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. Children - Drug and Alcohol Testing Nov 2024

    RE: FOI2024/01897 Follow-up Request:

    Can you provide answers to Qs 1, 8 and 9:

    Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information regarding child protection in the UK.

    1. Please could you supply the name, email address and telephone number of the commissioner with responsibility for children in need of help and/or protection.

    8. For each financial year 2023/24 and 2024/25, how many hair drug and alcohol tests were conducted?

    9. In a situation where hair drug/alcohol testing is used as evidence, do you have a preferred provider for this service? If not, please provide a list of providers used in these cases and the total expenditure with each provider for financial years 2023/24 and 2024/25.

    Published: 31 January 2025

  2. Ecologists/Planners employed

    1. On average, how many planners at senior or management level did your local authority employ in the financial years (a) 2017/18, (b) 2019/20, (c) 2021/22 and d) 2023/24? This would include senior/principal planners, team leaders and chief planners/heads.  If not able to express as an average, perhaps you could confirm the headcount at a specific date or at year-end.

    2. How many ecologists does your local authority currently directly employ? As well as ecologists/senior ecologists, this would include planning ecologists and biodiversity officers.

    3. What are the job titles of the ecologists the local authority currently directly employs?

     

    4. How many ecologists left their role between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024?

     

    5. On average, how many ecologists did your local authority directly employ in the financial years (a) 2017/18, (b) 2019/20, and (c) 2021/22? Again, if not able to express as an average, perhaps you could confirm the headcount at a specific date or at year-end.

     

    6. On average, how many ecologists at senior or management level did you directly employ in (a) 2017/18, (b) 2019/20 and (c) 2021/22? Again, if not able to express as an average, perhaps you could confirm the headcount at a specific date or at year-end.

     

    Published: 31 January 2025

  3. Number of adoption placement orders for 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24

    Freedom of Information request

    A placement order is a court order that a child should be put up for adoption.

    The Statistical Neighbours (SNs) of Herefordshire per LAIT (Local Authority Interactive Tool) are (or was):

    • Cornwall

    • Cumbria*

    • Devon

    • Dorset

    • Gloucestershire

    • Norfolk

    • Shropshire

    • Somerset

    • Suffolk

    • Wiltshire

    * Per LAIT, Cumbria was not a Statistical Neighbour in 2023-24.

    1) Please disclose the number and rate (per 10,000 children) of placement orders for 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 for:

    • Herefordshire

    • Each of above the Statistical Neighbours

    • England

    • West Midlands region

    2) Please disclose the total number of placement orders for all of the Statistical Neighbours (i.e. SNs combined) for 2021 22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 (excluding Herefordshire).

    3) Please disclose the Statistical Neighbours’ average rate (per 10,000 children) of placement orders for 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 (excluding Herefordshire).

    You may wish to display all or part of the response in a table.

    Published: 30 January 2025

  4. 2024 structural survey of Kerne Bridge

    We have been considering for some time the condition of Kerne Bridge.

    The concern is that plants growing out of the structure may be causing structural damage potentially undermining its safety. We believe that urgent maintenance work may be required for this historic landmark as it approaches its 200 year anniversary.

    We have been advised that a structural survey of the bridge was being carried out by Herefordshire Council in 2024. As a Freedom of Information request can you advise if a survey was carried out and if so what the survey results were (a copy would be appreciated).

    Published: 30 January 2025

  5. Local Government Association

    Please advise:

    1. Is your Council a member of the Local Government Association?

    2. If so, has it served notice of its intention to resign?

    3. What was the total amount of any membership subscription your Council paid to the Local Government Association in the financial year 2023/24?

    4. What was the total amount of any other payments your Council made to the Local Government Association in the financial year 2023/24?

    5. What is the total amount of any membership subscription your Council is due to pay to the Local Government Association in the current financial year?

    6. What is the total amount of any other payments your Council is due to pay to the Local Government Association in the current financial year?

    Published: 30 January 2025

  6. Tile Hill Interim and Executive Management

    1. the recruited interim job title/post associated with each of the transactions listed below,

     

    2.   a copy of the job vacancy advert and where it was advertised prior to the Council resorting to using this executive agency, if this did not occur and the Council went directly to this agency then please say so.

     

    3. The councils contract ID number associated with this company as I have not been able to establish this.

    4. where/if the Council has published any such exemption from these procurement rules for this company as I cannot find them.

     

    5. has any person at Herefordshire Council entered into or signed any agreement whatsoever with Tile Hill Interim and Executive Ltd which covers any period in the past year. Yes/No. If yes, where is this published with the authority to do so.

    6. Please provide the Job Title, on each of the transactions listed below, of who approved the expenditure from front line service budgets.

    Published: 30 January 2025

  7. Money spent on storage for people living in temporary accommodation in 2024

    Please could you provide the following information:

    The amount of money spent on storage for people living in temporary accommodation in 2024.

    (Specifically, this is people who are living in temporary accommodation and have had their furniture or belongings put into storage while they wait to be re-housed).

    Published: 30 January 2025

  8. Personal Budgets in Education 2025

    1.      How many children/young people within your Local Authority with an EHCP have no school or setting named in Section I of their Plan (as at Jan 25)?

    2.      How many children/young people within your Local Authority with an EHCP are registered as being electively home educated (as at Jan 25)?

     

    3.      How many children/young people within your Local Authority with an EHCP are registered as EOTAS/EOTIS/EOTIC (Educated Otherwise Than In a School or College as per Section 61 of the Children & Families Act 2014) (as at Jan 25)

    4.      How many children/young people within your Local Authority have been awarded and currently access Personal Budgets for Education (as at Jan 25)?

    5.      How many of the Personal Budgets for Education currently accessed have been provided as part of an Education Otherwise Than At/In School or College (EOTAS(C)/EOTIS(C)) provision described in their Education Health and Care Plan (as at Jan 25)?

    6.      How many of the Personal Budgets for Education currently accessed have been awarded to children/young people who are being Electively Home Educated (EHE) (as at Jan 25)?

    7.      How many of the Personal Budgets for Education currently being accessed are awarded in the form of Direct Payments to families (as at Jan 25)?

    8.      What is the total annual cost of Personal Budgets for Education within your Local Authority (as at Jan 25)?

    9.      What is the total annual cost of Personal Budgets for Education allocated as Direct Payments to families within your Local Authority (as at Jan 25)?

     

    Published: 30 January 2025

  9. Reports of issues with a drain (blocked or not working) and surface water for the past 10 years

    I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. In order to assist you with this request, I am outlining my query as specifically as possible and will accept either financial or calendar years for the answers:

    Q1 – How many reports of issues with a drain (blocked or not working) have you received this year to date and every year for the past 10 years? Q2 – How many reports/incidents of issues with surface water have you received this year to date and every year for the past 10 years?

    Published: 30 January 2025

  10. Potholes within Herefordshire between 2022 - 2025

    I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act. Can you please provide the following:

    1. How many unfixed potholes are there currently recorded under the council authority (as of January 13, 2025)?

    2. How much has the council spent on pothole repairs in the last 3 years - broken down by year (from January 1st - to December 31st 2022, 2023 and 2024) - Up to and including any data held for January 2025.

    3. How many legal claims have been lodged against the council relating to damage caused by potholes in the last three years? Broken down by years as above.

    3a) Of those, how many were settled with compensation?

    3b) Of those, how many were refused?

    4. How much has the council paid out in compensation for claims relating to damage caused by potholes in the last three years? Broken down by years as above.

    Published: 30 January 2025