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. Gull control over the last 5 years

    I would like information about:

    1. How are Herring Gulls and Lesser Black-backed Gulls and their nests on Council buildings managed?

    2. How many times have birds of prey or other means/methods been used to disrupt nests of Herring Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull on Council buildings over the last 5 years?

    Published: 28 October 2024

  2. Employee Survey Provider details

    I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from you.

    Please provide me with:

    • The name of your employee survey provider and/or platform

    • The date that your employee survey platform contract ends or renews

    Published: 28 October 2024

  3. Complaints received by Herefordshire Council regarding public toilets.

    I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The purpose of this request is to gather data on complaints received by your council regarding public toilets.

    Specifically, I am seeking information on the following:

    -The total number of complaints received by the council about public toilets for each of the past five years (from 2020 to 2024).

    -A breakdown of these complaints by category, indicating the nature of the complaint (e.g., cleanliness, maintenance issues, safety concerns, accessibility, etc.).

    -Identification of the public toilet facilities (E.g. name and location) that have received the highest number of complaints within this period.

    -Any actions or measures taken by the council in response to these complaints.

    -How often each public toilet is cleaned.

    Published: 25 October 2024

  4. Herefordshire Councils use of Amazon in procurement

    Please could you provide the following in respect of each of your previous 3 full financial years:

    1. Is your organisation or any part of it is subscribed to Amazon Business? 2. Your annual turnover or operating budget.

    3. Your total procurement spend (inc VAT), including via Purchase Order/Invoice, Purchasing/Procurement Card, and Direct Debit.

    4. Your total procurement/purchasing spend (inc VAT) with Amazon, and its major subsidiaries, including Amazon Web Services.

    5. How much of the total spend with Amazon and its major subsidiaries (detailed above) is for the purchase of vouchers for gifting/award or other purposes?

    Published: 25 October 2024

  5. Housing Register waiting times for homeless applicants

    Please could you provide the most up-to-date figures you have on the average time (in days if possible) that homeless applicants owed the main homelessness duty on the housing register take to be housed for 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 bedroom properties.

    Published: 24 October 2024

  6. Contract for the Provision of Annual Billing to Herefordshire Council 2024-2027

    In relation to the Contract for the Provision of Annual Billing to Herefordshire Council 2024-2027. I would like to see a copy of the responses to the ITT Questionnaire for the winning bidder.

    Published: 24 October 2024

  7. Justices of the Peace / Liability Orders

    It is noted that signatures have been affixed to copies of the Liability Orders that the Council have issued, however, no names have been provided anywhere on the public record or on the Liability Order itself.

    Please supply just the names of the various Justices of the Peace who have signed a Liability Order since April 1st 2020, matched against the dates their orders were signed, - nothing more.

    Please list these on a month by month basis from April 1st, 2020. Please note that only the names are required so they may be matched against the signatures. There is no request for and information that could impinge on their privacy or compromise their safety.

    Published: 24 October 2024

  8. Community respiratory service funding

    What is the total resource funding utilisation in social care for exacerbating bronchiectasis in the last financial year?

    How much is funded from NHS budgets? (if applicable)

    How much is funded by social care budgets?

    Published: 24 October 2024

  9. Grant Thornton audit

    1. Were Grant Thornton made specifically aware of the expenditure on interim senior employees, and did they sample where the funding was sourced from in their testing?

    2. Were Grant Thornton specifically asked about these contracts to Interims, which I have since identified as being funded from front line services, and whether this should have been disclosed in the public Statements of Account?

    3. Did Grant Thornton include any senior management pay within their testing at all?

    4. Were Grant Thornton aware that the pay of some senior officers exceeded £150,000 and by law should be published?

    Published: 23 October 2024

  10. Children's Residential Care Placements

    - What is the number of children whose residential care placements are currently costing your council £10,000 or more each week?

    - When did each of these placements start? E.g February 2023.

    - What is the average length of time that these children have been in these care placements for?

    - What is the highest cost your council is paying per week for a child to be in a residential care placement? If you cannot be specific, please give this figure rounded to the nearest ten thousand pounds. If possible, please provide the name of the care provider in this case.

    Published: 23 October 2024