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. Council home EPC ratings & MEES (Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards) in the 2023/24 financial year

    I would like information about your council’s homes and MEES enforcements in relation to climate action for the Council Climate Action Scorecards. This information may be held by a housing department or similar.

    In particular, please supply me with information relating to the following questions:

    1. What is the energy efficiency rating of the council's homes (managed or owned by the council)?

    Please provide either a distribution table with the number of council homes for each EPC rating or the percentage of the council’s homes that have received an EPC rating of C or above.

    2. What is the number of investigations, enforcement notices and enforcement actions that the council conducted, related to MEES (Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards) in the 2023/24 financial year?

    Please provide a breakdown of the number of investigations and enforcements separately. If only some information is available, please provide this information.

    I would prefer to receive information in a machine readable format, such as CSV files for data, where possible.

    Published: 5 September 2024

  2. Dog warden and stray dog services

    I am contacting you to request the following information regarding stray dogs.

    1) How many stray dogs entered pounds for each year between 1st January 2019 and 31st December 2023, including by breed.

    2) Broken down by year 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 (calendar years):

    2)a) How many of these were reclaimed by their owners?

    2)b) How many were adopted from the pound?

    2)c) How many went to an animal rescue? Please provide a breakdown in numbers per year for each rescue used

    2)d) How many were euthanized?

    2)e) What happened to any remaining dogs that did not fall into above categories?

    2)f) How many dogs were chipped?

    2)g) How many were chipped with owners details up to date?

    3)a) For each year (2019-2023) could you please tell me the total number of w.t.e (whole time equivalent) dog wardens you employ?

    3)b) If the role of the dog warden has been dispersed to other staff, could you please let me know how many staff undertake dog warden duties and what proportion of their time in w.t.e. that they roughly spend on the dog warden's role.

    3)c) If you do not directly employ any dog wardens and manage this function via a contract with an external provider, could you please confirm the provider.

    4) Please provide the first part of the postcode of the pound holding kennels (the details are for geographical spatial mapping and so exact address is not required)

    Published: 5 September 2024

  3. Referrals submitted using the (MARF) system from Hereford Hospital, schools, CAMHS from 2020 to 2024

    With reference to Freedom of Information Act 2000 I would like to request information relating to Herefordshire Council Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub.

    From previous FOIs (22/01107 and 24/00633) it is known that the total of referrals submitted using the Multi Agency Referral Form system (MARF) is:

    2020 - 1518

    2021 - 2002

    2022 - 2720

    2023 - 2944

    2024 - 793 to date

    So FOI:

    1. I would like to know the number of individual referrals submitted using the Multi Agency Referral Form system (MARF) from Wye Valley NHS trust (Hereford Hospital).

    2. I would like to know the number of individual referrals submitted using the Multi Agency Referral Form system (MARF) from Herefordshire schools and playgroups/nurseries.

    3. I would like to know the number of individual referrals submitted using the Multi Agency Referral Form system (MARF) from Herefordshire children and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS).

    4. I would like to know the number of individual referrals submitted using the Multi Agency Referral Form system (MARF) from any other Herefordshire source (Just the total listed as other).

    I would like these numbers for the calendar year or 12 month recording period that would cover in full, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, & 2024 to date.

    Published: 5 September 2024

  4. Electively home educated children and children not in school

    Please provide information for the following 9 questions:

    1. How many home educated children does your LA currently have recorded?

    2. How many households do these children come from?

    3. In the last 12 months how many s437(1) formal notices to satisfy have you served on parents regarding home educated children?

    4. How many School Attendance Orders (SAOs) (attendance order in Scotland) have been served on children that were known to be home educated until the SAO was served?

    5. What was the outcome of each SAO? (for example, prosecuted for non compliance (please explain the outcome from court), revoked (please explain why the SAO was revoked). )

    6. How many children do you have recorded as a Child Missing Education (CME) that are not subject to S437(1) or SAO?

    7. In the last 12 months, what is the range of time period between a parent requesting the LA provide a school place and the child starting at the school? (for example a home educated child that wishes to go to school, or a family has moved to the area and wants a school place).

    8. In the period of time, between the parental request and the initial start date at school, has the LA put in place education for the child under s19 Education Act?

    9. If s19 is provided, how many hours education per week are put in place?

    Published: 4 September 2024

  5. Section 38 and Section 278 technical approvals granted from the 01/04/2024 – 30/06/2024

    I am writing to make a request for the following information below in this email, to which we are entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

    I would be grateful if you could complete the attached spreadsheet and provide me with the following information on all Section 38 & Section 278 technical approvals granted from the 1st April 2024 – 30th June 2024.

    Published: 4 September 2024

  6. Highways Term Maintenance Contract

    I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect to the Highways Term Maintenance Contract below: Herefordshire Council - New Public Realm Services Contract Market Engagement Event

    1. What criteria do you use to measure social value on your highways maintenance contract?

    2. Do you have any partnerships or collaborations with specific social enterprises or local organisations related to highways?

    3. Provide a breakdown of the number and type/category of highways defects responded to for each of the last three years

    4. What are the categories and the required response times to highways defects and what is the average time taken for your highways contractor to respond to these defects over the past 3 years?

    5. What is the current scope of the highways term maintenance contract, and are there any planned changes for the future re-procurement?

    6. Who owns the winter fleet and how is this fleet currently fuelled? EV, HVO, other. When was the current fleet purchased and when is it due for replacement?

    7. Please can you confirm which local subcontractors support your term maintenance contract?

    8. What are the current performance levels of the highways term maintenance contractor? Please provide KPI performance for the last 3 years.

    9. Provide a breakdown of highways spend for each of the last 3 years, split between each area of scope provided by the contract.

    10. Do you have a baseline carbon footprint across scopes 1, 2, & 3? If so, please provide it.

    11. Do you have a costed plan and a timeline to decarbonise your highways service? If so, please provide it.

    12. How do you monitor and measure customer (Public) satisfaction?

    13. Please share your Future Highways Research Group (FHRG) value for money report?

    Published: 2 September 2024

  7. Time spent in temporary accommodation after making a homelessness application

    Please can I request the following information to be sent back via email under the freedom of information act.

    1. The average length of time households spent in temporary accommodation (including b&bs and hotels) after making a homelessness application to the council:

    a). between April 1st 2023 and March 31st 2024

    b). between April 1st 2024 and July 31st 2024

    2. The average length of time households with children spent in temporary accommodation (including b&bs and hotels) after making a homelessness application to the council:

    a). between April 1st 2023 and March 31st 2024

    b). between April 1st 2024 and July 31st 2024

    3. Whether the figures you provide take into account households being moved from one temporary accommodation – to another. Or whether it is reflective of the amount of time the same households are spending in temporary accommodation (even if it is 4 hotels etc., over time)

    Published: 2 September 2024

  8. Dog fouling prevalence over last 12 months

    Please provide:

    1. The number of complaints received for dog fouling in the last year (September 2023 - August 2024)

    2. The number of fixed penalty notices issued for dog fouling / dog littering during the same period

    3. The value in £ of those fines outlined in point 2

    4. Specific locations of those FPNs outlined in point 2 [if possible] - by postcode or similar

    Published: 2 September 2024

  9. Council electricity tariffs and renewable electricity generation

    I would like information about your council’s electricity sources in relation to climate action for the Council Climate Action Scorecards. This information may be held by an estates department or similar.

     

    In particular, please supply me with information relating to the following questions:

     

    a. Does the council have a 100% renewable green electricity tariff for all of the electricity that the council is directly responsible for, and is this tariff with Green Energy UK plc, Good Energy Limited or Ecotricity?

     

    This includes all electricity that the council is directly responsible for, in council offices and any other buildings leased and managed by the council where the council pays the electricity tariff. This does not include homes owned or managed by the council. If unsure, please state your provider and tariff.

     

    b. Does the council generate and use energy from waste? And if so, what percentage of the council’s total electricity use is powered by this/these energy from waste electricity sources?

     

    c. Does the council buy directly from a local renewable electricity source or have its own renewable electricity sources? And if so, what percentage of the council's total electricity use is powered by this/these renewable electricity sources?

     

    This includes council owned renewable electricity sources that are located outside of the council area, such as solar farms located further south to maximise energy generation.

    Published: 2 September 2024

  10. Demands on Trading Standards services and enforcement activities

    We have a number of questions around the demand for your Trading Standards Service, your resources and enforcement activities. Please see the attached questions.

    Published: 29 August 2024