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. Local Elections -May 2023 and photo-id at polling stations.

   Q1. What information concerning photo-id requirements will be given to people managing each polling station?

   Q2. Will it require a record to be kept of the number of voters failing to provide photo-id or the legal equivalent?

   Q3. If the answers to Q1 and Q2 are not available at present, when will they be available?

   Published: 29 March 2023

2. Grounds Maintenance Contract

   The details we politely request are:

   • What are the current plans moving forward in regards to obtaining suppliers for grounds maintenance (and similar) services?

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

   • Do you feel the contractual performance KPI's are being met by the current supplier?

   • Suppliers who applied for inclusion on each framework/contract and were successful & not successful at the PQQ & ITT stage

   • Actual spend on this contract/framework (and any sub lots), from the start of the contract to the current date

   • Start date & duration of framework/contract?

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

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

   • Has a decision been made yet on whether the framework(s)/contract(s) are being either extended or renewed?

   • Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract?

   Published: 29 March 2023

3. List of planning references that incurred a S106 agreement during the period of 1 January 2005 & 31 December 2010

   Please can you supply a list of all the planning references that incurred a S106 agreement during the period of January 1st 2005 and December 31st 2010?

   Published: 29 March 2023

4. Active Travel England

   Under the Freedom of Information Act I would like to request the following information:

   1. Has Herefordshire Council submitted a bid for funds from The Capability Fund via Active Travel England [who announced on 2nd January 2023 £32.9 million to create national network of active travel experts

   2. If so what are the details of this bid?

   3. In particular what attempt has been made through such a bid to increase Herefordshire County Council's capacity both in terms of skills and extra staffing levels to take forward a Well maintained PROW and a radical county wide Active Travel Network through the Development Plan process the Local Transport Plan and your proposed 'Walking and Cycling Strategy'

   Published: 29 March 2023

5. Funds allocated for HM King Charles III coronation

   Funds allocated for HM King Charles III coronation

   Published: 28 March 2023

6. Planning requirements for short term holiday lets / Airbnb etc.

   Please could you advise me as to any planning requirements for permission to operate a short term holiday let in your area.

   For example properties and rooms that may appear on online portals such as Airbnb, Booking dot com etc.

   This is also often known as Serviced Accommodation. It is generally full furnished rooms or properties with cooking facilities etc. It may be let out for a single night, or it could be let for a much longer period of time. This question excludes apart-hotels, hotels, hostels, bed and breakfast and similar properties clearly defined in the Use Class Order.

   1) Which planning use class should the property be operating in? Should it be C1, C3 or Sui Generis for example? Or can it operate in more than one?

   2) Is planning permission required? if the property is not operating in that Use Class?

   3) Does that Use Class change if a certain number of nights are occupied during the year? Or is planning permission required if a certain number of nights is exceeded per annum even if operating in the correct Use Class?

   4) Does your answer vary if it is a full unit such as a house or flat, as opposed to an annexe or a room or two within a C3 dwelling? If yes, how would the partial or full holiday let differ?

   5) Are there any other rules that serviced accommodation or short stay holiday let providers advertising on Airbnb etc., adhere to in addition to any number of nights per annum (question 3) within your area

   Published: 27 March 2023

7. Number of day's CEO was present in Herefordshire in 2021-22

   Please can you provide the total number of days that the CEO has been physically present in Herefordshire in the 2021 and 2022 calendar years (and 2023 for Jan-Feb).

   The CEO does not have to have been here all day, it could just be part of a day. The critical element to the request is the physical presence or here in person. I cannot see physical attendance or presence data on the website.

   Published: 27 March 2023

8. Damage compensation

   This is an information request relating to compensation paid to private housing companies for damages done by homeless people/rough sleepers to emergency accommodation.

   Please include the information for each of the following financial years; 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 (to present):

   * How much has been paid annually to private housing companies for damage done by homeless people/rough sleepers in emergency accommodation

   * Information on the damage done, if this is held. For example, if there are damage reports/incident reports provided by the housing companies along with the invoice for any damage

   Published: 24 March 2023

9. Print in Councils

   1. How many employees do you have?

   2. How many printers (A4, A3 single function or multi-function) do you have?

   3. How many print servers do you have?

   4. Do you use any print management software (Equitrac, SafeQ, PaperCut, PrinterLogic etc)?

   5. Who supplies your printers, software and servers?

   6. If so, which do you use?

   7. What is the job title of the person responsible for printers within your organization?

   Published: 24 March 2023

10. Local Authorities Funding Allocation for Domestic Abuse Duty received from central Government

    Please find below a freedom on Information request regarding the Local Authorities Funding Allocation for Domestic Abuse Duty received from central Government.

    1. What metrics are used to measure outcomes/impact/success of those who have successfully received funding from your local authority domestic violence fund?

    2. Which members of staff including positions are responsible for managing the domestic abuse fund? Please include a list of names of internal and external staff involved in the decision-making process

    3. How many applications were submitted to your local authority for the domestic abuse duty fund?

    Please release any additional information held on the allocation of domestic abuse funding to local agencies, any information on the decision-making process and what regular contact, support, and outcomes are measured.

    Please advise the above for the last 5 years.

    Published: 23 March 2023