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. Parking Prices in Hereford from 2013

    I am looking for price information on Hereford car parks since 2013.

    Published: 6 February 2024

  2. Fostering placement costs with Independent Fostering Agencies in 2023

    I respectfully request for the council to provide details of the average daily, or weekly, or fortnightly cost per individual parent and child fostering placements with Independent Fostering Agencies in 2023.

    Published: 5 February 2024

  3. gas and electricity contracts

    I am writing to submit a Freedom of Information (FOI) request regarding information related to the organisation's gas and electricity contracts, as well as details on the energy management system.

    Please acknowledge this request within the legally required timeframe.

    **Gas and Electricity Contracts: **

    1. Energy Provider

    2. Annual Spend for each provider for the past 3 financial years.

    3. Contract Duration (Including any extensions)

    4. Contract start date

    5. Contract Expiry Date

    6. Contract Review Dates

    7. Contact details of the person responsible, including job title

    8. Total Consumption of Gas, please provide me with the latest figure in cubic metres.

    9. Total Consumption of Electricity (NHH), please provide me with latest figure in kWh for the past 3 financial years.

    10. Total Consumption of Electricity (HH), please provide me with latest figure in kWh for the past 3 financial years.

    11. Contact details of the person responsible, including job title at the very least

    Energy Management System Contract(s) - Contract(s) relating to the organisation's energy management system. An energy management system (EMS) is a system of computer-aided tools used by operators of electric utility grids to monitor, control, and optimise the performance of the generation or transmission system.

    Energy Management System Provider

    1. Annual Spend

    2. Contract Duration (Including any extensions)

    3. Contract Expiry Date

    4. Contract start date

    5. Contract Review Date

    6. Contract Description - A description of the services provided.

    7. Brand of the software

    8. Total number of meter points for electricity:

    a. Non-Half Hourly (NHH) meter points

    b. Half Hourly (HH) meter points

    9. Total number of Gas meter points

    11. Total number of meter points for specialist gases and liquids

    11. Contact details of the person responsible, including job title

    Published: 5 February 2024

  4. Home educated children

    I would like to request the following information under the freedom of information act:

    1. On October census day in 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019, how many children and young people were you aware of being electively home educated in your local area?

    2. Of these, what proportion were known to have an education, health and care plan or statement of special educational need.

    3. How many formal notifications for elective home education were made in each of the last five academic years (2022-23, 2021-22, 2020-21, 2019-20 and 2018-19)

    4. During each of the last five academic years, how many local children were known to be electively home educated at any point across the academic year (the cumulative total)?

    5. In the academic years 2022-23, 2021-22, 2018-19 and 2017-18, how much income did the council receive from penalty notices for unauthorised school absences?

    Published: 5 February 2024

  5. List of S38's and S278's in Herefordshire

    Please provide us with a list of section 38s and 278s in the area.

    Published: 2 February 2024

  6. Occupational therapy assessments

    I would like to submit a Freedom of Information request to obtain information relevant to occupational therapy assessments.

    Please provide details for the following:

    1. Do you require Occupational Therapists (OTs) for adult social care assessments?

    2. Is the council currently registered on any framework for Occupational Therapy assessments? If so, kindly specify the name of the framework along with relevant details, including the expiry date.

    3. Does the council employ a specific portal for procurement and outsourcing/commissioning of Occupational Therapy assessments? If so, please provide the Portal/Website Address.

    4. Is the council currently under an ongoing contract with any external Occupational Therapy services provider for adult social care assessments?

    5. Are there any current open contract opportunities for outsourcing Occupational Therapy assessments to external providers? If yes, kindly provide details including the start and end date of the contract. Please specify the expected date for such contract opportunities to be published.

    6. Please specify the details for the department responsible for commissioning and outsourcing independent Occupational Therapy assessments to external private organisations.

    Published: 2 February 2024

  7. Mental Health Act assessments in 2022 and 2023

    We are requesting the following information under the Freedom of Information Act:

    • The number of MHA assessments arranged and attended by an AMHP in 2022 (we appreciate that some may be arranged, the AMHP (and doctors) may attend but the assessment cannot be completed for a variety of reasons)?

    • The number of MHA assessments completed in 2022 (ideally broken down by outcome eg detention under s2, detention under s3, no detention- referral to CMHT etc)?

    • The number of MHA assessments arranged and attended by an AMHP in 2023?

    • The number of MHA assessments completed in 2023 (again, ideally broken down by outcome)?

    • The number of assessments undertaken in 2023 on out of area individuals (ie those registered with GPs in other local authority/ICB areas but currently located within your boundaries)?

    • The number of assessments undertaken in 2023 which were conducted out of area (ie those involving patients registered with a GP in your local authority/ICB area but currently located in another area)?

    • Where you commission independent/self-employed AMHPs to undertake MHA assessments what is the standard fee (in 2023) you pay them?

    • Do you make payment to the (independent/self-employed) AMHP where an assessment cannot be completed (but the AMHP attends the arranged location)? (if so, is this at the same rate?)

    • Do you make payment for mileage incurred to undertake assessments? If so, what is the rate (in 2023)?

    • Is this same mileage rate paid to substantive/rota AMHPS as well as independent/self-employed AMHPs?

    Published: 2 February 2024

  8. Highway repairs and pot hole reports for Church Lane, Ashperton, in the last 10 financial years

    I shall be grateful for the following information:

    a. The full costs of highway repairs to Church Lane, Ashperton over the last 10 financial years to 22/23, and for the financial year to date, i.e. 23/24. Such costs to include, inter alia:

    i. Costs of survey, oversight and inspection visits;

    ii. Costs of materiel;

    iii. Costs of plant hire;

    iv. Sub-contract costs.

    b. The number of pot hole reports submitted for Church Lane, Ashperton over the same date range.

    Published: 2 February 2024

  9. Council House Waiting Lists

    I would like to make a freedom of information request for the following information:

    I would like to know the number of people on the waiting list for social housing as of 31st January 2023.

    I would like to know the mean wait time for social housing in 2023 for each band: A, B and C. If the bands are not applicable then just the average overall.

    I would like to know many ex-serviceman/veterans were on the waiting list as of 31st January 2023.

    I would like to know how many women who were victims of domestic abuse were on the waiting list as of 31st January 2023 (this may be categorised as violence/abuse in current home).

    Published: 1 February 2024

  10. 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