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. Safeguarding targets for adoption, care placement and fostering

    The Children's Act 2004, Section 9a, states, 'The secretary of state may in accordance with regulations set safeguarding targets for a local authority in England'.

    What are the safeguarding targets the council was set by Govt for the period 2004 to 2024?

    I ask you state the targets for adoption, forced or not, care placement and fostering in a yearly or monthly format.

    Published: 31 January 2024

  2. Planning appeals from 2010

    I would like to request the amount of money spent deciding on planning appeals in this local authority from the beginning of 2010 to the present day, or as recent as the data goes. This should be in a yearly format.

    I would also like data on what percentage of planning decisions went to appeal, AND what percentage of appeals were successful. This should be in a yearly format.

    Published: 31 January 2024

  3. Person responsible for HMO/selective/additional licensing

    Can you please provide me with the following information:-

    1. Who is responsible for HMO/ Selective/ Additional Licensing?

    2. Their contact details - email address and phone number.

    3. What software are you using for HMO/ Selective/ Additional Licensing? For example, Metastreet, Idox, Verso, Civica.

    4. What is the renewal date for the software contract?

    5. What schemes are you looking to introduce, i.e. selective/ additional?

    Published: 31 January 2024

  4. Expenditure related to software in Children's Services Department

    I am writing to submit a Freedom of Access of Information Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to obtain information on the expenditure related to software in your Children's Services Department.

    Specifically, I am seeking the following information:

    Q1. Does your Local Authority have the following departments:

    1. Adult Social Care Commissioning

    2. Children's Social Care Commissioning

    If so, please can you provide the contact details for the person who would make decisions about subscribing to software.

    Q2. Details on the monthly costs associated with different types of software utilised in Children's Services. Please provide information on the following:

    1. The names and types of software applications or systems used in Children's Services.

    2. The monthly cost for each software application or system.

    If possible, please categorise the costs and provide any additional relevant details regarding the functionalities and features covered by each software.

    Q3. Please can you also provide information about what would be the preferred charging structure when supplying software to your local authority, specifically around:

    1. Is it better to pay annually or monthly?

    2. What's the preferred method of payment?

    Published: 31 January 2024

  5. Fostering Placements for looked after children

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information regarding Fostering placements for Looked After Children. Please provide answers on the attached accompanying spreadsheet.

    1. Who, within the local authority, has commissioning responsibility for Fostering placements for Looked After Children? Please provide the following:

    a. Name

    b. Job title

    c. Telephone no.

    e. Email address

    2. How many approved foster carer households are registered with the Local Authority as at 31st Mar-22, 30th Jun-22, 30th Sep-22, 31st Dec-22, 31st Mar-23, 30th Jun-23, 30th Sep-23, and 31st Dec-23 (if unavailable please provide the most recent data available - please give date)?

    Note: We are referring to in-house LA foster carer households excluding kinship carer households.

    3. How many Looked After Children (LAC) has the Local Authority funded in foster care placements, with in-house foster carers, with Independent Fostering Agency (IFA) carers, with Kinship (family and friends) foster carers and in IFA therapeutic fostering placements, as at 31st Mar-22, 30th Jun-22, 30th Sep-22, 31st Dec-22, 31st Mar-23, 30th Jun-23 and 30th Sep-23 and 31st Dec-23 (if unavailable please provide the most recent data available - please give date)?

    Note: Therapeutic foster care is also known as therapy foster care, multidimensional treatment foster care, specialist foster care, treatment foster (family) care and family-based treatment. It is designed for young people who cannot live at home, usually due to behavioural problems including chronic delinquency.

    4. What are the average weekly fees that the local authority would pay to foster care providers (in-house, IFAs and IFA therapeutic fostering placements) for the following age groups in 2021/22, 2022/23 and year to date in 2023/24?

    Note: By average weekly fee we mean skill fee element only, excluding agency fee etc, and the fee paid to foster carers per week, not the fostering allowance.

    a. 0 to 4

    b. 5 to 10

    c. 11 to 15

    e. 16 to 18

    5. Please provide a list of Independent Fostering Agencies used by the Council. Please provide data for the last financial year 2022/23 (if available); if not, the most recent data available - please give date.

    a. Please provide the total number of placements with each agency.

    b. Please provide total expenditure with each agency.

    6. What is the gross total expenditure (excluding fostering staff team costs) on fostering services for Looked After Children? Please provide actual figures for financial years 2019/20 to 2022/23, as well as budgeted expenditure for 2023/24.

    Published: 31 January 2024

  6. Taxi driver complaints for the last five years

    I wish to know the number and type of complaints made to the council against taxi drivers for the last five full years that data is held;

    And the number and type of actions taken;

    Including the number of referrals to other authorities, such as the police.

    Please provide this information for the last five years, as well as for 2023 only.

    Published: 31 January 2024

  7. Number of EHCPs issued for children and young people with SEND in last 5 years

    Please can you tell me, for each of the past five years, how many Education Health and Care Plans for children and young people with SEND were issued, and how many were issued within 20 weeks?

    Please provide the figures (number of plans issued overall, and number issued within 20 weeks) for each of the past five years.

    Published: 31 January 2024

  8. Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) for financial year 22/23

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

    For last year (2022/23), and within the local authority area:

    (a) What was the average cost to relevant providers of delivering Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs);

    (b) How many EHCPs specified teaching assistant support under Section F.

    For (a), please can the average cost be provided as both (i) the mean and (ii) the median, where held.

    If information is held on the average cost of EHCPs, but that information is calculated on a different basis to that outlined above, then please could those estimates be provided instead.

    If information is held on the average cost of EHCPs, but those estimates are not inclusive of all providers (for example, if NHS providers are not included), then please could the estimates for the providers that figures are held for be given instead.

    Published: 31 January 2024

  9. pest infestation control

    I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information. Specifically, I would like to request:

    1. The total number of domestic/residential visits (excluding commercial premises) to address the following types of infestations in the last three years: Total number of residential visits (or please state if you do not offer this service) Rodents (Rats / Mice) Bedbugs Cockroaches 2021 2022 2023

    1. The total amount spent on pest control service visits to address the following types of infestations in the last three years: Total cost spent (residential only) Rodents (Rats / Mice) Bedbugs Cockroaches 2021 2022 2023

    1. Please state how much you charge for the below treatments for a domestic property (or if it is free), for householders that do not qualify for a discount: Rodents (Rats / Mice) Bedbugs Cockroaches Charge to treat the following If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the cost and time involved, please provide advice and assistance, as to how I can refine my request.

    Published: 30 January 2024

  10. salary bands - Asset Management

    I am putting a freedom of information request forward to determine the salary bands / salaries of the roles which fall within Asset Management, listed below (or equivalent) within Herefordshire Council:

    · Head of Commercial and Contract

    · Head of Repairs and Maintenance

    · Head of Building, Compliance and People Safety

    · Head of Strategic Asset Management

    · Head of Planned Maintenance Can all positions include job titles, reporting lines and pay grade/salary information please. -

    Published: 30 January 2024