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. CLARIFICATION: I refer to highways/ transport team. I refer to non maintenance capital programme approved schemes.

    1) What was the last 3 years budget for transport related schemes, broken down by year?

    2.a) What contractors/ software (including speed, O/D surveys, traffic count, vehicle type) are/ is used to analyse the road network before a potential scheme is added to the programme?

    2.b) What is the annual cost for these, listed individually?

    3) How many scheme were completed in the last 3 annual programmes, broken down by year?

    4) Please could you confirm the number of staff within the team?

    5) Please could you confirm the cumulative annual wage for the team?

    Published: 7 August 2024

  2. The statutory guidance for local authorities "Promoting the education of looked after children and previously looked after children" states:

    "The child’s wishes and feelings should be taken into account, and the suitability of the education setting tested by arranging an informal visit with the child. Where a looked after child would benefit from attending a boarding school, either in the state or independent sector, VSHs and social workers should be proactive in considering this option."

    Further to this guidance please advise:

    1. How many of your children in care "Looked After Children", in both number and percentage, are currently in mainstream boarding school placements?

    2. How many of your children in care "Looked After Children", in both number and percentage, are currently in Special Educational Needs boarding school placements?

    3. What procedure (if any) do you have to consult children in care "Looked After Children" about the option of a boarding school placement? What record (if any) do you have of the number of children in care "Looked After Children" - in both number and percentage - who were asked about such an option, in the financial year 2023/24? How many of them expressed a wish to proceed with it?

    4. How many informal visits that you arranged, to mainstream boarding schools, for children in care "Looked After Children" took place in the financial year 2023/24?

    5. How many informal visits that you arranged, to SEN boarding schools, for children in care "Looked After Children" took place in the financial year 2023/24?

    Published: 7 August 2024

  3. Please provide me with the following information.

    1) Between 1st July 2023 and 1st July 2024, how many School Attendance Orders were issued?

    2) Between 1st July 2023 and 1st July 2024, how many of the school attendance orders that were issued were prosecuted for non-compliance?

    3) Of the School Attendance Orders issued between 1st July 2023 and 1st July 2024 and prosecuted for non-compliance, how many were the parent found by the court to be not guilty?

    4) Of the school Attendance orders issued between 1st July 2023 and 1st July 2024, how many did result in a child being registered in school?

    5) Of the School Attendance Orders issued between 1st July 2023 and 1st July 2024, how many have not been prosecuted for non-compliance or revoked?

    Published: 7 August 2024

  4. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

    1) Please confirm how many change of use applications you received to move from 'Class E - Commercial, Business and Service' to a 'Class C3(a) - Dwellinghouse'.

    2021

    2022

    2023

    2024 (1st Jan to 30th June)

    2) Please confirm the number of those applications that were approved.

    2021

    2022

    2023

    2024 (1st Jan to 30th June)

    Published: 7 August 2024

  5. In terms of the Freedom of Information Act of 2000 could you please provide me with a list of all Listed Buildings within the county of Herefordshire to include the following information:-

    a) Billing Authority Property Reference Number

    b) Firm’s Trading Name (i.e. property occupant or ratepayer)

    c) Full Property Address (Number, Street, Post Code, Town)

    d) Occupation / Vacancy status

    e) Date of Occupation / Vacancy

    f) 2024 Financial Years annual rates charge with categories of reliefs/exemptions granted with amounts of reliefs/exemptions.

    Please could you kindly provide this data as a Microsoft Excel file.

    Published: 5 August 2024

  6. The information that we require, under the Freedom of Information Act, is as follows:

     

    1) Do you use a tool for Surveys? (a survey tool would help to create the survey, design the questions, distribute the survey, drive responses, and build out reports and insights into the data)

    2) If so, which supplier do you use for this tool?

    3) How much do you spend annually on Survey Tools?

    4) Which month & year does your contract with your supplier end?

    5) Who is the budget holder for this contract?

     

     

    Published: 2 August 2024

  7. At Goodrich on the B4229, there are three trenches which cross the road immediately alongside the school. Grid reference 51degrees 52'09,92" N and 2degrees 37'09.98" W

    Please explain who dug these trenches and what has been done to enforce proper reinstatement of them under the provisions of the New Roads and Streetworks Act.

    Published: 2 August 2024

  8. Please can you confirm the vehicle movement numbers for Kington Recycling Centre, Kington, HR5 3HB.

    Please can I have the following information from 1st April 2024 to 31st May 2024 split into individual days:

    1) Please can you confirm how many vehicles were booked into the recycling centre?

    2) Please can you confirm all vehicle movements going in and out, including staff vehicles?

    3) Please can you confirm the percentage of booked appointments which are ‘no shows’ (i.e. book and do not attend)?

    Published: 2 August 2024

  9. I noticed that there is at least one potentially fraudulent ICNIRP safety certificate contained in Herefordshire Council's planning portal, an online facility which displays details of planning applications and approvals.

    A company named "Three UK Limited" - which was dissolved in the year 2015 - has somehow become the signatory for at least one bogus safety certificate (sometimes referred to as a conformity statement) for a 5G telecommunications mast installation.

    Using your best and most honest endeavours, please provide:

    1. A figure for the precise number of ICNIRP safety certificates related to 5G telecommunications mast installations that have been signed off by "Three UK Limited", a company that didn't exist at the time the relevant planning applications were made, and whose declared ICNIRP safety certificates are potentially fraudulent

    2. Actual copies of the ICNIRP safety certificates related to 5G telecommunications mast installations that have been signed off by "Three UK Limited", a company that didn't exist at the time of the planning applications, and are therefore potentially fraudulent

    3. The actual dates of the initial planning applications made for 5G telecommunications mast installations that have been allegedly ICNIRP 'safety certified' by bogus certificates, along with the named street locations and identifying nomenclature.

    4. The time period stated in years, months, weeks and days, between the date of the dissolution of "Three UK Limited" (27th October 2015) and the date of the initial applications made for all of the 5G telecommunications masts concerned, having bogus safety certificates, e.g. "8 years, 2 months, 3 weeks and 5 days"

    5. Given that the World Health Organisation classifies radio frequency - such as that transmitted 24/7 by 5G telecommunications masts - as a potential Type 2B carcinogen, that the power output of the affected 5G masts is unknown, that potentially a large number of safety certificates are potentially fraudulent, and that tens of thousands of Herefordshire Council residents have potentially been plunged into an unsafe environment, please provide detailed information explaining how Herefordshire Council is planning to restore council tax payers, voters, their children, and Herefordshire Council's wildlife and domestic pets back to a safe, non-hazardous environment, one which will no longer be a serious, ongoing, potential threat to residents' health and wellbeing?

    Published: 2 August 2024

  10. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide the following information regarding dark kitchens (also known as ghost kitchens, cloud kitchens, or delivery-only restaurants) in your jurisdiction:

    1. The total number of registered dark kitchens operating in your area for each year from 2019 to present, broken down by year.

    2. The number of reported cases of food-borne illnesses linked to dark kitchens for each year from 2019 to present.

    3. The number of enforcement notices issued to dark kitchens for each year from 2019 to present.

    4. Details of these enforcement notices, including:

    a) The nature of the violations

    b) The dates of issuance

    c) The outcomes of these notices (e.g., resolved, ongoing, closures)

    Published: 1 August 2024