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. Library books removed from libraries due to nature of book

    Please may you provide me with the following regarding public libraries owned and managed by the Council:

    1. Have any books been removed from any public library in your council due to the nature of the book?

    2. If so, please provide the number of books removed, the reason for their removal and the titles of the books.

    3. Please provide any correspondence internally and with anyone outside the council (including libraries, councillors, the public etc.) making reference to or discussing the potential/actual removal of books from public libraries.

    Published: 15 March 2024

  2. Microsoft Licensing Statement

    You have confirmed that the council do not have a copy of an MLS (Microsoft Licensing Statement). Could the council identify who the council's software reseller is, and, request that they supply them with an MLS.

    I have asked many other councils to do this and most of them have done this without an issue. Your reseller will hold this on your behalf and are obliged to provide it if it is requested.

    Published: 15 March 2024

  3. Unconscious bias training

    Please advise: 1. The total spending by your organisation on unconscious bias training for your staff in the financial year 2022/23. 2. The number of your staff that undertook unconscious bias training in the financial year 2022/23.

    Published: 15 March 2024

  4. Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) installation/uninstallation costs, Jan 2023 - Mar 2024

    I would like to make a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

    Does your council operate Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs)?

    If yes, please disclose; for the months of January through to December 2023 and - if available - for the first 3 months of 2024;

    1. The total amount of money the council has spent installing 'Low Traffic Neighbourhoods' (if any). Please break this down by

    a) location of each LTN,

    b) date each LTN was installed, and

    c) cost of installation.

    2. The total amount of money the council has spent uninstalling 'Low Traffic Neighbourhoods' (if any). Please break this down by

    a) location of each LTN,

    b) date each LTN was uninstalled, and

    c) cost of uninstallation.

    Published: 15 March 2024

  5. Number of shisha cafes in Hereford and any prosecutions for violations

    We would like to ask the following questions about your local authority area, where we define a "shisha cafe" as any premise where the sale and consumption of shisha tobacco occurs on site, and can include restaurants, clubs, lounges, cafes, and other venues.

    Q1. Please provide the estimated number or range of shisha cafes known as of January 2024.

    Please reply "unknown" if this information is not held.

    Q2.

    a) Please state the number of prosecutions made for violations of the smoke-free law in 2023.

    b) How many of these violations were by shisha cafes?

    Q3.

    a) Please state how many inspections were made to shisha cafes by Trading Standards, Environmental Health, or other officers in 2023.

    b) Of these inspections, how many shisha cafes required intervention due to lack of compliance with policies (including tobacco, health and safety, and licensing laws).

    c) Of these inspections, approximately how many kilograms of illicit shisha tobacco were seized in total?

    d) Of these inspections, how many led to successful prosecutions and what was the total amount ordered to pay from the shisha cafe business?

    Q4. Please state the number of reports of underage smoking at shisha cafes in 2023.

    Q5. Please state the number of complaints made for noise and nuisance against shisha cafes in 2023.

    Published: 15 March 2024

  6. Noise complaints associated with heat pumps from 2015 to date

    I am writing to request information regarding noise complaints associated with heat pumps in your area.

    Could you please provide the following information for each year from 2015 to the most recent year with available data:

    - The total number of noise complaints associated with heat pumps broken down by heat pump type if possible (e.g. water source, air source, ground source, shared loop ground source).

    - The associated outcome of the noise complaints, if possible.

    Published: 13 March 2024

  7. Communications & Public Relations Spend

    Please provide your total spend on communications and public relations for the last three financial year's (20/21, 21/22, 22/23).

    For each year I would like a breakdown containing the following information:

    • Spend on communications and public relations activities.

    • Total number of communications and public relations employees.

    • Total salary cost for all communications and public relations employees

    Published: 13 March 2024

  8. Wheelie bin reports in the last 12 months

    1) Please inform me how many wheelie bins have been reported lost or stolen to your council in the last 12 months?

    2) Please breakdown between wheelie bins being lost in the back of the bin lorry (accidental) and unexplained loss (i.e. stolen).

    3) What investigations has the council undertaken regarding stolen wheelie bins in the last 12 months?

    4) How much revenue has the council accumulated from charging people that have had there wheelie bin stolen in the last 12 months?

    Published: 12 March 2024

  9. Budget Spent from 2019 - 2024 financial years

    Please can I request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act:

    The total budget in pounds (£) and the percentage of your Local Authorities total budget spent on non-statutory obligations funding in each of the financial years a) 2019-20, b) 2020-21, c) 2021-22, d) 2022-23, e) 2023-24

    The total budget in pounds (£) and the percentage of your Local Authorities total budget spent on social care funding in each of the financial years a) 2019-20, b) 2020-21, c) 2021-22, d) 2022-23, e) 2023-24

    The total budget in pounds (£) and the percentage of your Local Authorities total budget spent on temporary accommodation funding in each of the financial years a) 2019-20, b) 2020-21, c) 2021-22, d) 2022-23, e) 2023-24

    Published: 11 March 2024

  10. Nicotine Inhaling Products sales to Under 18's

    Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information related to the enforcement of the Children and Families Act 2014, as amended by The Nicotine Inhaling Products (Age of Sale and Proxy Purchasing) Regulations 2015. Specifically, please provide me with:

    1. The number of individuals who have been prosecuted in the last 12 months within your organisation's jurisdiction for the sale of nicotine inhaling products (sometimes known as "e-cigarettes", "vapes", or "vapour products") to individuals aged under 18, due to investigations conducted by Herefordshire Council.

    2. The number of businesses and sole traders subject to any penalty in the last 12 months (including but not limited to fine, opening restrictions, removal of premises license) for the sale of nicotine inhaling products (sometimes known as "e-cigarettes", "vapes", or "vapour products") to individuals aged under 18, due to investigations conducted by Herefordshire Council.

    3. The number of shops, and other places of business (including but not limited to market stalls, 'car-boot sales' and other point of sale locations) that council employees have visited in the last 12 months for the purposes of detection and disruption of the sale of nicotine inhaling products to individuals aged under 18.

    4. The number of trading standard officers employed by the council whose job description, roles and responsibilities, entail the investigation, detection, and disruption of the sale of nicotine inhaling products to individuals aged under 18 and/or the removal of illicit products from retailers.

    Published: 11 March 2024