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. Information held on Travellers in playing fields at Old School Lane.

    You may or may not be aware that Travellers once again managed to gain access to the playing area next to Old School Lane.

    They stayed there for 5 days and then left Saturday to set up at Belmont Abbey sports field. As I went past the playing field today I stopped to look at the mess they had left behind. Rubbish. Black bin bags etc.

    My question is:

    Who pays to clear up the mess they leave behind?

    What action has the council taken against those that made the mess?

    Who paid to clear up the mess last time?

    What action was taken against the travellers last time?

    Did the council file crime reports with the Police for the damage/theft of the locks that are usually there to prevent unlawful access?

    Published: 12 May 2025

  2. Child Sexual Exploitation

    Can you please confirm: a) that your council currently operates these mechanisms and has a strategy to cover CSE,

     

    b) the nature of these mechanisms used to monitor CSE and the strategy in place,

     

    c) the current number of cases of CSE being monitored by your council,

    d) the number of CSE cases monitored that are thought to be gang/group based (cases involving 2 or more perpetrators),

     

    e) a breakdown of ethnicity and - if possible - age of the assumed victims of CSE being monitored by your council

     

    f) a breakdown of ethnicity of perpetrators for cases being monitored by your council.

     

    g) the number of cases being monitored each year between 2010 and 2024 (please use the most appropriate reporting date for this data and, if this is not available, please provide this information as of the 1st March of that year). If data is not available for a particular year then please specify the reason for this.

     

    Published: 12 May 2025

  3. Children's Social Care and Independent Schools cost 2024-2025

    Please provide the following information under the FOIA.

    1) Please provide the highest annual amount paid in the 2024/25 financial year for an individual child's placement in either children’s homes, unregulated homes or residential special schools? Please state the nature of the placement e.g. children’s home. Please provide the total annual cost if the child has been placed in multiple placements. Please include all costs including all care and education costs, per child placement.

    2) Please provide the highest weekly amount paid in the 2024/25 financial year for individual child's placement in either children’s homes, unregulated homes or residential special schools? Please state the nature of the placement e.g. children’s home. Please include all costs including all care and education costs, per child placement.

    3) Please provide the highest annual amount paid in the 2024/25 financial year for an individual child’s placement in independent special schools. Please provide the total annual cost if the child has been placed in multiple schools during the financial year. If known, please provide any mitigating reasons for any high costs (e.g. 4-to-1 care) if you believe it to be relevant.

    Published: 12 May 2025

  4. "Copy of unmettaled u roads hfds.xlsx" requested

    Please could I have the most recent version of "Copy of unmettaled u roads hfds.xlsx".

    Published: 12 May 2025

  5. Children's social services - Serious case reviews in the past 20 years

    Social Services Serious Case Reviews:

    Under the The Local Safeguarding Children Boards Regulations 2006 a function of Local Safeguarding Children Boards is to undertake serious cases reviews to advise the authority and their Board partners on lessons to be learned.

    A) Has this council undertaken any serious case reviews in the past 20 years?

    B) Can you share the conclusions?

    Published: 12 May 2025

  6. CYP Scrutiny Committee - Children being placed with alleged sex offenders review outcome

    Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday 21 January meeting In response to a question about children being placed with alleged sex offenders by this council.

    'We are keen to give further assurances in this matter. The director of childrens services DCS with help from appropriate service directors will make a review of all current placements to provide additional senior management overview in each case.'

    The terms of enquiry are then stated.

    I am asking for a copy of the review outcome.

    Published: 12 May 2025

  7. Numbers and maintenance of street lighting columns

    Please find below a Freedom of Information (FOI) request for information which should be directed to your Highways Department, specifically the department that deals with public street lighting.

    I would be grateful if you could respond to the following 4 questions please:

    1) How many public lighting columns is your authority responsible for?

    2) In a typical year how many lighting columns does your authority test for structural integrity? Information on electrical testing is not required.

    3) What methodology does your authority use to test structural integrity? e.g. Ultrasonic Testing (UT), push-pull method etc. If you use more than one method please state all methods used on a regular basis and state which is the most used method.

    4) In a typical year, how many lighting columns does your authority replace? Preferably the response should be replacements due to condition or end of serviceable life rather than replacement due to accidental damage, however if condition/service life data only is not available, then total number of replacements typically per annum is sufficient.

    Published: 12 May 2025

  8. Domestic white goods processed by your waste and recycling services for the calendar years 2020-2024

    I am requesting the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:

    For each of the calendar years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, please provide:

    1. The total volume of domestic white goods (specifically washing machines, tumble dryers, fridges/freezers, and dishwashers) processed by your waste and recycling services. Please provide this data:

    • by item count or

    • by weight (tonnes/kilograms)—whichever is available.

    2. Of the total volume in each year:

    • How much was recycled?

    • How much was sent to landfill?

    Please provide the data in spreadsheet format (e.g. Excel or CSV) if possible.

    Published: 12 May 2025

  9. LADO referrals

    Please can you provide figures for how many referrals schools in your local authority have made to LADO (Local Authority Designated Officer) so far this year and in each of the previous five financial years. • If possible, please provide a breakdown of the number of referrals from each school phase • (for instance, primary schools, secondary schools, SEND schools and alternative provision) • for each of these years. LADOs should be notified when there is concern a professional or a person who works with children has: “Behaved in a way that has harmed a child, or may have harmed a child;Possibly committed a criminal offence against or related to a child; Behaved towards a child or children in a way that indicates they may pose a risk of harm to children; Behaved or may have behaved in a way that indicates they may not be suitable to work with children; Behaved in a way in their personal life that raises safeguarding concerns.” As such, for each referral that falls within the requested rate range, please provide detail of which of the above concerns was raised in relation to each case if possible. If you are ableto provide more detail about the nature of each allegation, please do so. For each case, please let me know if the allegation was serious enough to meet the threshold of harm for an ASV (allegation against staff or volunteers) meeting and/or involving the police. Please also let me know how many cases were not viewed as serious enough to meet this threshold but still required the agency to undertake an internal investigation. If you are not able to provide this level of detail on each case, can you please provide it as a total for each year, preferably separated by school type? LADOs must operate within the Department for Education’s Keeping children safe in education statutory guidance, which states the following definitions should be used when determining the outcome of allegation investigations: o Substantiated: there is sufficient evidence to prove the allegation; o Malicious: there is sufficient evidence to disprove the allegation and there has been a deliberate act to deceive; o False: there is sufficient evidence to disprove the allegation; o Unsubstantiated: there is insufficient evidence to either prove or disprove the allegation. The term, therefore, does not imply guilt or innocence; o Unfounded: to reflect cases where there is no evidence or proper basis which supports the allegation being made. For each case, please let me know which of the above outcomes was recorded. If cases are ongoing, please say so. As stated above, if you are not able to provide this level of detail on each individual case, can you please provide it as a total for each year, preferable separated by school type? For each year I’ve requested data on, can you please let me know the overall number of referrals from all sources (and if possible provide a breakdown of what the main referral sources where?)

    Published: 12 May 2025

  10. Parking Enforcement - QR Code Scams in Herefordshire

    I would be interested in any information held by you regarding my request, however if you need further clarification, please contact me via email. In order to assist you with this request, I am outlining my query as specifically as possible. I would like to know:

    - Have council parking enforcement officers recorded/noted any incidents of fake or scam QR codes in council-owned or council-operated car parks (or on-street parking overseen by the council)? (Yes or No)

    - If the council uses 3rd party operators to manage council-owned car parks - have these operators made the council aware of any incidents of fake/scam QR codes in these car parks? (Yes or No)

    - if yes to either of the above, please provide details of (i) how many and (ii) where these incidents took place.

    - If held, please also provide any documentation relating to these incidents (such as photos/internal reporting etc) If my request is denied in whole or in part, I ask that you please justify all deletions by reference to specific exemptions of the act.

    Published: 12 May 2025