due to a fraudulent claim?

    3. Could you please confirm the total value (£) over the last 10 years where a Ratepayer has had to be compensated due to a fraudulent claim for a business rates refund?

    4. The total value of credits held on business rates accounts within the billing authority as of today's date.

    Published: 25 June 2024

  3. 1) Can you please indicate how many full-time/part-time permanent contract staff have left Herefordshire Council since the current Chief Executive has been in post?

    2) Could you please indicate how many limited period contract/non-permanent staff have been employed by Herefordshire Council since the current Chief Executive has been in post?

    CLARIFICATION:

    - Please include Fixed-Term employees and Agency workers, broken down into separate totals for each employment/worker type

    - Please include all staff employed / contracted before they started and were still with council after the Chief Executive was employed

    This should include all staff since the commencement of the current Chief Executives employment to the date this request is received.

    Published: 25 June 2024

  4. I am writing to make a formal request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for information regarding the issuing of Blue Badges within your Council.

     

    Specifically, I kindly request the following information:

     

    *   Number of Blue Badges currently held (as of the date of this email).

     

     

    *   Number of Blue Badge applications received since September 1st 2022.

     

     

    *   Number and percentage of successful Blue Badge applications since September 1st 2022 - of these, the number and percentage of applications which were successful under the Hidden Disability criteria.

     

    *   Number and percentage of unsuccessful Blue Badge applications since September 1st 2022 - of these, the number and percentage of applicants appealing the decision and the number and percentage of applicants who were successful in their appeal.

     

    Published: 21 June 2024

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

    You kindly last provided information in 2022.

    Please confirm the following:

    Q1.a) If the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Definition has been adopted by the Council since 1 May 2022. If so, please provide the date that the motion/decision to do so was approved and provide a copy of the relevant motion/minutes/policy document or a working link if it is available on your website.

    See antisemitism.org/definition<http://antisemitism.uk/definition> for more information about the IHRA Definition and the IHRA statement<https://holocaustremembrance.com/news/from-the-archives> on the integrality of the examples.

    Q1.b) If the IHRA Definition has been adopted, was the IHRA Definition adopted in its entirety including all of the examples?

    Q1.c) If all of the examples were not adopted, which ones were adopted?

    Q1.d) If the IHRA Definition has not been adopted at all, was there a motion/decision to adopt the IHRA Definition which was defeated, and if so on what date was it defeated?

    Q1.e) If the IHRA Definition has not yet been adopted, has adoption been timetabled?

    Published: 21 June 2024

  6. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please can you provide me with information on households put at risk of homelessness.

    1. The number of households where someone is in receipt of the state pension who have been put at risk of homelessness in your local authority due to a Section 21 notice in each of the financial years since 2018/19

    2. The number of households where someone is in receipt of the state pension who have been put at risk of homelessness in your local authority in each of the financial years since 2018/19

    3. The number of households where there where someone is aged under 18 who have been put at risk of homelessness in your local authority due to a Section 21 notice in each of the financial years since 2018/19

    4. The number of households where there where someone is aged under 18 who have been put at risk of homelessness in your local authority in each of the financial years since 2018/19

    5. The number of households where there where someone is registered as a carer who have been put at risk of homelessness in your local authority due to a Section 21 notice in each of the financial years since 2018/19

    6. The number of households where there where someone is registered as a carer who have been put at risk of homelessness in your local authority in each of the financial years since 2018/19

    Published: 19 June 2024

  7. Please provide the following information in an email format:

    1. Please confirm your OT waiting list status, including:

    a. The total number of cases

    b. No of Adult service user cases

    c. No of Paediatric service user cases

    e. The mean average wait in months for an OT assessment in the last 12 months (if not recorded: please state your current longest and shortest case wait in months)

    2. What percentage of your OT assessment service has been outsource in the last 12 months?

    3. If the service is being outsourced to the NHS:

    a. Is the service being delivered under section 75 agreement? Yes/No

    b. Who is the main contact responsible for the delivery of the OT assessments service within the NHS?

    i.      Name

    ii.     Job title

    iii.    Email

    iv.     Telephone number

    4. If the service is commission to an independent provider:

    a. Can you advise what commissioning mechanism you use:

    i.    Through frameworks (If so, where is your framework published?)

    ii.   Direct relationships

    iii.  Preferred Supplier lists

    iv.   Other (please elaborate)

    b.  Who is your current independent provider(s) for OT Assessments:

    i.    Name of supplier(s)

    ii.  The number of cases outsourced and a cost paid per assessment (on average if easier)

    iii. The forecast total value spent during the contract term

    iv.     Contract start date

    v.      Contract end date

    5.      Who is your current community equipment provider for the OT assessment service?

    i.      Name of supplier(s)

    ii.     Total spend for 2023/24 financial year

    iii.    When is the contract end date

    6. Who is the main contact responsible for the OT services at the Council?

    i.      Name

    ii.     Job title

    iii.    Email

    iv.     Telephone Number

    Published: 19 June 2024

  8. When was the last time you cleaned the sides of the A40 around Ross on Wye (down to the A449 at Raglan)?

    Published: 18 June 2024

  9. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please can you provide me with the following information on trees planted each financial year since 2018/19.

    How many trees has your local authority planted in each financial year since 2018/19?

    How many trees has your local authority removed in each financial year since 2018/19?

    How much has your local authority spent on tree planting in each financial year since 2018/19?

    Published: 18 June 2024

  10. Following the recent damage to Leystone Bridge caused by an HGV lorry, could you please tell me when the Council will be starting the repair works and also how much is it going to cost?

    Published: 17 June 2024