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. Since Jan 2024 children subject to Care Orders and Children Protection Plans due to FII

   This request concerns characteristics that may be described as any of the following: Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII); Munchausen's syndrome by proxy; parental 'over-medicalisation' of their child; or 'perplexing presentations' with regards to the child's health. In the following questions, these descriptions will be referred to as "the described characteristics". Where questions ask for numerical figures regarding the described characteristics, all four descriptions should be counted collectively (rather than split four ways).

   1. Of the child protection plans that started in January 2024, did any involve concerns over the described characteristics?

   2. If the answer to question 1 is 'yes', how many involved concerns over the described characteristics?

   3. Of the care orders (excluding interim care orders) that the council was granted in January 2024, did any involve concerns over the described characteristics?

   4. If the answer to question 3 is 'yes', how many involved concerns over the described characteristics?

   5. Please provide the council's current policy on Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII), including definitions, warning signs, care/escalation pathways, and thresholds for intervention.

   Published: 3 April 2024

2. Licensing Complaints for Wye Lounge Ross on Wye for last 2 years

   Please provide me with details of all complaints licensing have received regarding Wye Lounge (formerly Tweet Bar) in Ross-on-Wye for the last 2 years.

   Published: 3 April 2024

3. S149 EQA 2010 duties done and recorded in relation to council tax rises

   Please provide the specific s149 EQA 2010 duties done and recorded in relation to Council Tax rises and how such have been assessed for those who hold protected characteristics.

   The duty has been in place since 2011 but I only require the last three years of such reviews.

   Published: 3 April 2024

4. Property assets

   Please advise:

   1. The estimated total number of acres of land that you own.

   2. The estimated total number of acres that you own which are not in operational use.

   3. The annual spending on managing and maintaining your property that was not in operational use in the financial year 2022/23 - including costs for security, gardening, repairs and insurance. Please provide a breakdown.

   4. The number of golf courses you currently own.

   5. The number of farms you currently own.

   6. The number of commercial buildings you own. If possible please provide a breakdown by category - such as shops, offices, restaurants, pubs, hotels.

   7. The number of empty homes you currently own.

   8. The number of empty buildings you currently own that are not homes.

   Please provide a copy of your asset register.

   Published: 3 April 2024

5. Funding and grants available to small businesses

   Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information:

   1. What funding (if any) do you offer to small businesses in the local area?

   2. How many grants (if any) do you offer to small businesses in the local area?

   3. If funding or grants are offered, please can you provide the specific monetary figures that are available to small businesses in the local area.

   4. How many grants, or funding offers, were applied for and successfully granted to small businesses in the calendar years 2021, 2022 and 2023.

   Published: 3 April 2024

6. Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hubs

   1. Do you have a Multi-agency safeguarding hub or similar arrangement in which children's social care departments work alongside the Police, Health, Education and other partners to share information and make decisions about child safeguarding?

   2. If so when was this established?

   3. Are staff from the different agencies co-located?

   4. If staff are co-located when did this occur?

   5. For each year ending 31st March from 1st April 2007 to 2023 please provide:

   a. The number of strategy meetings held

   b. The number of children who have been the subject of a strategy meeting.

   Published: 3 April 2024

7. Paper and Cardboard Recycling

   Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information regarding paper and cardboard recycling in your borough:

   • What are the contractual performance KPI's for this contract?

   • Suppliers who applied for inclusion on each framework/contract and were successful & not successful at the PQQ & ITT stages

   • Who is the current supplier?

   • Actual spend on this contract/framework (and any sub lots), from the start of the contract to the current date

   • Are there any processing facilities or MRFs utilised within the contract if so what the names and addresses?

   • How is your fibre processed (baled or loose)?

   • Where is the end destination of the fibre?

   • What is your current collection method (dual stream, single source, kerbside sort or comingled)

   • What tonnage per year do you produce by fibre grade?

   • Start date & duration of framework/contract?

   • Could you please provide a copy of the service/product specification given to all bidders for when this contract was last advertised?

   • Is there an extension clause in the framework(s)/contract(s) and, if so, the duration of the extension?

   • Has a decision been made yet on whether the framework(s)/contract(s) are being either extended or renewed?

   • Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract?

   • Are there any plans to change the existing service?

   Published: 2 April 2024

8. Broken streetlights in the calendar year 2023

   In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, I would be grateful if you could provide me with the following information:

   1. How many streetlights were reported as faulty in the calendar year 2023?

   2. What was the average amount of time taken between the reporting of a fault with a streetlight and its resolution in the calendar year 2023?

   3. What was the longest delay between the reporting of a streetlight problem and its resolution in the calendar year 2023?

   4. What was the most recent estimate of the number of streetlights in your area that are currently not functioning or partly functioning?

   Published: 2 April 2024

9. Light Touch Care Needs Assessments

   Please provide:

   A copy of your "Light touch (over the telephone) Care Needs Assessment (LTottCNA)" Policy and procedure.

   Can you please confirm how your LTottCNA conforms with the Care Act wellbeing Duty and the Public Sector Equality Duty?

   Can you confirm if a member of the Public can email a request for a Care Needs Assessment?

   Can you confirm if a member of the Public can be Forced against their will to telephone in and undergo a LTottCNA?

   Published: 28 March 2024

10. Pollution Report for Wellington Brook

    I believe that a survey on the level of pollution in the Wellington Brook was conducted last year on behalf of Herefordshire Council. Due to my concern over this, and the impact on the local ecology I would be grateful for a copy of this report.

    Whilst I have concern over pollution levels on the whole, for this request my main focus is the section running from the WWTW (STW) in Canon Pyon to the confluence of the two branches of Wellington Brook at Kinford. It is believed that the WWTW operated by Welsh Water is operating above its design capacity, with rather obvious consequences

    A survey was carried out on behalf of Herefordshire Council by the Wye and Usk Foundation over January - March 2022.

    Published: 28 March 2024