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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This is an information request relating to payments made to charities and third sector organisations. Please provide the following information for 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21: · The value of grants made to each of the organisations listed below. Please provide the information for each of the three financial years separately, and list all grants separately. · The value of loans made to each of the organisations listed below. Please provide the information for each of the three financial years separately, and list all loans separately. The payments made to charities and third sector organisations relate to the following only: · Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) · Independent Sage · NHS Confederation · Keep our NHS public · SOS NHS · Care and Support Workers Organise · UNITED VOICES OF THE WORLD · Health Campaigns Together · Doctors for the NHS · We Own It · The People's Assembly · Zero Covid Coalition · Health Campaign Together · Docs Not Cops · British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin · Association of Pakistani Physicians of Northern Europe · Royal College of General Practitioners · Royal College of Ophthalmology · Royal College of Psychiatrists · Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Published: 9 February 2022
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Care Providers - supported living 1) How many care providers of Supported Living for adults with learning disabilities/mental health does the council have contracts with? If possible, please list these providers. Accommodation classed as supported living: 1) A list of supported living accommodation providers (social landlords, voluntary providers, housing associations .etc) that the council has contracts with, or has individuals in placement with, that have a learning disability or mental health difficulty. For your reference, the definition of 'exempt accommodation' includes: accommodation provided by a county council, housing association, registered charity or organisation where care, support or supervision is provided to the tenant/claimant. In this case, the FOI is particularly interested in 'supported living' services and accommodation which provides a care element, regardless of whether the care is provided by an external provider or someone associated with the landlord.
Published: 9 February 2022
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Please can you provide all information for the financial year 2020-21, and from the start of financial year 2021 to 31 December 2021, for the following: 1. The total number (absolute number and full time equivalent) of local authority staff who are trade union representatives. 2. The total number (absolute number and full time equivalent) of trade union representatives who spend at least 50 per cent of their time on union duties. 3. The number of days spent on union duties by authority staff.
Published: 9 February 2022
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Please can you provide all information for the financial year 2020-21, and from the start of financial year 2021 to 31 December 2021, for the following: 1. How many trees have you planted? 2. How many trees have you removed/cut down/destroyed?
Published: 8 February 2022
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I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from your authority. Please may you provide me with information on how your authority reports on its performance. Please provide written responses below each of the questions listed below (definitions have also been included below the questions):
1. How do you report performance to residents?
2. Do you have a Performance Management Handbook*?
3. What budget do you have allocated towards your performance management* initiatives per annum?
4. How many hours are spent on performance management* reporting each month?
5. Which applications or systems do you use to manage Performance Management*?
6. Do you report departmental performance separately or in a different way?
7. Do you benchmark or baseline your authority's performance with other similar authorities?
8. Can you evidence improvements to your services based on historical performance management* reporting?
Definitions: Performance management*: Performance Management is about the practical ways that a council can improve what it does and, more importantly, what it delivers, in terms of good quality services that meet the needs of local people. Performance management is acting in response to actual performance to make outcomes for users and the public better than they would otherwise be.
Performance Management Handbook*: A Performance Management Handbook sets out what a council does to; plan activity, monitor, report and improve performance, in relation to the services they deliver, and linked to the aims and objectives of the corporate plan.
Published: 8 February 2022
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I wanted to know about council employees taking flights, if any were taken last year!
Could you provide information for the financial year 2020-21, and from the start of financial year 2021 to 31 December 2021, for the following:
1. The number and cost of first class flights taken by council employees?
2. The number and cost of business class flights taken by council employees?
3. The number and cost of all flights taken by council employees?
4. Individual details of all the above flights including the price, the names of those who took the flights (if in line with GDPR etc), the destination and the purpose of the trip?
Published: 7 February 2022
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Under the Freedom of Information Act, can you please provide the following information covering 2017.
A list of Grade I and Grade II listed properties owned by the council, which have been sold in this time period.
Please include: - Address of property - Name of buyer - How much they were sold for
I would like the above information to be provided to me in an Excel file
Published: 7 February 2022
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I was hoping that you could furnish me with information on your current Transport Software used across your Local Authority. I have attached a template that I would be very grateful if you could fill it out with all the relevant information before returning it.
Published: 4 February 2022
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I am interested in learning about the impact of high gas and electricity prices on local authorities' finances and services. Under the Freedom of Information Act, I'd be grateful to know: 1. Have your authority's electricity and gas bills increased since July 2021? 2. If so, by roughly how much? 3. Is this increase due to a higher rate per unit of gas and electricity charged by your energy provider, or for another reason? 4. Have you made any reductions to the provision of street lighting in your area since July 2021, or are you planning any reductions? Please specify the changes, if so. 4. If yes, is this because energy bills have risen? 5. Have you made any reductions to the provision of lighting or heating in any of your buildings, or are you planning any reductions? Please specify the changes, if so. 6. If yes, is this because energy bills have risen?
Published: 4 February 2022
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Please can I request the number of deaths from 21st November 2020 - 31st December 2020 (inclusive) in each of the following accommodation types commissioned by your council: * accommodation for homeless people, including hostels and supported accommodation for people identified as rough sleeping or with a history of rough sleeping * temporary accommodation commissioned by the local authority * supported accommodation for homeless young people Please can this include the cause of death or suspected cause of death, date of death, and the person's age when they died. Please provide the information in the Excel document attached.
Published: 4 February 2022