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. Children's Services budget and staffing

    I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information. If this full request goes over the cost limit, please answer questions in numerical order until cost limit is reached. Please may you provide me with:

    1. The total number of referrals to Children’s Services per year each year for the last five years

    2. The total budget allocated to Children’s services (by calendar year or financial year, whichever is easier) eachyear for the last five years

    3. The total cost of employing agency (temporary / non-staff) social workers per year each year for the last fiveyears

    4. Total expenditure on housing children and young adults in non-local authority (ie. privately run) children’s homes per year each year for the last five years, and the average cost per child per annum for such placements in each year for the last five years

    Published: 29 January 2026

  2. Claims for pothole damage

    In 12 months to 31.12.25 please state

    1. How many financial claims for pothole damage have been made against this council

    2. How many of those claims have been the subject of financial payment by the council to the claimant and what was the total paid out in compensation

    3. For claims where payment has been made, state for each claim how much was paid out, the nature of the damage claimed for, where the damage occurred, and whether the claim was initially rejected or not.

    4. How many cases went to a court claim by the claimant, and of those, how many were (a) settled before being heard (b) ended in a finding against the council (c) ended in a finding against the claimant

    Published: 29 January 2026

  3. Revenue from Ledbury car parks 22nd November 2025

    Please can you tell me the amount of revenue collected from council owned car parks in Ledbury on Saturday 22 November 2025?

    Published: 28 January 2026

  4. Flood enforcement cases/outcomes between 2019 and 2025

    Between 2019 and 2025, by year:

    1) How many Flood Enforcement cases were successfully closed by Herefordshire County Council for non-compliance to statutory Riparian Responsibilities legislation (as published by the Environment Agency) against landowners and residents?

    2) What was the outcome in each case?

    3) How many cases were investigated but not successfully enforced?

    4) What were the grounds for failure?

    Published: 28 January 2026

  5. Number and cost of potholes filled in by Herefordshire Council between 2021-2025

    1) The number of potholes which have been reported to Herefordshire council 2021-2025 - year by year breakdown.

    2) The number of potholes filled in by Herefordshire council 2021-2025 - year by year breakdown.

    3) The cost of filling in potholes by Herefordshire council 2021-2025 - year by year breakdown.

    Published: 28 January 2026

  6. Current number of EHCPs and expenditures

    I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I am requesting aggregate, anonymised information only; I am not seeking copies of EHCPs or any personal data.

    If any part of this request would exceed the appropriate cost limit, please advise how it might be refined.

    Please provide the following for each of the last three full financial years (or longest period available):

    1. Number of EHCPs with activity-based provision

    a) The number of EHCPs maintained by the authority where special educational provision includes any specified activity-based provision, such as provision that is defined in terms of a specific non-standard educational or training activity rather than only generic educational support.

    This could include: animal-assisted activities, outdoor/adventure activities, sport-based programmes, arts-based provision, or other named activity-based provision.

    If your IT systems use coded categories for types of provision, please base the response on those categories and include the code list.


    2. Expenditure on activity-based provision

    a) The total gross expenditure incurred by the authority in funding the activity-based provision described above.

    If this information is held in financial systems rather than linked directly to plans, please provide totals from those financial categories which best correspond to the above provision.


    3. Equine-specific provision

    For equine-related provision (for example, “equine therapy”, “equine-assisted learning”, "riding therapy", or similar horse-riding terms), please provide:

    a) The number of EHCPs where such equine-related activity is specified, by year.
    b) The total gross expenditure on this equine-related provision in each year.

    Published: 28 January 2026

  7. Complaints mechanism when subject leaves employment

    Question: If a complaint is raised in regards to social services its managers, senior staff, agency and/or contracted staff and the subject/subjects of the complaint leave the councils employment (lets call these aborted complaints):

    a) Is the complaint pursued to completion, so allowing the complainant to go to the LGO Local govt ombudsman, Parliamentary ombudsman or ended?

    b) If a complaint is ended does a record of these aborted complaints get published? if so where?

    c) Is OFSTED told about aborted complaints when they inspect the council?

    d) Do councillors get told about the detail of aborted complaints? if so how?

    e) If its correct that complaints are aborted due to staff leaving the council how many complaints got aborted calendar year 2024, so Jan 1st 2024 to Dec 31st 2024?

    Published: 28 January 2026

  8. Winter road gritting activity, distance and spend

    Please provide the following information for each of the last three winter seasons:

    Winter 2023/24

    Winter 2024/25

    Winter 2025/26 (to date)

    1) Gritting activity

    a) The total number of days on which gritting or salting was carried out.

     


    b) The total number of gritting or salting runs undertaken.


    c) The total distance of road treated through gritting or salting activity, measured in miles or kilometres.


    2) Time and resource use (where recorded)

    a) The total number of staff hours spent on gritting or salting activity.
    b) The total number of vehicle hours spent on gritting or salting activity.


    3) Costs and budgets

    a) The total amount spent on gritting and salting operations in each winter period.

     


    b) The allocated budget for winter road gritting and salting for each winter period.



    4) Priority routes

    Please confirm whether your authority operates designated priority or “snow routes” for winter maintenance.



    5) Network coverage

    a) The total length of the highway network maintained by your authority (in miles or kilometres).

     


    b) The approximate length or percentage of this network that is included within precautionary or priority gritting routes.

    If any element of this request is likely to exceed the Section 12 cost limit, please advise which parts can be provided within the limit so I may refine the request.

    Published: 27 January 2026

  9. Procurement Process for High Needs SEND Placements

    Please provide the following information regarding the commissioning of placements for children with Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) in Independent and Non-Maintained Special Schools (INMSS):

    1. Procurement Mechanism: Does the Council commission these placements via a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS), a Framework Agreement, or purely via Spot Purchasing?

    2. Access: If a DPS or Framework is in place, please provide the name of the portal used (e.g., ProContract, Adam, SProc.net), the website link for that portal, and the reference number for the contract.

    3. Spot Purchasing: If the Council utilizes "Spot Purchasing" for individual placements, please provide a copy of the "Pre-Placement Quality Assurance" criteria or "Vendor Onboarding" documents required for a new school to be set up as a supplier, and contact details of those responsible.

    4. Sufficiency Strategy: Please provide a link to the Council’s most recent "Market Position Statement" or "SEND Sufficiency Strategy" outlining future commissioning intentions.

    Published: 27 January 2026

  10. School Crossing Patrols

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, or Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 for Scottish Authorities, I am requesting information regarding School Crossing Patrols (SCPs) and associated signage within your authority’s jurisdiction. Specifically, I request the following information: -

    Location Data: A list of all current, active School Crossing Patrol sites. Where possible, please provide the specific road name and coordinates (Latitude/Longitude or Easting/Northing). -

    Operational Times: The times during the day when the School Crossing Patroller is on site, even for sites where there is currently no active officer.

    Asset Information: If available, a list or dataset of the physical locations of "School Crossing" warning signs (prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions, e.g., Sign 545). - Supervision Status: Whether each site is currently "active" (staffed by a patrol officer) or "vacant" (identified as a crossing point but currently unstaffed).

    Format of Response: To facilitate the use of this data, I request that the above information be provided in a machine-readable format, such as CSV, Excel (.xlsx), or GeoJSON. Please avoid providing the data in PDF format if a spreadsheet or database export is available.

    Published: 27 January 2026