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. Dog food product recalls between 1st January 2020 and 31 December 2025

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide details of any records held by your authority between 1st January 2020 and 31 December 2025 (past 5 years) relating to dog food product recalls, withdrawals, or safety incidents.

    This includes (where held):

    a) Total number of complaints received each year

    b) Whether an inspection or sampling activity was undertaken

    c) Whether correspondence with the FSA was undertaken

    d) Any enforcement or advisory actions taken

    For each dog food product incident recorded by your authority during this period, please provide the following information where available.

    Per product incident:

    i) The year the incident occurred

    ii) The name of the manufacturer

    iii) The brand name of the product

    iv) The product name

    v) How the incident was classified by your authority (e.g. recall, withdrawal, advisory, investigation)

    vi) The hazard identified (for example, but not limited to: Salmonella, Listeria, Campylobacter, E. coli, or other bacteria; detection of foreign objects; nutritional deficiencies or imbalances; presence of undeclared allergens; and packaging issues.

    vii) The action taken by your authority (e.g. complaint logged, inspection conducted, enforcement action)

    If any of the above information is not held, please leave the relevant fields blank.

    If compiling the full data exceeds the statutory time limit, please provide the available data within the time limit.

    Please provide data in Excel or CSV format if possible.

    Published: 13 February 2026

  2. LOBO Loan Authorisation and Governance

    Request for Information Regarding LOBO Loan Authorisation and Governance

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am writing to request the following information regarding the LOBO (Lender Option Borrower Option) loans currently held by Herefordshire Council, specifically:

    1. Decision-making and Authorisation

    a) Who within Herefordshire Council proposed and authorised the entry into the two LOBO loan agreements totalling £12 million?

    b) What were the stated purposes or projects for which these LOBO loans were originally raised?

    2. Governance and Democratic Oversight

    a) Was the decision to enter into these LOBO loans subject to a vote by Full Council?

    b) If so, please provide the minutes of the meeting, including:

    i) The date of the meeting;

    ii) The motion text;

    iii) The voting record;

    iv) Any amendments or objections raised.

    v) If the decision was taken under executive powers or delegated authority, please specify:

    vi) The relevant constitutional or legal basis for that delegation;

    vii) The identity and role of the officer or executive making the final decision.

    3. Public Notification and Consultation

    a) Was any form of public notice, consultation, or communication issued to inform local taxpayers of the Council’s intention to enter into these long-term financial agreements?

    b) If yes, please provide:

    i) The dates of such notices or communications;

    ii) Copies of the public announcements or records.

    4. Loan Terms and Duration

    a) Please confirm:

    i) The exact date of inception for each LOBO loan;

    ii) The original term and maturity date;

    iii) Whether any options to raise the interest rate have been exercised by the lenders;

    iv) Whether Herefordshire Council has ever attempted or negotiated early exit terms.

    Published: 13 February 2026

  3. Hair strand testing as part of family court proceedings for the past 3 financial years

    I'd like to make a Freedom of Information request as below:

    1. How many hair strand tests have been ordered each year as part of family court and family drug and alcohol court proceedings for the past three years (in which the year runs from 1st April to 31st March).

    2. In how many cases for the past three years (in which the year runs from 1st April to 31st March) when hair strand tests were used in family court and family drug and alcohol court proceedings was a final care order put in place?

    3. How much money has the local authority spent on hair strand testing in family court proceedings each year for the last three years (in which the year runs from 1st April to 31st March)?

    If it is possible please answer question 4 below but only if it's possible to do so within the time/cost constraints of the FOI act

    4. How much did the local authority spend on hair strand testing with each testing company in family court cases each year for the last three years (in which the year runs from 1st April to 31st March) Please name each company. For example: Testing company A = £500

    Published: 13 February 2026

  4. CPNs and PSPOs

    I would like to make the following request for information about your authority's use of CPN and PSPO powers.


    CPNs

    1. Please state the number of Community Protection Notices (CPNs) issued by your authority in the periods: a. November 2023-October 2024; b. November 2024-October 2025.

    Please also state the number of Community Protection Warnings (CPWs) issued within these periods.



    2. If possible, please state the subject of these CPNs/CPWs - for example, by providing the texts, or stating the subject matter of the orders (e.g. Litter, waste, ASB).


    3. Please state the number of fixed penalty notices (FPNs) issued for the offence of breach of CPN between November 2024-October 2025. Please state the offences for which these FPNs were issued.



    PSPOs

    4. Please state the number of Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) currently live within your authority.


    5. Please provide a link to the PSPO texts online. If no link is available, please attach the PSPO texts.



    6. Please state the number of fixed penalty notices (FPNs) issued for the offence of violating a PSPO in the following calendar years: - a. 2024 - b. 2025

     

    7. Where possible, please state the offences for which these PSPO FPNs were issued (eg begging, alcohol, dog control, dispersal).


    8. Please state whether these PSPO FPNs were issued by a private company (Y/N). If so, please state the name of the company.

    Published: 13 February 2026

  5. Social Care Pricing Tool Contract

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am writing to request the following information regarding the recently awarded contract: Social Care Pricing Tool. Please provide:

    1. The names of all organisations who submitted a tender for this contract

    2. The evaluation criteria and weightings used for assessment

    3. The scores achieved by each bidder (bidder names may be anonymised if preferred, but individual scores should be included)

    4. The total number of bids received

    Published: 13 February 2026

  6. SEND transport contracts

    I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information relating to SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) transport contracts within Herefordshire Council, specifically those associated with the H2S market. Please provide the following information:

    1. The share of the H2S SEND transport market held by each company currently contracted by Herefordshire Council.

    2. The total budget allocated across all SEND transport contracts.

    3. The total value of contracts currently live, including start and end dates.

    4. The names of the companies awarded these contracts. I would prefer the information to be provided in electronic format (via email). If any part of this request is unclear or too broad, I would be grateful if you could contact me to advise how I might refine it. If any of the requested information is exempt from disclosure, please provide the relevant exemption and explain why it applies. Thank you for your assistance. I look forward to your response within the statutory 20 working days.

    Published: 12 February 2026

  7. Turnover of social worker workforce 2025 children's services

    I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information regarding Children's Services social worker workforce. Specifically, I would like to request the following information for the period 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025:

    1. The number of children's services social workers who left the council in 2025.

    2. The number of children's services social workers who joined the council in 2025.

    3. The total number of children's services social workers who worked for the council in 2025. Please note I would like this information broken down by agency workers as well as direct/permanent employees.

    For clarification, by 'social worker' I mean any role that has the responsibility of a social worker, these types of roles are: Advanced Practitioner, Children's Social Work Manager, Fostering Assessment Manager, Fostering Social Worker, Managing Practitioner, Newly Qualified Social Worker, Permanence Team Manager, Senior Practitioner, Social Worker, Team Manager. This is not an exhaustive list, if any other roles apply then please include them in the data you give me. If this request triggers the cost exemption, please prioritise answering the first two questions.

    Please provide the data in an excel or PDF format. I hope this is clear, thank you for your time and I look forward to your response in 20 working days.

    Published: 12 February 2026

  8. Lamp post banner sites + usage + spend (FY 2024/25)

    Please provide the following recorded information for FY 2024/25 (1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025).

    For the purposes of this request, “street banners” includes lamp post/pole banners and banner sleeves/flags.

    The number of council-managed lamp post banner sites currently available for use/booking (count).

    The number of street banner installations/schemes installed during FY 2024/25 (count), where recorded.

    Total spend (£) on street banners during FY 2024/25. If applicable, total income (£) received from third parties for banner site usage in FY 2024/25.

    Please provide the response in CSV or Excel where possible. If this request exceeds the FOI cost limit, please provide items 1 and 3 only.

    Published: 12 February 2026

  9. Use of staff identifiers and aliases

    1. Any policies or guidance governing the use of staff aliases, alternative names, or system identifiers in Environmental Health or regulatory correspondence.

    2. Records explaining the purpose and governance controls for such identifiers.

    3. Any internal reviews or audits concerning the use of aliases in official correspondence (if held). CLARIFICATION: To clarify, the request relates to policies, guidance, audits or reviews in force or relied upon during the period 2024–2025. If any such policy or guidance was introduced earlier but remained operative during that period, please include the version applicable in 2024–2025.

    Published: 12 February 2026

  10. Procurement of Ambient, Chilled and Frozen Food Products by the Council

    Reference: Freedom of Information Act Request-Procurement of Ambient, Chilled and Frozen Food Products by the Council

    I am conducting research into the various procurement approaches that Councils within England use to procure Food products (Ambient, Chilled & Frozen) for supply and distribution to local authority premises, schools, libraries etc. that are served by their Council.

    Under this Freedom of Information Act Request, I would be most grateful if you would confirm the following:

    Part 1

    1. Which of the following procurement routes the Council chose to procure its current Food supply requirements:

    a) Direct Award Contract-i.e. the Council ran its own procurement , involving the development of Council-specific Food supply and delivery specifications, management of the tender process and award of a Contract to the successful bidder(s).

    b) Mini-Competition under a Framework Agreement-i.e. the Council selected a relevant Framework Agreement and ran a Mini-Competition (involving the development of Council-specific food supply and delivery requirements), managed the mini-competition process and awarded business to a supplier(s) under the Framework Agreement.

    c) Direct Award under a Framework Agreement-i.e. the Council selected a relevant Framework Agreement and directly awarded business to a supplier(s) under the Framework Agreement, without running a further competition process.

    d) Part of another local Authority's tender process - i.e. the Council's requirements were included within a multi-Council run procurement.

    2. Details of the current Contract:

    a) Scope: Ambient Food, Chilled and/or Frozen Food

    b) Contract Period: How long (months) and scope for extension (months)

    c) Contract Value: Over the length of the Contract

    d) Contract Expiry Date: Date

    e) Current Supplier(s) Details: Organisation Name(s)

    3. Where the current contract expires in 2026, which procurement route(s) the Council is considering or intends to use.

    4. Which department within the Council is responsible for the performance management of the current contract.

    5. Which department within the Council is/will be responsible for the re-procurement of the food supply service.

    Part 2

    1. Schedule of the products delivered to your organisation, including monthly/annual volumes where applicable

    2. Details of any specific product manufacturers/suppliers/wholesalers required to be used as part of service delivery

    3. Frequency of deliveries, endpoint locations and details of any specific packaging/transportation requirements (cages etc.).

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    To assist with the data return process, I have attached a spreadsheet with the relevant questions and options pre-populated: I would be most grateful if you would complete the spreadsheet and return it to me.

    Part 1 Questions 1-2 are "standard" pieces of information published in a Contract Award Notice, as required by the Cabinet Office.

    Part 2 information can be supplied without pricing information, if this would conflict with the Council's policy on Commercially Sensitive Information under its FoIA implementation. Part 2 information will have been provided by the Council in the form of a service specification and tender pricing schedules to bidders - if the cost of extracting this information is likely to exceed the Council's budget for processing this FoI request, I would be happy to receive electronic copies of the relevant tender documents and will undertake the data extraction myself.

    If your Council ran separate procurements for Ambient, Chilled and/or Frozen Food, I would be most grateful if you would complete answers to the above questions for each procurement - the spreadsheet has separate tabs for the different generic food service categories.

    Published: 11 February 2026