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 staff on long term sick leave

    Under the FOI Act I would like to request the amount of staff employed by the council that are currently on long term sick leave as of 12th February 2024.

    I would also like to request the amount of staff that were on long term sick leave on the same day in 2023 and in 2019.

    For clarification, long term sick leave is classed by the UK Government as four or more weeks of absence due to sickness. See definition here: https://www.gov.uk/taking-sick-leave#:~:text=Employees%20who%20are%20off%20work,be%20considered%20long%2Dterm%20sick.

    Published: 21 February 2024

  2. Mental Health Act assessments in 2022 and 2023

    I have provided a shortened version of the request below and would be grateful if you could provide what you are able to and indicate which aspects might still take longer than the specified limits.

    1) The number of MHA assessments completed in 2022?

    2) The number of MHA assessments completed in 2023?

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

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

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

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

    Ultimately, what we are trying to understand is the number of assessments which may involve independent doctors/GPs who subsequently claim for their attendance at an assessment from the ICB (or other organisation under a s75 agreement).

    Therefore, within the definition of 'MHA assessment', as well as assessments for detention under sections 2, 3 and 4, please could you include s7 (Guardianship) assessments (as this may involve these doctors) but exclude s17F (as the RC would not be claiming for revoking a CTO as a discrete MHA assessment undertaken). In respect of s136 please could you include where patients are interviewed at the place of safety by the AMHP (as per s136(2)).

    Published: 21 February 2024

  3. Modern slavery leads, funding and training

    Please find below an Freedom of Information request relating to Modern Slavery Services within your Local Authority.

    Modern Slavery Leads

    Q1. Do you as a local authority have a specialist lead/single point of contact on issues relating to modern slavery?

    Q2. If relevant, what team is the specialist lead/single point of contact based within? (e.g. adult social care, children's services, community safety etc.).

    Q3. If relevant, does the specialist lead/single point of contact coordinate responses for both children and adults? If not please specify which group they respond to.

    Q4. If relevant, is this specialist lead/single point of contact employed specifically to carry out this role relating to modern slavery, or are these duties carried out on top of other professional duties?

    Q5. If relevant, in what year did you begin to employ a specialist lead/single point of contact on duties relating to modern slavery?

    Modern Slavery Funding

    Q6. For each of the following years, please indicate how much money your local authority invested in identifying and supporting potential victims of modern slavery (if data is only available in financial years please provide in this format):

    - 2023

    - 2022

    - 2021

    - 2020

    - 2019

    Where relevant, please examples of what these funds were invested in (i.e. training, commissioning survivor support services etc.)

    Modern Slavery Training

    Q7. What specialist training do you provide for employees to carry out their duties as First Responders in carrying out referrals of potential victims of modern slavery to the National Referral Mechanism? Where possible please provide examples.

    Q8. What specialist training do you provide for employees to better understand the rights of modern slavery survivors when it comes to issues of housing and accommodation for survivors of modern slavery? Where possible please provide examples.

    Published: 21 February 2024

  4. Homeless presentations

    I would like to request the following information regarding homeless presentations to the local authority under the Freedom of Information Act.

    1. How many refugee/asylum seeker households presented to the local authority as homeless in October, November and December 2023 providing the reason for homelessness as "Required to leave accommodation provided by Home Office as asylum support".

    Of these how many were owed:

    a) Relief duty

    b) Prevention duty Please provide data broken down by month and supply data up to the latest month that you have available.

    Published: 19 February 2024

  5. Taxi driver complaints for the last five years

    Please provide the number and type of complaints made to the council against taxi drivers for the last five full years. (This would cover abusive drivers, dangerous driving, behaviour and rudeness, overcharging, refused fares, smoking (in vehicles), and unlicensed drivers.)

    Published: 19 February 2024

  6. Grenfell/Flammable cladding

    I would like to know how much money in contracts from the council has been given to the following companies since July 2017: Kingspan and Rydon .

    Following the Grenfell fire how many council tower blocks (over 18 meters high) were identified as having flammable cladding (likely made from aluminium composite material).

    How many of these high rises still have flammable cladding?

    How many other council-owned buildings, under 18m, currently have flammable cladding?

    I would like this broken down into building type - school, hospital ect

    Published: 16 February 2024

  7. Bus Shelters

    Please provide how many bus shelters are currently not in use.

    How long has the bus shelter outside 10 Barrs court road been out of use.

    How much money has been spent on repairing this bus shelter in the last 5 year.

    Published: 16 February 2024

  8. Safer routes to school initiatives/new 20mph speed limits

    Please let me know exactly what has been done to deliver "safer routes to school initiatives" and exactly what has been done to deliver "new 20mph speed limits in appropriate areas across the City"

    This is on the Council web site

    Herefordshire Council has been successful in its bid for £19.9m of funding from the national 'Levelling-Up Fund' to help deliver a package of transport and active travel measures.

    There will also be Safer Routes to School initiatives, and new 20mph speed limits in appropriate areas across the City, to increase safety for pedestrians and cyclists.

    Council secures significant funding for local transport - Herefordshire Council

    Published: 16 February 2024

  9. FOI/Children in care accommodation

    Please advise:

    1. The total number of children in care you currently have placed in registered children's homes, both local authority owned and independently owned

    2. The total number of children in care you currently have placed in unregistered children's homes (defined as providing care as well as support but not officially registered) and the number of them in such accommodation aged under 16.

    3. The total number of children in care you currently have placed in unregulated semi-independent living accommodation (defined as providing support rather than care) and the number of them in such accommodation aged under 16.

    4. The total number of children in care in unregulated placements (whether unregistered children's homes or semi-independent living accommodation) that are unaccompanied asylum seekers and the number of them in such accommodation aged under 16.

    5. The average annual cost for children in care you placed in local authority registered children's homes for the financial year 2022/23.

    6. The average annual cost for children in care you placed in independent registered children's homes for the financial year 2022/23.

    7. The average annual cost for children in care you placed in unregistered children's homes for the financial year 2022/23.

    8. The average annual cost for children in care you placed in unregulated semi-independent living accommodation for the financial year 2022/23.

    Published: 16 February 2024

  10. Children receiving SEND home to school transport from 2018/2019 - 2023/2024

    I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act to request the following information:

    1. How many children have received SEND home to school transport every year since 2018/19 including the present year 2023/24 (please break down by year)

    2. What was your annual total spend on SEND home to school transport every year since 2018/19 (please break down by year). Please also provide your forecast spend for 2023/24.

    3. How much is the single most expensive daily SEND home to school transport round trip journey you are currently funding?

    4. How far is the single most expensive daily SEND home to school transport round trip journey you are currently funding?

    Published: 14 February 2024