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. Art work owned by Herefordshire Council

   1. The total number of works of art owned by your local authority.

   2. The estimated total value.

   3. The number of works currently on display.

   4. How many works of art have been donated by the local authority over the past five years?

   5. How many works of art have been leased by the local authority over the past five years and the total revenue.

   6. How many works of art have been sold by the local authority over the past five years and the total proceeds from any sales.

   7. The cost to the local authority of maintaining your art collection for the financial year 2022/23. Please include any costs for security, conservation and insurance.

   Published: 8 September 2023

2. Number of agency staff used for financial year 2022-23

   Please can you tell me who is responsible for recruiting temporary staff within the council and contact details along with the number of temp agency staff you used within the last financial year.

   Published: 8 September 2023

3. Information regarding noise / nuisance complaints Crown & Sceptre pub, Ross on Wye

   I would like to have information regarding any noise or nuisance complaints against the Crown and Sceptre pub, 9 Market Place, Ross on Wye.

   Published: 8 September 2023

4. Parking machines & apps and revenue 2022/23

   Q1 - Who is the Parking Manager at the local authority?

   Q2 - who is the current supplier of your Pay & Display Machines?

   Q3 - How many Pay & Display machines do you currently have?

   Q4 - How many machines accept Contactless payments?

   Q5 - Who is your current supplier of your Enforcement Software (eg Chipside, Imperial, Condulent etc.)?

   Q6 - Have any decisions been made to remove any Parking machines in the next 2 years and do you know how many, if the answer is yes (2023-2025)?

   Cashless Parking /Mobile parking App

   Q9 - Do you have a Mobile Parking app?

   Q10 - Who is your current Mobile Parking Supplier/Suppliers?

   Q11 - Which year did you award your current contract/s to your App supplier/s?

   Q12 - When is your current Mobile parking App Due to expire?

   Q13 - Is there a convenience charge to the end user for paying by App? If so, please specify the charge?

   Q14 missing off request

   Parking Revenue/Transactions (Financial Year 2022 - 2023)

   Q15 - What was the Total Parking revenue for the last financial year (2022 - 2023)?

   Q16 - What was the annual revenue from PCN's issued during that financial year?

   Q17 - What was the annual revenue from Pay and Display Machines (2022-2023)?

   Q18 - What is the a) Total coin Revenue and b) total card revenue (2022 - 2023)?

   Q19 - What was the annual revenue from the cashless Mobile parking App (2022 - 2023)?

   Q20 - How many transactions were made at the Pay & display Machines (2022 - 2023)?

   Q21 - How many transactions were made via Mobile Parking App in 2022 - 2023

   Q22 - How many PCN's were issued in 2022 - 2023

   Published: 8 September 2023

5. Number of AED/Defibrillators in place

   • Do you have an AED in place at the moment? If yes, how many?

   • Is there an annual service contract for the AEDs? If so, with whom?

   • How many of your locations/sites have AEDs and how many do not?

   • What are the contractual performance KPI's for this contract?

   • Suppliers who bid for this contract and were successful and not successful at the SQ & ITT stages • Start date & duration of contract?

   • Could you please provide a copy of the service/product specification given to all bidders for when this contract was last advertised?

   • Is there an extension clause in the contract(s) and, if so, the duration of the extension?

   • When is the current contract due to expire?

   • Who is the key decision maker for the purchase of AEDs?

   • Can you please provide the email contact details of the key decision maker for the purchase of AEDs?

   • Do you intend to purchase or upgrade your AEDs in the next 3 to 5 years?

   If so, when?

   • Which brand(s) of AED is currently used by your organisation?

   • How much have you spent on

   a) purchasing AEDs and

   b) servicing AEDs?

   • Is there an annual service contract for the AEDs? If so, with whom?

   Published: 7 September 2023

6. Flu vaccination programme in secondary schools 2023/24

   Summary of request

   It is believed that it is intended to offer all pupils, as opposed to previous years of only a small number in vulnerable groups, in Herefordshire LA secondary school years 7 to 11, Flu vaccine as a nasal spray, through in school's vaccination programme, 2023/24 season. It is believed that Public Health Herefordshire, Matthew Pearce, Director, Is the final say and sign off with ultimate responsibility for the implementation of this program.

   FOI Request in Detail

   Request No1. Can you confirm the intention to carry out this program?

   Request No2. If yes to No1, Can you confirm that Public Health Herefordshire has ultimate responsibility for the implementation of this program, benefit/risk and safety assessment?

   Request No3 evidenced example, Providing information for parents and obtaining fully informed consent: for the February/March 2022 Covid 19 in school's vaccination programme VACCINATION UK LIMITED Company number 03682679 were procured for this.

   Request No3; If yes to No1, Who has been procured for providing information/consent services for the Flu vaccination programme, 2023/24 season?

   And how much, in £, was the contract for?

   If contract not yet awarded can you provide link to the notice of procurement/advertising?

   Request No4 evidenced example, Medical procedure of vaccination: for the February/March 2022 Covid in school's vaccination programme TAURUS HEALTHCARE LIMITED Company number 08030655 were procured for this.

   Request No4. If yes to No1, Who has been procured to medically carry out the Flu vaccination programme, 2023/24 season?

   And how much, in £, was the contract for?

   If contract not yet awarded can you provide link to the notice of procurement/advertising?

   Published: 7 September 2023

7. Pothole reports, repairs, spend and compensation claims 2019-21

   1) How many potholes were reported in 2021? Can this be broken down by road name.

   2) How many potholes were reported in 2020? Can this be broken down by road name.

   3) How many potholes were reported in 2019? Can this be broken down by road name.

   4) How many potholes were repaired in 2021?

   5) How many potholes were repaired in 2020?

   6) How many potholes were repaired in 2019?

   7) How many pothole compensation claims were received in 2021?

   8) How many pothole compensation claims were received in 2020?

   9) How many pothole compensation claims were received in 2019?

   10) How many pothole compensation claims were paid out in 2021?

   11) How many pothole compensation claims were paid out in 2020?

   12) How many pothole compensation claims were paid out in 2019?

   13)How many pothole compensation claims were rejected in 2021?

   14) How many pothole compensation claims were rejected in 2020?

   15) How many pothole compensation claims were rejected in 2019?

   16) How much did the council pay out for pothole inflicted compensation claims in 2021?

   17) How much did the council pay out for pothole inflicted compensation claims in 2020?

   18) How much did the council pay out for pothole inflicted compensation claims in 2019?

   19) How much did the council spend on repairing potholes in 2021?

   20) How much did the council spend on repairing potholes in 2020?

   21) How much did the council spend on repairing potholes in 2019?

   Published: 7 September 2023

8. Highway Obstruction Enforcement

   How many Notices under Highways Act 1980 s137 have been issued in the last two years (by month if this is possible), by class of highway Footpath, Bridleway/RB, and Carriageway (i.e. BOAT or LoS highway).

   How many prosecutions have taken place for obstructions to Highways?

   Published: 6 September 2023

9. Council Tax arrears - Enforcement agents, charging orders.

   1. How much council tax arrears was passed to enforcement agents/internal enforcement agents for recovery in 2021 and how much was recovered?

   2. How much council tax arrears was passed to enforcement agents/internal enforcement agents in 2022 and how much was recovered?

   3. How much council tax arrears was passed to enforcement agents/internal enforcement agents to date in 2023 and how much was recovered?

   4. How many charging orders against peoples homes were obtained in 2021?

   5. How many charging orders against peoples homes were obtained in 2022?

   6. How many charging orders against peoples homes were obtained in 2023 to date?

   Published: 5 September 2023

10. Street Lighting Information - locations/type/wattage/height

    Please could you provide a copy of your street lighting inventory.

    In particular I am looking for the following fields for each light:

    - Location (lat/lon or easting/northing)

    - Lamp type (e.g. LED, SON)

    - Lamp power (Wattage or Lumen output)

    - Lamp height

    - If the lamp is dimmed or turned off for part of the night.

    Any additional fields of data held for each light would be gratefully received, but not required.

    CSV or Excel format would be preferred.

    Published: 5 September 2023