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. Translation and Interpretation Services 2023/2024

    I am writing in hopes of acquiring information to as part of research into LAs spending trends in different sectors. Spending on interpretation and translation services is one of those sectors.

    I have already referred to the FOI Act and understand that the information requested below are not exempt from the public domain. As such, under the FOI Act, can we please ask for the following information at your earliest convenience to enable me conclude my project:

    In the past 12 months, please confirm

    1) The number of written translation requests and how many were met (e.g. January 2023 – 2 requests / 2 met)

    2) The number of pre-booked telephone interpretation requests and how many were met?

    3) The number of on-demand telephone interpretation requests and how many were met?

    4) The number of face-to-face interpretation requests and how many were met?

    5) A breakdown of the number of Face to Face Interpreter requests by language (e.g. January 2023: Polish 80 / Romanian 62 / Bulgarian 50 / Urdu 22 etc for each language each moth)

    6) What % of Face to Face Interpreter requests were met?

    7) How many Interpreters Did Not Attend their appointments?

    8) How many end-users did not attend their appointment?

    9) How many patients who did not attend appointments needed an interpreter?

    10) How many bookings were cancelled by patients last minute?

    11) What was the total spending for the year across all interpretation and translation services?

    12) Who is the incumbent provider for the Council?

    13) When did the current contract come into effect?

    Published: 17 December 2024

  2. Veterans on a social housing waiting list since the start of the financial year 2018/19

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please can you provide me with the following information on veterans and social housing in your local authority:

    1. The number of veterans that were on a social housing waiting list in your local authority, in each month since the start of the financial year 2018/19;

    2. The average length of time spent by a veteran on a social housing waiting list in your local authority, since the start of the financial year 2018/19;

    3. The longest time a veteran has spent on a social housing waiting list in your local authority since the start of the financial year 2018/19;

    4. The number of complaints made by veterans in social housing about their social housing provision to your local authority, in each month since the start of the financial year 2018/19;

    5. The number of veterans that contacted your local authority asking for financial support of any kind in each month since the start of the financial year 2018/19.

    Published: 17 December 2024

  3. Modern slavery training at Herefordshire council

    Please provide the following information on the modern slavery training you offer to staff:

    • Do you provide modern slavery training to your staff, or cover modern slavery as part of a wider training (eg. Adult safeguarding, children’s safeguarding etc)? Please answer 'yes, standalone training', 'no', or 'yes, covered as part of other training'

    • If you provide modern slavery training, is it limited to one 'type' of modern slavery or is it general? (e.g. 'modern slavery', or on a specific type like ‘child’ or ‘criminal’ exploitation?)

    • Is your modern slavery training open to all staff?

    • Which of the following training formats do you offer?: e-learning / on-demand module, classroom learning (remote or in-person), or webinar/guest talk. If webinar/guest talk or classroom learning, please share when these trainings have taken place within the past two years.

    • What is the duration of the training (if you have access to this information)?

    • Does the training contain any of the following themes? Please highlight which are covered:

    - Survivors’ immigration status

    - Changes under the Nationality and Borders Act 2022

    - How to secure legal representation or emergency accommodation/support for potential victims

    - How to complete a National Referral Mechanism (NRM) referral form -How people with protected characteristics (for example, people of different genders, ages, sexualities, nationalities, and those who are disabled) may experience exploitation

    - The need for cultural awareness and sensitivity (a case study/image does not inherently count, unless there is a specific mention or exploration of relevant cultural issues or barriers)

    Published: 17 December 2024

  4. Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) home adaptations 2019-2024

    1. How many Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) home adaptations were refused by

    a) private landlords and

    b) housing associations in the following financial years?

    i) 2019-20

    ii) 2020-21

    iii) 2021-22

    iv) 2022-23

    v) 2023-24

    vi) A combined total from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2024

    NB: If figures cannot be broken down by type of landlord (i.e. private landlord or housing association landlord), please give a figure for the number of DFG home adaptations refused by all landlords combined, for each of parts i to vi.

    2. How many Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) home adaptations were completed for individuals living in private rented accommodation in the following financial years?

    i) 2019-20

    ii) 2020-21

    iii) 2021-22

    iv) 2022-23

    v) 2023-24

    3. How many DFG home adaptations were completed for individuals living in social housing provided by housing associations in the following financial years?

    i) 2019-20

    ii) 2020-21

    iii) 2021-22

    iv) 2022-23

    v) 2023-24

    4. How many DFG home adaptations were completed for individuals living in social housing provided by the council in the following financial years?

    i) 2019-20

    ii) 2020-21

    iii) 2021-2

    iv) 2022-23

    v) 2023-24

    Published: 16 December 2024

  5. Dog breeding licenses and welfare for the calendar year 2023

    Please find attached an FOIA request for your attention (attached to avoid formatting issues). Thank you in advance.

    Published: 16 December 2024

  6. Domestic abuse support services 2019 - 2024

    It relates to real terms spending on domestic abuse support services. Please can you provide the following information?

    1) The total amount in £ spent on domestic abuse support services in your local authority between FY2019/20 and FY2023/24, broken down by financial year (for example, FY2019/20 = £20, FY2020/21 = £25 etc)

    2) The real terms percentage increase/decrease from the previous financial year. If it is not possible to answer part two of my request, please confine your response to part one.

    Published: 16 December 2024

  7. Land at Dymock Road, Ledbury

    RE: Land at Dymock Road, Ledbury

    We would appreciate any information you are able to provide on the following:

    1. Known pollution incidents which may have affected the site.

    2. Contaminative activities at the site.

    3. Pre-licensing or unlicensed landfilling activities within a 500m radius of the site, including landfill location, depth, presence of lining system, age and type of waste deposits.

    4. Results of any landfill gas and leachate monitoring.

    Published: 16 December 2024

  8. Cycle Routes in Herefordshire 01/01/2018 - 28/10/2024

    1. Where possible, the amount of miles of dedicated cycle routes in existence in your local authority area on 28/10/2024.

    2. Where possible, the amount of miles of cycle routes established in the past 6 years in your local authority area with a breakdown for each calendar year. This time period should include (01/01/2018-01/01/2023) and where possible (01/01/2024-28/10/2024).

    3. Where possible, the amount of money spent on cycling infrastructure in the past 6 years in your local authority area with a breakdown for each calendar year. This time period should include (01/01/2018-01/01/2023) and where possible (01/01/2024-28/10/2024).

    4. Where possible, the amount of money spent on cycle and scooter share schemes in the past 6 years in your local authority area with a breakdown for each calendar year. This time period should include (01/01/2018-01/01/2023) and where possible (01/01/2024-28/10/2024).

    Published: 16 December 2024

  9. Veterans at risk of homelessness

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please can you provide me with the following information on veterans at risk of homelessness in your local authority:

    The number of households in which a veteran is registered as living that have been at risk of homelessness  in your local authority, in each month since the start of the financial year 2018/19; The number of households in which a veteran is registered as living that have been at risk of homelessness in your local authority due to a Section 21 notice, in each month since the start of the financial year 2018/19;

    The number of households in which a veteran is registered as living that are currently (as of November 2024) at risk of homelessness in your local authority. If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.          

    Published: 16 December 2024

  10. S.47 Enquires Initial assessment process completed without seeing parents or child

    FOI Questions

    Q.1, You provided 2024 data up to 26th September, so please, how many now, section 47 enquiries initiated in the year 2024 to date? (if you wish to refuse this additional period then respond to 561 at 26 Sept).

    Q.2 Can I assume that every single Section 47 undertaken still had an initial assessment?

    Q.3 How many of these initial assessments involved meeting with the parents and seeing the child?

    Q.4 How many of these initial assessments had no meeting with the parents?

    Q.5 How many of these initial assessments had no seeing of the child?

    Q.6 How many of these initial assessments had no meeting with the parents and seeing the child combined? I only ask for data to cover 2024 as I would not want the request to exceed the appropriate cost limits under section 12. But if the information is easy to hand I would appreciate the same data for, 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023.

    Published: 13 December 2024