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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On 19th December 2022 the Secretary of State for Levelling up, Housing and Communities released details of the provisional local government finance settlement for 2023/24.
I would therefore like to request:
• The change to your Core Spending Power (CSP) for 2023/4 over 2022/3 as a result of the local government finance settlement.
• The impact of inflation on the council's 2022/3 budget, as measured against the original 2022/3 budget.
• The estimated impact of inflation on the council's budget for 2023/24
• How much you had originally forecast the inflationary increase in costs to be for a) 2022-3 and b) 2023-4 in percentage and actual terms.
• Details of any loans (PWLB or money market) taken out by the council after 30/9/22 and the loan provider, terms and time period for these loans. I would like to request that the above information to be provided to me as both as paper and electronic copies.
Published: 15 March 2023
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1. How many formal complaints have you received from citizens from 1st January 2022 to 31st December 2022 (inclusive)?
Here complaints are defined as any expression of dissatisfaction with the council's services whether justified or not.
2. How many of the above formal complaints have been escalated to another stage?
3. If possible, how many formal complaints have you received from citizens from 1st January 2021 to 31st December 2021 (inclusive)?
4. How many of the above formal complaints have been escalated to another stage?
Published: 15 March 2023
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1. In the last financial year (2021/22)
(a) how much money was paid as compensation for property damage and personal injury caused by potholes (please include legal expenses), and
(b) how many individual claims did this represent?
2. Please tell me the value of the biggest claim settled in 2021/22, and the location of the pothole that caused the incident. Please provide a brief description of the incident (e.g. cyclist fell off bike going over pothole and broke their leg). If possible, please break up the cost of the claim between compensation paid and legal expenses.
Published: 14 March 2023
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I am writing to make a Freedom of Information request for information, guidance, protocols or procedures in relation to the way information is organised on your internal intranet.
Specifically, in addition to my previous request, I would also like to request the following information:
1. Information on the overall architecture of your internal intranet, including any documentation or diagrams that illustrate how the intranet is structured.
2. Any information related to the hierarchy or structure of the information on your internal intranet, including any documentation related to the use of folders, sub folders, and other organisational structures.
3. Any guidelines or protocols related to the creation and use of links within your internal intranet, including any documentation related to the use of hyperlinking or cross-referencing.
4. Any information related to the use of templates or other tools for creating content on your internal intranet, including any documentation related to the standardisation of formatting or other stylistic considerations. I would like to receive this information in electronic format, and I am happy to receive it via email or by download from a website.
Published: 14 March 2023
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1. Does your Council provide a Careline/Warden Call service to residents?
If your answer is No, then please return FOI but disregard questions 2-10
2. How many connections (approximately) do you have?
3. Do you use an external provider for Careline monitoring? If so, can you please detail: -
• Name of monitoring centre/ provider with contract start/end date
• Not applicable as council run (disregard questions 5-9 and answer questions 4 & 10 only)4. Do you have any intention to outsource your Careline monitoring in the next 3 years?
5. What is the annual value of your monitoring contract?
6. What is the 'per connection' charge of your monitoring contract (per week/month/annual as preferred)?
7. Are happy with the performance of your careline monitoring provider?
Feel free to add a comment…
8. What tender framework/ portal does the council use for the procurement of careline monitoring?
9. For your future monitoring services tender, will you include equipment maintenance/upgrades or keep separate?
10. Who is the main person(s)/ decision maker (s) or team - who would be responsible for your Telecare monitoring centre - name/title/direct dial number/email?
Published: 13 March 2023
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1. Does your organisation use any applications or software to record Record of Processing Activity (ROPA)? If so, please state the product name(s) and version numbers(s) (if known)
2. Does your organisation use any applications or software to support preparation for, or maintenance of ISO 27001 and/or ISO 27701 compliance? If so, please state the product name(s) and version numbers(s) (if known)
3. Does your organisation use any applications or software associated with data breach management? If so, please state the product name(s) and version numbers(s) (if known)
4. Does your organisation use any applications or software for Policy Management? If so, please state the product name(s) and version numbers(s) (if known)
5. Does your organisation use any applications or software associated with handling FOI requests? If so, please state the product name(s) and version numbers(s) (if known)
6. Does your organisation have any plans to explore the market regarding data privacy compliance tools? If so, please describe
7. Who is responsible for procuring ICT applications that support your organisation's Information Governance teams? A job-title & directorate will be sufficient
Published: 13 March 2023
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I should like to know all the reasons for the placement of a camera on Aylestone Hill at the crossing at the lower end of Churchill Garden, just beyond the Moreland Avenue turning.
Specifically I should like to know if it is intended to be connected to any system that identifies vehicles with a view to rationing or controlling road usage involving the use of penalties.
I should like to know the location of other cameras of the same model installed in the last six months and their intended uses.
Published: 13 March 2023
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Please can you share with me a spreadsheet of data detailing all of the contaminated land in your local authority area. For each piece of contaminated land, please include: The address Co-ordinates Date of identification Date of remediation (if applicable) Please can you also include data on the total square footage of contaminated land within your local authority area.
Published: 10 March 2023
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Please could you kindly send me any information you may hold relating to persons who are/were known to the Council via any of the following teams and who have died with:
- no known next of kin (defined as blood relatives) OR
- where you have been unable to engage with or locate any KNOWN next of kin,
Please provide details of cases that have occurred or come to your attention since 1/1/23 to the day of your reply or as close as possible.
Please provide as much of the following information as you can:
1. full names of deceased persons,
2. dates of death,
3. marital status,
4. maiden surnames of married or widowed females,
5. dates of birth or ages at death,
6. last known addresses,
7. estimated value of estates,
8. date(s) when the information was passed (or information that is about to be or likely to be passed) to the Government Legal Department (formerly Treasury Solicitor) or the Duchy of Lancaster or Cornwall or any other 3rd party, or, confirmation that this will not be happening and the reason why.
Published: 10 March 2023
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I am writing to make a formal request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please note: This FOI request refers to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) definition of violence at work https://www.hse.gov.uk/violence/index.htm:
"Any incident in which a person is abused, threatened or assaulted in circumstances relating to their work. This can include verbal abuse or threats as well as physical attacks."
1. Do you have a policy/policies in place to protect staff from violence at work?2. Are these policies built into the commissioning process for organisations delivering outsourced services on your behalf?
3. Have you updated your violence at work policies to reflect the increased number of home, remote and flexible workers?
4. If you collect data on violent incidents, how many violent incidents towards staff did you record in the following years:
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
5. Do you collect equalities data relating to violent incidents towards staff?
6. If so, how many violent incidents did you record for each of the following groups over the following years:
2019-20 2020-21 2021-22
BAME Staff
Disabled Staff
LGBT+ Staff
Women Staff7. Is advice, support, or counselling available for staff who are victims of violence at work?
8. Of those staff who were victims of violent incidents, how many took up the offer of the following:
2019-20 2020-21 2021-22
Advice
Support
Counselling9. Are you signed up to UNISON's End Violence at Work Charter: www.unison.org.uk/at-work/local-government/end-violence-at-work-charter<http://www.unison.org.uk/at-work/local-government/end-violence-at-work-charter>
Published: 10 March 2023