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
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King Charles (69137) 13 Broad Street, Ross On Wye HR9 7EA
Please could you confirm if the premises licence holder is still Marstons PLC for the above premises.
If not, could you tell me who the new premises Licence Holder is please?
Could you also confirm If there is a permit notification in place for this new premise licence holder. If there is a permit, could you also confirm the number of machines and category of machines covered and when the annual fee is due.
Published: 4 July 2023
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Please can you provide any information your council holds regarding the below questions on level crossings.
1. Permanent closures of level crossings
1a. Please provide a list of the annual numbers of level crossings, over which there is a public right of way, that have been closed permanently since 2009.
1b. Please provide location details for each of these closures by way of right of way number and parish or grid reference.
1c. For each permanent closure, please indicate whether a diversion has been put in place which is free of vehicular traffic.
2. Temporary closures of level crossings
2a. Please provide a list of the annual numbers of level crossings, over which there is a public right of way, that have been closed temporarily since 2009 by a Traffic Regulation Order under section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
2b. Please indicate which of these closures have been in place on a rolling basis i.e. repeated application of order for the same crossing.
2c. Please provide location details for each of these closures by way of right of way number and parish or grid reference.
2d. For each temporary closure, please indicate whether a diversion has been put in place which is free of vehicular traffic.
3. Fatalities
3a. Please provide a list of the annual numbers of level crossings, over which there is a public right of way, where a pedestrian fatality has occurred since 2009 - excluding those fatalities which were attributed to suicide or suspected suicide.
3b. In responding to the above, please provide relevant location details by way of right of way number and parish or grid reference.
Published: 3 July 2023
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Which glyphosate-based herbicides are currently used by or on behalf of the council on Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) that are owned by, managed by, or under the control of the council.
Please can you provide the data for the most recent 12-month period for which the information is available?
Please can you also specify the amount and brand of each glyphosate-based herbicide in question, as well as the size of the area over which they are used?
Published: 3 July 2023
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1. How many individual children (not placements) were placed into mainstream foster care by the LA over the past 12 months (or the most recent 12-month period that you're able to process)?
2. Of those, please confirm how many individual children (not placements) were placed with foster carers of independent fostering agencies.
3. What is the minimum, maximum and average agency fee you have given to IFAs for individual children (not placements) placed as 'standard' placements?
4. What is the minimum, maximum and average agency fee you have given to IFAs for individual children (not placements) placed as 'enhanced' placements (including step-down, remand and children with disabilities)?
5. What is the minimum, maximum and average agency fee you have given to IFAs for parent and child placements (placement fee, not for individuals)?
6. Of all individual children (not placements) placed in the 12-month period, please break down the numbers by ethnicity (categories you record)
7. And also by religion
Published: 3 July 2023
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Please can you provide me with the following information for the most recent complete
fiscal year:
· Total number of temporary workers engaged by your organisation, broken down
by job role, if possible.
· Total annual expenditure on temporary workers, including a breakdown of costs
by Job role, if possible.
- Agency with the highest spend, including a breakdown of costs
by Job role, if possible.
Published: 30 June 2023
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Information relating to legal challenges to Planning permission P192711/F
I would like the following limited information:-
1) How much has it cost Herefordshire Council in total to successfully defend their decision in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court?
2) Did the claimant obtain a Protective Costs Order and, if so, what were the costs limited to?
3) Have the Council been awarded the full costs of defending these unsuccessful legal challenges?
If not, what have the costs been limited to?
4) Have the Council now reclaimed their costs or does it cost so much to reclaim that they are "written off"?
Published: 30 June 2023
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Herefordshire Council has a new administration committed to the Hereford bypass.
Please let me have:
(1) The total cost of the bypass proposal at the time it was originally agreed by the Council and
(2) Please let me have the full scientific analysis of the embodied carbon of the proposed Hereford Bypass. Embodied carbon (CO2e) is the total carbon content of materials (cement, concrete, steel, tarmac plus the fuel used in all construction activity).
Published: 29 June 2023
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Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would request you to respond to questions included in the attachment.
Published: 29 June 2023
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I have read your response and can confirm my new request as follows:
~For the attention of adult social services~
Could you kindly provide ALL of your policies related to direct payments (particularly those which serve as practice guidance for practitioners).
Could you also provide your policies and practice guidance documents which govern how "Care and Support Plans" are to be developed.
With the above policies and documents in mind, please also provide any other policies or practice guidance documents you feel are pivotal and fundamental to the above.
Published: 28 June 2023
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1. Does your Local Authority host a website platform for:
• Local Offer (Special Educational Needs Disabilities (SEND) support) YES/ NO
• Family Information Service (for families to access information in the local area) YES/ NO
• Community Information Directory (local communities to access local events, clubs etc.) YES/NO
2. If no to question 1. are there plans to develop the web platform? YES/ NO
Please give details on which platform, timescale, how this will be commissioned and budget.
3. If yes to question 1. please provide the website address for each of the following, indicating if platforms are combined:
• Local Offer
• Family Information Service
• Community Information Directory
4. How is the website platform provided? State either in house, external provider or other?
• Local Offer (support SEND)
• Family Information Service
• Community Information Directory
5. For the website platforms which are provided by an external provider what is the name of the provider and what is the contract end date?
6. For the website platforms which are provided in- house are there plans to commission this externally?
7. If you stated 'other', please expand on the details?
8. What is the expenditure (£) for the following platforms in 2020 / 2021 / 2022 /2023? Broken down into; hosting, maintenance, development.
• Local Offer (support SEND)
• Family Information Service
• Community Information Directory
9. Which department in the Local Authority holds the budget for the following platforms:
• Local Offer (support SEND)
• Family Information Service
• Community Information Directory
10. Please give a contact name, email address and telephone number for the responsible Officer for:
• Local Offer
• Family Information Service
• Community Information Directory
Published: 28 June 2023