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. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Road Maintenance in Herefordshire

   Could you please share information about the following:

   What is the length of your asphalt paved roads? Could you give an estimate of the annual budget for resurfacing/maintaining them?

   How often is the road and related asset condition assessed? When was the last time a report on the road surface quality was conducted?

   Do you use a Pavement Management System (PMS), and/or other tools to make planning and coordination easy?

   Do you have a full and comprehensive inventory of all the road assets (road signs, light poles, etc.) that the municipality owns such as location, condition, etc?

   How many insurance cases were reported about car and bicycle damages/accidents last year due to the road condition?

   How many reports or requests to fix road infrastructure damages did you receive from citizens concerning your roads last year?

   If there are publicly available reports or documents with this information please share them.

   Published: 14 February 2024

9. Use of RICS accredited Property Advisory company to raise Council revenue from business rates

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

   1) Have the Local Authority instructed an RICS accredited Property Advisory company to raise Council revenue from business rates by either identifying properties which have been undervalued in the Rating List or identifying properties which are not in the Rating List but are complete and have not been valued for business rates purposes?

   Our request does not relate to Rating Advisors who have been appointed by the Council to review and Challenge Rateable Values on their own Local Authority assets.

   We would be grateful for the information in the following format:

   • Name of company;

   • Date of contract award;

   • Term of contract;

   Published: 14 February 2024

10. Herefordshire Council’s spend on agency workers (both on-framework and off-framework)

    1. The Council's spend on agency workers (both on-framework and off-framework);

    2. Which framework/s the Council is using and when does the contract/s expire;

    3. If not using a framework, which provider/s and when does the contract/s expire.

    4. Agency spend by job roles/service area. If possible, it would be helpful for this information to go back the last 12 months, financial or calendar, or failing that any information you might have from recently.

    Published: 13 February 2024