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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Could you please provide information on kissing gates used on public rights of way: -
1) Who are the suppliers - previous and current?
2) How the supplier was procured?
3) Are the suppliers compliant to British Standards?
4) What is the contract value?
Published: 21 March 2023
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1. Do you have a 5G strategy for Herefordshire?
1.1 If yes, I request to see the complete strategy, its ambitions and its objectives.
1.2 If yes, has the public had the opportunity to read and understand Herefordshire Council's 5G strategy? Where was this information published?
1.3 I also request a supplementary document that includes the highest level of detail on all 5G technology that's planned to be used and currently in use in public spaces within Herefordshire:
(a) Companies and entities involved and the names of the company/entity officers.
(b) Specification sheets of any current or planned 5G technology.
(c) What technology e.g. units and arrays and street lighting are not currently 5G, but can be 5G enabled e.g. with current software, future software, hardware upgrades or retrofitting?
2. Please can you provide all documentation on the street light upgrades. This is to include full specifications and technical documentation and 5G capabilities, transmitters and/or receivers within the new street lighting infrastructure.
3. Does all Herefordshire Council street lighting have 5G capabilities? 3.1 If yes, is this infrastructure live/active?
4. If the new street lighting infrastructure has 5G capability and is not yet active, what date is it going live?
Published: 20 March 2023
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I was asking about both 15 and 20 minute cities/ areas which might be being proposed in Herefordshire county.
The restrictions I refer to are that if these plans are carried out then these will restrict motorists pertaining to where they can travel in or around their local communities. Also linked to these 15 and 20 minute cities will come fines that are to be imposed on motorists who travel out of their 15/20 minute areas if they exceed a certain amount of times.
1. I wanted to know if Herefordshire council are planning to impose these 15 or 20 minute cities in the County?
2. And if so, in which actual towns /villages?
3. I also wanted to know when any Public Consultations will be taking place, if the Council are planning these 15 or 20 minute cities?
4. And if these 15 or 20 minute cities are to proposed then when are they due to be actioned around the County?
Published: 20 March 2023
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1. During the last 12 months how many Nurses, Carers, Occupational Therapists and Social Workers have been recruited internationally by Herefordshire Council?
2. During the last 12 months how many Nurses, Carers, Occupational Therapists and Social Workers have been recruited internationally via an agency?
3. What agencies do you currently use for international recruitment?
4. What channel did your organisation use to engage with these agencies?
5. Please can you provide number of vacancies (FTE) for the following roles within your organisation:
Nurses
Carers/Care Workers
Occupational Therapists
Social workers
6. What is the name and the job title of the person who is responsible for International Recruitment within your organisation?
7. Is your organisation planning to recruit internationally during the next financial year (April 2023 - March 2024)?
Published: 20 March 2023
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1. How many car parks in the Local Authority no longer accept cash or PIN payment? (i.e. How many car parks in the Local Authority only offer payment via app or mobile payment)
2. Where are these located?
3. How much does the council pay for third party providers such as Mipermit or RingGo to operate?
4. How much does the Local Authority profit from public usage of cashless third party apps to pay for parking?
Published: 20 March 2023
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In the Council's capacity as a Housing Benefit administrator, can you provide the twenty highest weekly Housing Benefit claims in payment in respect of exempt accommodation i.e. supported living in Herefordshire.
If available, can you provide the following additional information:
• confirmation of the split between lease or core rent & service charges
• confirmation whether the payments relate to self-contained or shared accommodation
• confirmation whether the payments relate to an apartment, bungalow or house
Published: 17 March 2023
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Please answer Question 1-7 in relation to the 2022 calendar year.
1. How many parking tickets were issued to the vehicle that infringed parking regulations in the borough on the most occasions?
2. What was the penalty value of these tickets?
3. In what street or car park were the majority of them collected?
4. How many of them have been paid?
5. What was the make and model of the vehicle?
6. If was a foreign-registered vehicle please state what was the nationality of its registration.
7. Did you manage to impound the vehicle?
8. What is the biggest value of unpaid Penalty Charge Notices issued to one single 'persistent evader' vehicle that has built up over a period of time going back where the first unpaid tickets was before 1.1.22?
Please state:
(i) the value of these unpaid tickets,
(ii) the date of the first and last unpaid tickets,
(iii) the number of these unpaid tickets,
(iv) the make and model of the vehicle,
(v) have you seized the vehicle or taken any other action to reduce the unpaid balance?
Published: 17 March 2023
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How many car parks in the Local Authority only offer payment via app (such MiPermit) or mobile payment (such as Apple Wallet) and no longer accept cash or PIN payment?
How much does the council pay for third party providers such as Mipermit or RingGo to operate?
How much does the Local Authority profit from public usage of cashless third party apps to pay for parking?
Published: 16 March 2023
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1. Do you have an API management platform?
If so who is supplying it?
What is the annual cost?
When does the contract end?
What was the contract value?
Who is the supplier?
2. Do you have RPA (Robotic processing Automation)?
If so who is supplying it?
What is the annual cost?
When does the contract end?
What was the contract value?
Who is the supplier?
3. What is your CRM(s)?
4. Can we request the staff' names and direct contact details involved in each of the points stated above?
Published: 16 March 2023
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The number of residential parking permits you have given out for the financial years 21/22 and 22/23
The number of complaints you have received (complaints about issuing, costs, and application process plus complaints regarding the management of controlled parking areas. e.g. no space to park) about residential parking in the financial years 21/22 and 22/23
Published: 16 March 2023