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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1,821 disclosures
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Existing planning approvals
I wish to know how many intensive poultry units were active within the Lugg, Arrow, and Frome Operational Catchment, (EA), in the year 2013.
I would also appreciate a map of their locations at that time.
Published: 31 May 2022
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Q1. How much did your local authority spend, or commit, of its Household Support Fund allocation in the period 6 October 2021 to 31 March 2022?
Q2. As of 1 April 2022, how much of your HSF allocation intended for the period 6 October 2021 to 31 March 2022 remained unspent or uncommitted?
Q3. What happened to any unspent or uncommitted funding on 1 April 2022?
Q4. How much of the HSF allocation intended for the period 1 April 2022 to 30 September 2022 have you already spent or committed?
Q5. How much of the HSF allocation intended for the period 1 April 2022 to 30 September 2022 have you yet to spend or commit?
Published: 31 May 2022
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Fleet Management
1. What is the size of your fleet?
2. Does your authority operate a fleet management software product? If so, which provider?
3. What is the annual spend for this contract?
4. When does the contract expire?
5. If you go through the tender process, which framework or platform do you use?
6. Is your fleet maintenance conducted in house? Externally outsourced? Or both?
EV
1. Is your authority planning on moving towards an alternative fuel fleet? Or have you already implemented an alternative fuel fleet and charging provider?
2. If you already have charging ports installed for fleet vehicles, how many are installed and what charging network (i.e., PodPoint, Engie) do you use?
3. What is planned next?
Telematics
1. Who is your current telematics supplier?
2. What is the annual spend for this contract?
3. When does the contract expire?
Published: 31 May 2022
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This is an information request relating to overseas travel by councillors or council officials.
Please include the information for each of the following financial years: 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22
Q1. The total annual spend by the council on overseas travel
Q2. A breakdown of expenditure on overseas travel. Please include:
• Destination
• Length of trip
• Number of officials involved
• The name and address of the hotel(s) booked
• The flights booked, including which class
• Purpose of trip
• Expenses for food, drink, taxis (please, where possible, provide receipts)
Please make clear whether a trip was fully funded by the council, only part funded, or was fully funded by an external body. If funded by an external body, please make clear which body.
Published: 31 May 2022
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This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. My request relates to the Homes for Ukraine scheme.
Q1. Please provide a table with a breakdown of the ages and genders of hosts and refugees that have been paired up, with ages in the following brackets: minors, 18-30; 30-50; 50+
If possible, please state where hosts/refugees paired up are together in a couple or family.
Q2. How many single men/men living alone (sponsors/hosts) have been matched with refugee women or refugee women and children under the scheme?
Q3. How many host/sponsor applications have not passed safeguarding/suitability checks carried out by the council and therefore been denied host status? Please state as a number and a percentage of all applications made.
Q4. For those that did not pass safeguarding/suitability checks, please detail the reasons (or most common 5 reasons if multiple) for why hosts/sponsors did not pass these checks.
Q5. How many refugees have requested to change or move host families, after they have either lived with or been matched with (please state which) that family for a period of time. Please expand on the reasons for doing so.
In addition, if there is any further information you wish to add, perhaps on the way that the council carries out safeguarding checks on host applicants, I would be keen to have any further information.
Published: 31 May 2022
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Q1. How many people have been permanently resettled under the Afghan Citizen Resettlement Scheme as of Friday 13 May 2022 in your council area? Please indicate how many were over and under 18 at the time of arrival if known.
Q2a. How many people have relocated to your council area under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme as of Friday 13th May 2022?
Q2b. How much additional funding has your council received from central government to support people on the Homes for Ukraine Scheme as of Friday 13th May 2022?
Q3. How many people have relocated to your council area under the Ukraine Family Visa Scheme as of Friday 13th May 2022?
Published: 31 May 2022
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Q1. In the last financial year (2021/22) how much money did you pay to students, who attended school under your authority's responsibility, as compensation for personal injuries?
Q2. How many individual claims did this represent?
Q3. For all payments in excess of £2,000 please state the amount of compensation and a brief description of the nature of the claim, e.g. Fall from climbing frame (£2,100), Fingers trapped in door (£3,150).
Q4. In relation to all claims for compensation for personal injury referred to in Q.1 how many of these claims were for injuries sustained as a result of an attack or assault from another student?
Q5. What was the total compensation paid to students who were attacked or assaulted by fellow students?
Note: These 5 questions relate to compensation claims paid in 2021/22 irrespective of when the actual injury incident took place or when the claim was lodged. No details of costs and payments to solicitors are requested.
Published: 30 May 2022
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For persons benefitting from local authority funding, what is the standard fee to be paid by the council for elderly persons placed within independent sector care homes during the financial year 2022/2023 for the following categories of care?
1. Elderly Residential Care
2. Elderly Dementia Residential Care
3. Elderly Nursing Care*
4. Elderly Dementia Nursing Care*
*Please state fee exclusive of the NHS Funded Nursing Care payment (FNC) for 3 and 4.
Published: 30 May 2022
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We are looking to obtain an indication of the standard local authority fees Herefordshire Council pays for eligible elderly people in care homes or, if no standard flat rate is paid, an indication of the minimum/maximum/average rates paid for each category of care listed below.
2022/23 financial year rates:
1. Personal care / residential, elderly frail
2. Personal care / residential, elderly dementia
3. Nursing, elderly frail
4. Nursing, elderly dementia
Please could you also state if your quoted nursing fees are inclusive or exclusive of the current NHS-funded nursing care (FNC) contribution.
Published: 30 May 2022
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Please could you tell me your 2022-23 weekly foster care allowances for all age bands, NOT including any fee/reward element for foster carers.
Please detail any allowances that ALL foster carers can claim in addition to their weekly allowance, e.g., holiday allowance or mileage.
Please could you tell me your 2022-23 weekly allowances for former foster carers looking after young people in 18+ Staying Put arrangements, broken down by year 1, year 2, and year 3 if necessary.
Published: 27 May 2022