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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The contact details for the Business Rates department at the council
A) The direct telephone number and options required to speak to a business rates agent at the council
B) The days and times the phone line are open
C) The email address
D) A link to any online contact form
E) The name of the person who manages the department and their direct email address
F) Confirm which boroughs your council administers and if they work together or combine administration with other councils.
Published: 17 December 2021
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I am writing in relation to the Coronavirus Local Restrictions Support Grants and the Restart Grants provided in 2020/2021. I would like to know the following information please:
1) How many Travel Agencies applied for the funding and how many successfully received the same from the Council?
2) How many Holiday Let Agencies applied for the funding and how many successfully received the same from the Council?
Published: 17 December 2021
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Financial year 2020/21
Q1. Did you have any underspend or overspend in the early years block for 2020/21?
Q2. Please provide information about any underspend in the early years block for two-year-old places in 2020/21 including the amount of any underspend and what actions, if any, were agreed relating to this underspend.
OR: Please provide information about any overspend in the early years block for two-year-old places in 2020/21 including the amount of any overspend and what actions, if any, were agreed relating to this overspend.
Q3. Please provide information about any underspend in the early years block for three and four-year-old places in 2020/21 including the amount of any underspend and what actions, if any, were agreed relating to this underspend.
OR: Please provide information about any overspend in the early years block for three and four-year-old places in 2020/21 including the amount of any overspend and what actions, if any, were agreed relating to this overspend.
Published: 16 December 2021
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Regarding: The Fastershire Community Broadband Grant - Dynamic Purchasing System. Please provide the following:
Q1. The suppliers who applied for inclusion on each framework/contract and who were unsuccessful at the PQQ & ITT stages
Q2. Duration of Framework/contract (in months)
Published: 15 December 2021
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1.How many incidents of illegal dumping of rubbish (also commonly known as fly dumping or fly tipping) occurred within the jurisdiction of your authority during the whole of last year (i.e.2020)?
2.How many incidents of illegal dumping of rubbish (also commonly known as fly dumping or fly tipping) occurred within the jurisdiction of your authority have occurred since the beginning of 2021?
3.How many incidents of illegal dumping of rubbish (also commonly known as fly dumping or fly tipping) were reported by the public to your jurisdiction during the whole of last year (i.e.2020)?
4.How many incidents of illegal dumping of rubbish (also commonly known as fly dumping or fly tipping) have been reported by the public to your jurisdiction since the beginning of 2021?
5.What was the cost of clearing illegal dumping (also commonly known as fly dumping or fly tipping) to your authority during the whole of last year (i.e. 2020)
6.What was the cost of clearing illegal dumping (also commonly known as fly dumping or fly tipping) to your authority since the beginning of 2021?
Published: 15 December 2021
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In regards to your Planning Department, could you please provide the following information, for the last 3 years (2020-2021,2019-2020,2018-2019):
- staff absence within planning.
- vacancies within planning department
- case load per officer
- expected caseload capacity per officer
- cases awaiting allocation
Published: 15 December 2021
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Q1. The number of complaints relating to mouldy/damp rented council homes received in each of the past five calendar years including this year so far.
Q2. The number of claims relating to mouldy/damp rented council homes received in each of the past five calendar years including this year so far.
Q3. The number of these claims which were successful each year
Q4. Total amount paid out on claims relating to mouldy/damp rented council homes in each of the past five calendar years including this year so far
Q5. The proportion of these claims received directly from tenants and the proportion which came through a third party of claims firm.
Published: 15 December 2021
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Under the Freedom of Information Act, please list/provide me with:
• How many qualified HGV or LGV drivers employed by your local authority are currently being employed?
• How many qualified HGV or LGV drivers have left employment with your local authority each month since July 2021?
• How many qualified HGV or LGV driver vacancies have you had each month since July 2021?
• How many collections have been missed because of driver shortages each month since July 2021?
Published: 14 December 2021
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Please could you kindly send me any information you may hold relating to persons who are/were known to the Council via any of the following teams and who have died with: - no known next of kin (defined as blood relatives) OR - where you have been unable to engage with or locate any KNOWN next of kin, Please provide details of cases that have occurred or come to your attention since 01/10/21 to the day of your reply or as close as possible. The name of the team responsible varies but exists within all County Councils, London Boroughs, Unitary & Metropolitan District Councils. Team names: * Deputyship * Appointeeship * Adult social care * Client Finance Team * Protection of Property * Financial Assessment * Other team name whereby Council official(s) were charged with handling the financial affairs of the (now deceased) person Please provide as much of the following information as you can: 1. full names of deceased persons, 2. dates of death, 3. marital status, 4. maiden surnames of married or widowed females, 5. dates of birth or ages at death, 6. last known addresses, 7. estimated value of estates, 8. date(s) when the information was passed (or information that is about to be or likely to be passed) to the Government Legal Department (formerly Treasury Solicitor) or the Duchy of Lancaster or Cornwall or any other 3rd party, or, confirmation that this will not be happening and the reason why.
Published: 14 December 2021
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Please see the following set of questions: Defining a "road bridge" as a structure with a span of 1.5m or more providing public highway passage for motor vehicles over an obstacle such as a watercourse, railway, road or valley, please provide the following information for all road bridges for which you own as highway authority, including those which are jointly owned with another authority, but for which you are the lead authority: 1. How many road bridges are you responsible for maintaining? 2. For the last financial year (2020/21) how many Principal Inspections have taken place as a % of those requiring an inspection? 3. For the last financial year (2020/21) how many General Inspections have taken place as a % of those requiring an inspection? 4. For the last financial year (2020/21) how many Structural Reviews and/or BD21 assessments have been conducted as a % of those requiring an inspection? 5. How many sub-standard (in terms of capacity) and/or weight restricted bridges do you have? 6. Of these, how many do you intend to return to full load carrying capacity in the next 5 years? 7. How many bridges would you return to full load carrying capacity if you had no resource restrictions? 8. (i) How many of your bridges require post tensioned special inspections (PTSIs)? (ii) How many of those have had PTSIs within the last 18 years? (iii) Of those that have not had a PTSI, how many require/are due one? (iv) How much funding would you anticipate is required to remove the backlog of PTSIs for those bridges identified in Q8(iii)? 9. In monetary terms, what is the current Depreciation (i.e. difference between your GRC and DRC as declared for your WGA return for 2020/21)? 10. What is the calculated value of your backlog of work for road bridges, or your best estimate if a calculated value is not available? 11. (i) What is the annual revenue works budget for maintaining your bridge stock? (excluding staff costs) (ii) What is the annual capital works budget for maintaining your bridge stock? (iii) What total budget would you estimate is required to maintain the bridge stock at its current level (standstill budget)? 12. (i) How many BD97 Stage 1 Scour Assessments did you undertake in 2020/21as a % of those requiring an assessment? (ii) How many BD97 Stage 2 Scour Assessments did you undertake in 2020/21as a % of those requiring an assessment? 13. (i) How many bridges under your management completely collapsed in the last 12 months? (ii) How many bridges under your management partially collapsed in the last 12 months? (iii) Would you be happy to share the detail with members of the UK Bridges Board? Y/N
Published: 14 December 2021