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. Software Solutions

    1. What software do you currently use for your: a) Revenues and Benefits solution b) Document management solution

    c) Social Housing Management solution (if applicable)

    1. When do the contracts for 1a, 1b and 1c expire? 2. Please confirm the annual costs for 1a, 1b and 1c. Or, provide the direct link to your website entry where the annual expenditure for the software providers listed in questions 1 is published.

    3. Kindly share the name, job title and contact information for the person responsible for overseeing the software solutions identified in question 1.

    Published: 15 July 2025

  2. Cloud Infrastructure and Data Storage

    I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding your council’s IT infrastructure, with a specific focus on data storage and cloud adoption. Please provide responses to the following questions:

    1. Data Centres and On-Premise Facilities

    1a. How many data centres, server rooms, or similar on-premise facilities are currently operated or managed by the council?

    1b. Please provide a breakdown of each type.

    2. Data Storage

    2a. What is the breakdown of the council’s data stored across the following environments?

    Please provide either the percentage or numerical breakdown for each type:

    - On-premise

    - Public cloud

    - Private cloud

    - Hybrid (a mix of on-premise and cloud)

    3. Cloud Migration

    3a. Has the council migrated any data or services to the cloud in the past three years?

    3b. If applicable, can you provide a list of systems migrated (e.g., HR, CRM, Finance, etc.)?

    3c. If applicable, please could you provide the cloud service provider(s) used for each migration?

    4. Cloud Adoption Policy

    4a. Does the council have a formal cloud adoption policy?

    5. Cloud Data Location Monitoring

    5a. Does the council monitor the physical location of its cloud-hosted data (answer yes or no)?

    5b. If applicable, please can you provide how this is tracked?

    6. Financial Information on IT Infrastructure

    6a. For the past five years, can you provide the annual spend on your IT Infrastructure?

    6b. If applicable, please provide the breakdown of spend for each year of the last 3 years and for each of the following categories:

    - Hardware (Servers, Computers, Network Devices, Storage Systems)

    - Software

    - Networks

    - Data Centres

    - Cloud Infrastructure (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)

    - Security Systems

    - IT Service Management

    - External consultancy for cloud migration or IT modernisation

    Please provide all data and responses in an editable Excel spreadsheet format (.xlsx).

    Published: 14 July 2025

  3. Disclosure of corporate and/or statutory complaints to OFSTED

    Regarding Corporate and Statutory Complaints:

    1) Does Herefordshire Council disclose every statutory and corporate complaint involving Children to OFSTED, or

    a) Just statutory?

    b) Just corporate?

    c) Does the Council use discretionary powers to limit what complaints OFSTED can view?

    2) Does Herefordshire Council disclose to OFSTED all closed or refused complaints?

    3) Does Herefordshire Council disclose all ongoing and settled complaints, or only settled complaints?

    Published: 14 July 2025

  4. Buckfield House Care Home noise complaints

    Summary/lists of noise and disturbance complaints for Buckfield House Care Home, Barons Cross Road, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 8QX

    Published: 14 July 2025

  5. Follow-Up to FOI2025/01057 - Empty Properties

    Yes, please provide responses to Q1-2 and Q4-8.

    ORIGINAL REQUEST - Q1-Q2 AND Q4-Q8:

    1) What’s the current number of empty properties and long term empty properties across the council, as of June 2?

    If a figure is not available for June 2, please provide the most up-to-date figure available and state the date for which that figure is accurate.

    How many of those are owned by the council?

    What were the numbers as of 2 June 2019, in terms again of empty properties, long term empty properties, and council-owned empty/long term empty properties?

    2) How many people were on the social housing waiting lists on those two dates?

    4) Since 2019, have you undertaken any work around reducing your long term empty properties? If you have, was this done using internal resources, third party resources, or both?

    5) How many properties were brought back into use as a result in each of those years since 2019?

    What were the average financial costs per property, in order for them to be brought back into use?

    6) What work is the council currently undertaking and what is it planning to undertake when it comes to reducing its long term empty properties?

    7) Does the council offer financial support, in terms of grants or loans, to Long Term Empty property owners to help them bring properties back into use?

    If yes, how many owners have made use of that in every year since 2019?

    8) What’s the budget, if any, that the council has allocated for supporting the reduction of empty properties?

    Please provide such data electronically, ideally as an Excel spreadsheet.

    Published: 14 July 2025

  6. Cusop Hill road closure 23/06/25 - environmental surveys/assessments for the proposed works

    I note that the road over Cusop Hill from Hay towards Michaelchurch Escley is closed for 2 days from the 23rd June 2025.

    Given the poor showing by the BBLP ecologists previously at this location, I am requesting to see the environmental surveys/assessments informing the proposed works, before they are undertaken. I must say that I only have a slight notion as what works BBLP may be planning to undertake.

    It cannot be much of a challenge for BBLP to supply in the requested information as they must have it to hand given the imminent commencement.

    Published: 14 July 2025

  7. Herefordshire School Supply Spend 24/25

    I would like a summary of the school spends on agency supply staff within Herefordshire for the financial year 2024 - 2025.

    I would like an electronic breakdown of amounts paid through the department's purchase ledger by school and to which supplier.

    Published: 14 July 2025

  8. Ingson Review

    Can you please confirm when the "Ingson" Review started?

    Can you confirm who is undertaking the review and the purpose of the review?

    Can you confirm the cost of thd review to the public purse?

    Published: 11 July 2025

  9. Misuse of disabled parking spaces in the past five years

    I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide the data in Excel or CSV format if possible.

    Q1. The number of parking violations recorded in your area for vehicles parked in disabled parking bays without displaying a valid Blue Badge (or other proof of eligibility), broken down by calendar year for the past five years (2019 to 2024 inclusive).

    Q2. The total amount of fines issued for these offences during the same period, also broken down by year.

    Q3. If available, the number of repeat offenders (i.e. drivers who have received more than one fine for parking in a disabled space without eligibility) during this period.

    Q4. If held, a breakdown of which car parks or locations recorded the highest number of these violations, including the top five locations by volume over the five-year period.

    Published: 8 July 2025

  10. Deprivation of liberty orders in Herefordshire

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please could you provide the following information about deprivation of liberty orders?

    How many deprivation of liberty orders for under 18s were applied for by the authority from 2020-2025? Please could this be broken down by year - with 2025 please provide figures from the start of the year to now?

    How many deprivation of liberty orders for under 18s were granted to the authority from 2020-2025. Please could this be broken down by year - with 2025 please provide figures from the start of the year to now?

    What was the longest deprivation of liberty order granted to the authority for an under 18 between 2020-2025?

    What was the shortest deprivation of liberty order granted to the authority for an under 18 between 2020-2025?

    What was the average length of deprivation of liberty orders granted to the authority for an under 18 between 2020-2025?

    If you require any further clarity please do not hesitate to get in touch.

    Published: 8 July 2025