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. Homelessness following relationship breakdown

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following for each of the last 5 years (2020 - 2025).

    1. The number of homelessness applications where ‘relationship breakdown’ was recorded as a primary cause.

    2. Of these, how many applicants were recorded as previously cohabiting (i.e. not married or in a civil partnership).

    If exact figures are not available, please provide the data in the format you hold it. If any part of this request cannot be fulfilled in the format or timeframe specified, I would be grateful if you could advise on any available alternatives or the nearest equivalent datasets.

    Please provide the data in a CSV format. CLARIFICATION: Please provide these breakdowns separately, e.g. Relationship breakdown - non-violent Relationship breakdown - violent

    Published: 13 April 2026

  2. Education act 1996, Section 19

    All questions are about education act 1996, Section 19

    Q1: How many children in the last financial year (24/25) was provided a section 19 support by the local authority? (not including any S19 support put in place by the school)

    Q2: What reason under the law was the children above given one in the following category? illness permanent exclusion otherwise (if possible how many was down to bullying in this category)

    Q3: How many days after of the above children's non attendance was S19 support put in place by the local authority?

    Q4: How many of the above S19 support was a direct result of the social ombudsman?

    Q5: Has this council ever refused to provide a Section 19 for the reason its the school's responsibility to provide S19 or if the child is enrolled at a school if so how many times has been reason been used?

    Published: 13 April 2026

  3. Tree Preservation Order Register

    I'm looking for a digital, machine-readable dataset containing: TPO reference numbers, locations (as coordinates — either WGS84 lat/lng or Ordnance Survey grid references), species where recorded, tree type classification (individual tree, group, area, or woodland), addresses, and dates orders were made or confirmed. A GIS export such asShapefile, GeoJSON, GeoPackage, KML, or CSV with coordinates would be ideal

    Published: 13 April 2026

  4. Temporary Accommodation Figures for December 2025

    If exact figures cannot be provided, please supply the nearest available data (e.g. for the latest month of data if historical data is not available) or confirm that the information is not held. Aggregate data only is requested; no personal data is sought.

    Request:

    1. How many households living in temporary accommodation in December 2025 were ineligible/disqualified to bid for permanent housing because of rent arrears?

    2. How many households identified in question 1 include at least one child under the age of 18 years old?

    3. How many households identified in question 1 include at least one child who is aged two years-old or under?

    4. How many households identified in question 1 include an applicant who the council owes a duty because of domestic abuse?

    5. How many households living in temporary accommodation in December 2025 were re-banded/deprioritised for permanent housing because of rent arrears?

    6. How many households identified in question 5 include at least one child under the age of 18 years old?

    7. How many households identified in question 5 include at least one child who is aged two years-old or under?

    8. How many households identified in question 5 include an applicant who the council owes a duty because of domestic abuse?

    Published: 13 April 2026

  5. Ross on Wye Councillor Complaints

    Under FOI, I would like to know about complaints filed by members of the public, or by council staff, or other councillors, against Ross-on-Wye Town Councillors and Ross-on-Wye Ward County Councillors, that have been filed to the Monitoring Officer. I assume there won't be too many, so I'd like these to go back over the last 10 years.

    This is in the public interest to ascertain the amount of complaints, and what has happened as a result of them. Can you provide a simple table of anonymized data.

    Columns can be: (If any councillor has had more than one complaint, simply refer to them as the same anonymised coded name, with a row for each complaint) - Councillor "X" - Town Council or County Council capacity (the complaint filed in relation to their duties as) - Political Party - Complaint Month & Year - Filed by (Public / Internal) (Internal means complaint filed by Council staff or another Councillor) - Investigation Launched (Yes / No) - Upheld or Rejected

    Published: 13 April 2026

  6. Children's Placements 2024-25

    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 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 include all costs including all care and education costs, per child placement.

    3/ Please provide the highest weekly amount paid in the financial year up to the date this request is supplied - 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 include all costs including all care and education costs, per child placement. If known, please provide any mitigating reasons for any high costs (e.g. 4-to-1 care) if you believe it to be relevant. Please provide the response in the response template, if possible.

    If you are responding to this request on behalf of multiple local authorities, please provide data for all of them with a breakdown per local authority.

    Published: 10 April 2026

  7. Broadlands Lane Non-Enforcement and Failure to Protect Residents

    I would therefore like a substantive response to the following: 1. What immediate enforcement action will now be taken on Broadlands Lane?

    3. What monitoring has been undertaken of Broadlands Lane specifically since September 2025?

    4. What use is being made of any camera or traffic data gathered in connection with the surrounding school traffic measures?

    6. What specific steps will now be taken to stop Broadlands Lane functioning as an overflow car park for the surrounding education cluster? To be clear, I am not seeking another generic acknowledgement or restatement of policy. I am seeking a practical service response to a longstanding and worsening failure of enforcement.

    Published: 10 April 2026

  8. FOI Council Spend on Climate-related posts

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following recorded information.

    From the current financial year's budgeted figures and the prior three years outturn (i.e. years ended 31st March 2023, 31st March 2024 and 31st March 2025:

    1. Climate-related posts

    The number of posts (headcount, and FTE where recorded) employed by the council with job titles that include any of the following terms: Climate; Net Zero; Sustainability; Carbon; Emissions; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Climate Action; Climate Policy; Climate Programme; Climate Project; Climate Data; Climate Reporting; Climate Adaptation; Climate Resilience; Energy and Climate; Sustainable Procurement; Green Finance; Green; Climate crisis; Climate emergency.

    2. Cost of those posts

    The total employment cost for the posts identified in Question 1, including salary and employer on-costs (e.g. pension and National Insurance), as recorded by the council.

    UPDATE: I am seeking the actual costs of the occupied posts, preferably for financial year 2024/25.

    3. External consultants

    The total amount paid during the same financial year to external consultants, companies, or contractors where the expenditure is recorded under any cost centre, project code, budget line, or purchase description that includes one or more of the following terms: Climate; Net Zero; Sustainability; Carbon; Emissions; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Climate Action; Climate Policy; Climate Programme; Climate Project; Climate Data; Climate Reporting; Climate Adaptation; Climate Resilience; Energy and Climate; Sustainable Procurement; Green Finance; Green; Climate crisis; Climate emergency.

    This should include, but not be limited to, expenditure coded to professional services, consultancy, advisory services, or specialist support. If the council does not record expenditure in this way, please provide the closest equivalent recorded information held (for example, totals by relevant cost centre or project).

    Please provide the information requested above in the following table format, where held: Financial Year Job Title Staff Costs including on-costs (£) Headcount Consultant Spend

    Published: 10 April 2026

  9. LADO referrals - nursery settings

    I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide the following information for the last five financial years (2020-2025), broken down by year:

    1. The number of LADO referrals, concerns and allegations relating to nursery settings

    2. Of these, how many allegations were recorded as substantiated

    3. How many of the referrals/allegations resulted in any action recorded by the LADO (e.g., internal disciplinary action, referral to Ofsted or DBS, or police involvement).

    I am requesting numerical totals only, and I am not seeking any personal data. If you are encountering practical difficulties in complying with this request, please contact me as soon as possible (in line with your section 16 duty to advise and assist requesters) so we can discuss the matter and if necessary, I can modify the request.

    Published: 9 April 2026

  10. Traffic destination data: Belmont Road (A465) northbound to Rotherwas vs. A49/City Centre

    I am requesting information regarding traffic flow patterns on Belmont Road (A465) in Hereford.

    Specifically, please provide any recorded data, origin-destination (O-D) survey results, or transport modeling estimates from the last 5 years that show:

    The percentage or volume of northbound traffic on Belmont Road that turns toward the Rotherwas Industrial Estate/Enterprise Zone;

    The percentage or volume of northbound traffic on Belmont Road that continues onto the A49 or toward the City Centre.

    If specific percentages are unavailable, please provide the most recent traffic count data for the A465/A49 (Asda) roundabout that indicates turning movements for vehicles arriving from the south."

    Published: 9 April 2026