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

1. Short-Term Rental Monitoring

   As a part of the study we are looking at the United Kingdom to benchmark the legislation and practices relating to the operation of short-term rentals. I understand that Local authorities have different approaches towards the different rental of short-term rentals (e.g. The number of days allowed for Short Term and Furnished Holiday Lets as well as Temporary Sleeping Accommodation (London Only)). I was just wondering if you have a system/practices in place for the monitoring of short-term rentals? We are trying to understand how the different rental types are enforced and controlled.

   Published: 21 February 2022

2. Agency Spend for Social Workers and Allied Health Professionals

   The total amount spent on agency temporary council staff between January 21 - December 21 for the following categories:

   Social Work (Qualified)

   AHP's (Allied health professionals)

   Published: 21 February 2022

3. Washing Fleet Vehicles

   How do you currently wash your fleet vehicles?

   Published: 18 February 2022

4. Azure cloud contract

   As per my records, the Azure cloud contract has expired. I am unable to find this contract information from the contract register.

   Can you please confirm whether this contract is extended or replaced by any other supplier. If so please provide the full information.

   Published: 18 February 2022

5. Contingent workforce managed service provider

   Q1. Who is your current contingent workforce managed service provider?

   Q2. Agency spend through your managed service provider/agencies for 2019-2020-2021?

   Q3. When did the current agency/managed service contract start?

   Q4. When does the current agency/managed service contract expire?

   Published: 18 February 2022

6. Money spent on advertising, communications and public relations advice

   Q1. Money spent on external public relations for the financial year 2020-2021, and from the start of financial year 2021 to 31 December 2021.

   Q2. Money spent on advertising for the financial year 2020-2021, and from the start of the financial year 2021 to 31 December 2021.

   Q3. Money spent on communications strategy for the financial year 2020-2021, and from the start of financial year 2021 to 31 December 2021.

   This applies to your local authority area.

   Published: 16 February 2022

7. Therapy Services

   Please would it be possible to kindly complete the attached document. This refers to the Occupational Therapy element of the Independent Living Services.

   Published: 15 February 2022

8. Council housing repairs

   1. I would like you to provide me with all repair requests made to the local authority by tenants of residential council housing in the years of 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. I would also like you to tell me which category each request fell into or was determined as under the council's repair type hierarchy,(e.g. "emergency", "urgent", "routine") if the council has such definitions. For context, it would be useful for you to provide me with the number of council housing units currently managed by the authority.

   2. For each of these repair requests, I would also like you to tell me what date the request was made and the date the repair was completed. Again, I would like you to provide me with the classification of the repair requested, so ideally this data would be syndicated with the data requested above.

   Published: 15 February 2022

9. Help with the costs of local bus travel for care leavers

   We would like information on the extent to which your local authority provides care leavers over 18 years in your area with help with the financial costs of local bus travel. For the purposes of this freedom of information request we are using the definition of "care leaver" contained in The Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000. This means we are defining them as young people aged 16-25 who were in the care of the local authority for a period of 13 weeks or longer (or periods amounting to 13 weeks) from the age of 14 and were in care on or after their 16th birthday.

   Q1. Does your local authority provide care leavers aged 18-25 with any financial assistance with the costs of local bus travel?

   If yes can you provide the following information about your policy on providing care leavers with assistance for local bus travel?

   Q2. Is help provided to all care leavers or is there qualifying criteria to receive financial assistance for bus travel? If there is qualifying criteria, please provide information on what the qualifying criteria are.

   Q3. Does the financial assistance allow care leavers to use buses for free or at a discounted rate on the usual adult price? If a discounted rate is offered, what percentage discount is available?

   Q4. Does the financial assistance provided apply to all bus services or is it limited to those provided at a particular time of day or on particular routes? If it is limited please provide details of which services the financial assistance is applicable to.

   Q5. Please provide a copy of any written policy you have outlining your policy on providing care leavers with financial assistance with local bus travel.

   Published: 15 February 2022

10. Taxi and chauffeur services used by council workers

    Q1. Costs incurred by the Council for car and chauffeur services for council employees for (a) the financial year 2020-2021, and (b) the financial year 2021 - 2022 (so far).

    Q2. Costs incurred by the Council for taxi fares expensed by council employees for (a) the financial year 2020-2021, and (b) the financial year 2021-2022 so far.

    This is for your local council area.

    Published: 15 February 2022