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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Under the Freedom of Information Act, please can you provide me with information on:
For last year (2022/23), and within the local authority area:
(a) What was the average cost to relevant providers of delivering Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs);
(b) How many EHCPs specified teaching assistant support under Section F.
For (a), please can the average cost be provided as both (i) the mean and (ii) the median, where held.
If information is held on the average cost of EHCPs, but that information is calculated on a different basis to that outlined above, then please could those estimates be provided instead.
If information is held on the average cost of EHCPs, but those estimates are not inclusive of all providers (for example, if NHS providers are not included), then please could the estimates for the providers that figures are held for be given instead.
Published: 31 January 2024
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I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information. Specifically, I would like to request:
1. The total number of domestic/residential visits (excluding commercial premises) to address the following types of infestations in the last three years: Total number of residential visits (or please state if you do not offer this service) Rodents (Rats / Mice) Bedbugs Cockroaches 2021 2022 2023
1. The total amount spent on pest control service visits to address the following types of infestations in the last three years: Total cost spent (residential only) Rodents (Rats / Mice) Bedbugs Cockroaches 2021 2022 2023
1. Please state how much you charge for the below treatments for a domestic property (or if it is free), for householders that do not qualify for a discount: Rodents (Rats / Mice) Bedbugs Cockroaches Charge to treat the following If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the cost and time involved, please provide advice and assistance, as to how I can refine my request.
Published: 30 January 2024
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I am putting a freedom of information request forward to determine the salary bands / salaries of the roles which fall within Asset Management, listed below (or equivalent) within Herefordshire Council:
· Head of Commercial and Contract
· Head of Repairs and Maintenance
· Head of Building, Compliance and People Safety
· Head of Strategic Asset Management
· Head of Planned Maintenance Can all positions include job titles, reporting lines and pay grade/salary information please. -
Published: 30 January 2024
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Please can you provide the following information, in each category I am asking for:
1. numbers of individuals
2. total weekly cost
3. average weekly amount per person
Please can you provide information tor 0-25 year old's who have a learning disability, autism or both. Please break down to the following financial years:
2022/23 (actual)
2023/24 (actual and forecast)
2024/25 (forecast)
1. how many people with a learning disability, autism or both (or their carers) receive Direct Payments from Herefordshire County Council for day services, carer breaks or to meet needs around community access and/or learning? how much is paid each week in total and what is the average weekly budget?
a) 0-6 year olds
b) 7 - 12 year olds
c) 13 - 17 year olds
d) 18 - 25 year olds
2. how many people with a learning disability, autism or both (or their carers) receive Direct Payments from Herefordshire County Council for support work? how much is paid each week in total and what is the average weekly budget?
a) 0-6 year olds
b) 7 - 12 year olds
c) 13 - 17 year olds
d) 18 - 25 year olds
For clarification for Support work I am referring to any part of a direct payment that is allocated to a resident to use to purchase care from one or more persons. This may be a personal assistant or a care agency.
It is distinct from respite and day services which are usually place based.
3. How much is paid weekly to people with a learning disability, autism or both (or their carers) under short breaks scheme, to how many people and what is the average weekly payment. Broken down to the following groups?
a) 0-6 year olds
b) 7 - 12 year olds
c) 13 - 17 year olds
d) 18 - 25 year olds
4) What is the total budget for 0 - 25 year olds with a learning disability, autism or both in social care and education for:
a) day opportunities
b) respite (if possible broken down to overnight and day)
c) support work
5) How much have Herefordshire county council spent or forecast to be spent in contracted budgets and how much allocated to spend on Direct Payments for 0 -25 year old's with a learning disability, autism or both for the following?
a) day opportunities
b) respite (if possible broken down to overnight and day)
c) support work
Published: 30 January 2024
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1. Please can you give me a list of the locations where there are 20 mph speed limits in place in the county?
2. What evidence/information do you have that in general 20 mph speed limits reduce road accidents?
3. What are the council's criteria/policy for putting a 20 mph speed limit on a road?
Published: 29 January 2024
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Please disclose the most up-to-date data for the following for Herefordshire Council:
Number of children in care excluding Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC)
Number of UASC in care
Total number of children in care
Please state the relevant "as at" date.
Published: 29 January 2024
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Under The Freedom of Information Act, please inform me as to how the Bus Services Improvement Plan 2023 funding is to be allocated and when. I see from the 1921 plan that frequency of services is a main priority for travellers. Bus services between County Towns and The City need to be restored to hourly with extra services for students. Bus services between villages, county towns and The City need to be improved to hourly in accordance with the Campaign for Rural England 2018 report, Every Village Every Hour.
Published: 29 January 2024
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1. How many public children's playgrounds were managed and maintained by you at the start of each of the last five financial years (a) 1.4.19, (b) 1.4.20, (c) 1.4.21, (d) 1.4.22 and (e) 1.4.23?
2. What was your spend in each of the last five financial years (18/19) (19/20) (20/21) (21/22) and (22/23) on the maintenance, or improvement or development of children's playgrounds in your local authority area? If possible please break this figure down into (i) revenue spend and (ii) capital expenditure.
3. How many accidents have been reported to you where people have been injured in public children's playgrounds for which you have responsibility in each of the last five financial years (18/19) (19/20) (20/21) (21/22) and (22/23)?
4. In relation to accidents in the last financial year (22/23) please provide me with a summary of how each accident took place and the extent of the injury.
5. For each of the last five financial years (18/19) (19/20) (20/21) (21/22) and (22/23) please state how much compensation has been paid to people who were injured in accidents that took place in public children's playgrounds for which you have responsibility? NOTE: I am interested in when the compensation was paid not when the accident took place or when the claim was lodged.
Published: 29 January 2024
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1) Please provide information relating to how the Council handles complaints made against the Complaints Manager/Complaints Team so as to ensure there is no conflict of interest and the complainant's complaint is addressed fairly and impartially.
2) How many complaints in the last financial or annual (whichever is easiest to report on) year were made against: a) the complaints manager b) the Council's handling of an existing complaint/complaints
3) Please provide the Job Description and Person Specification for the post of Complaints Manager
Published: 29 January 2024
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I would like to know, for each of the last three calendar years, how many seizures of illegal disposable e-cigarettes and liquids from shops in Herefordshire have been made by the council's trading standards officers, and what the total value of these were for each year.
Published: 26 January 2024