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. I’m currently working to update information on a number of retail fuel station sites as part of their responsible property and asset environmental management activities.

    As part of the updates, we need to determine whether there are any of the following within the specified search radius of the site(s) listed in Table 1 (below):

    • Private Drinking Water Supplies

    o Groundwater and surface water applications

    o Search radius: Within 1 km from the site(s) listed in Table 1

    • Strategic Drinking Water Wells

    o Abstracting over 20,000 litres of groundwater per day (20 m3/d) for drinking applications

    o Search radius: Within 300 m from the site(s) listed in Table 1

    o If there are none within 300 m from the site(s), then please provide details of the closest well (within 1 km of the site(s))

    o Additional information required (if available):

    ï‚§ Owner;

    ï‚§ Extraction rate, or number of households supplied;

    ï‚§ Method for determining extraction rate;

    ï‚§ Use of the water;

    ï‚§ Photographs of identified strategic wells;

    ï‚§ Well construction details; and

    ï‚§ Depth of water table / aquifer horizon.

    • Private Domestic Water Supplies

    o Groundwater and surface water applications

    o Search radius: Within 100 m from the site(s) listed in Table 1

    o If there are none within 100 m from the site(s), then please provide details of the closest well (within 1 km of the site(s))

    • Other Groundwater Wells

    o Where groundwater is intended or used for purposes other than drinking and/or domestic applications

    o Search radius: Within 100 m from the site(s) listed in Table 1

    o If there are none within 100 m from the site(s), then please provide details of the closest well (within 1 km of the site(s))

    • Other Surface Water Supplies

    o Where surface water is intended or used for recreational purposes, or industrial / agriculture / fishing

    o Search radius: Within 100 m from the site(s) listed in Table 1

    o If there are none within 100 m from the site(s), then please provide details of the closest application (within 1 km of the site(s))

    Please could you also provide the co-ordinates of the water supply (groundwater well / surface water abstraction), and/or the distance and direction from the site(s) listed in Table 1.

    Table 1: Retail Fuel Station Sites

    Site

    Address

    Shell Northside

    A49 Hope Under Dinmore, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 0PJ


    I would be grateful if you could review the list and let us know of any information you hold.

    Published: 3 July 2026

  2. Under section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I request the following from your authority, covering the most recent 12 months for which data is held:

    1. The ten locations (street or road names) where the highest numbers of Penalty Charge Notices were issued, with the number of PCNs issued at each.

    2. The locations of all camera-based civil enforcement (bus lanes, bus gates, yellow-box junctions, school streets, moving-traffic contraventions), with the number of PCNs issued by each camera over the same period.

    3. The three contravention codes under which your authority issued the most PCNs, with counts. If any part exceeds the cost limit, please provide the remainder (s.16 advice and assistance welcome). A spreadsheet (CSV/Excel) is preferred where available.

    Published: 2 July 2026

  3. I am formally requesting full disclosure of the following:

    Section 1: Full Expenditure Breakdown

    1a) A complete, itemised breakdown of all Council Tax expenditure for the most recent complete financial year, including departmental allocations and all spending categories.


    Section 2: Specific Areas of Concern

    Detailed figures relating to:

    2a) All expenditure on council buildings, including headquarters, refurbishments, and capital projects, with total costs and justifications for the last 5 financial years. If we are unable to do this then for the last financial year.


    2b) Total spending on external recruitment consultants and agencies, with a breakdown by contract or supplier where possible for the last 5 financial years. If we are unable to do this then for the last financial year.


    2c) The number of employees earning £100,000 or more, their job titles, and the total salary cost of these roles to the public purse for the last 5 financial years. If we are unable to do this then for the last financial year.


    2d) All expenditure on events, hospitality, catering, food, drink, and provisions for councillors and officers, itemised by occasion or category for the last 5 financial years. If we are unable to do this then for the last financial year.


    Section 3: Core Public Service Expenditure

    A clear breakdown of spending on services that directly affect residents:

    3a) Road maintenance and pothole repair, including the number of reported defects versus repairs completed for the last 5 financial years. If we are unable to do this then for the last financial year.


    3b) Waste collection, including any changes to collection frequency in the past two financial years and any associated cost savings.


    3c) Maintenance, investment in, or closure of public parks and play areas for the last 5 financial years. If we are unable to do this then for the last financial year.


    3d) Recycling centre operations, including any reductions in opening hours or accessibility for the last 5 financial years. If we are unable to do this then for the last financial year.


    Section 4: Cost-Saving Measures

    4a) Full details of any cost-saving measures implemented by the council in the two financial years prior to the decision to increase Council Tax, including what savings were achieved and how they were reinvested into front-line services.


    Section 5: Justification for the Proposed Increase

    5a) Copies of, or direct access to, any internal reports, financial assessments, impact analyses, or documented justifications used to support the proposed Council Tax increase, including projected outcomes for residents and any performance metrics or service improvement targets attached to this increase for the last 5 financial years. If we are unable to do this then for the last financial year.

    Published: 2 July 2026

  4. I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (and the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, where applicable) to request information regarding the software systems the council currently uses to manage its core back-office business functions.

    For each of the following six business areas, please provide the details requested below:

    1. Finance and Accounting (e.g., General Ledger, Budgeting, Treasury)

    2. Human Resources (HR) and Payroll (e.g., Core HR, Time & Attendance, Payroll processing)

    3. Procurement and Sourcing (e.g., E-Procurement, Contract Management)

    4. Asset and Facilities Management (e.g., Enterprise Asset Management, Fleet tracking)

    5. Project and Portfolio Management (e.g., Capital project tracking, Resource allocation)

    6. Citizen and Frontline Integrations (e.g., core CRM or Billing systems that integrate with the back office)

    For EACH of the six business areas listed above, please provide the following:

    a) System Name: (The name of the software)

    b) Supplier/Vendor Name: (If the system was developed in-house, please simply state "In-house")

    c) System Architecture: Please specify which of the following best describes the setup:

    d) Part of a full, integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.

    e) A standalone Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) application.

    f) A bespoke, in-house developed solution.

    g) Hosting: Is the system hosted on-premise, managed off-premise by the supplier, or delivered via a Cloud/SaaS model?

    h) Contract Expiry Date: When does the current contract for this system expire (please include any viable extension periods)?

    i) Whether the council plans to change the system in the future

    Published: 1 July 2026

  5. I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect to the contract below. Mini-competition for the procurement of a planning and regulatory services software replacement:

    https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/db1dccf9-46a8-4aca-96f8-d20fa5c77a1f

    The details we require are:

    Suppliers who applied for inclusion on each framework/contract and were successful & not successful at the PQQ & ITT stages

    Actual spend on this contract/framework (and any sub lots),

    from the start of the contract to the current date

    Start date & duration of framework/contract?

    Who is the senior officer, and their role (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract?

    Published: 30 June 2026

  6. We understand that the following Street Cleansing contract has expired:

    • Service ~ The services are delivered under the Public Realm contract. Included in this contract are: Highways “routine maintenance, emergency and out-of-hours response, highways schemes and improvements, electrical installations, highway drainage, winter service, street cleaning, public rights of way, water management, green spaces, parks, verges and trees, street lighting “routine maintenance, traffic signals“ routine maintenance.

    • Contract reference number ~ DN83169 (CS-DSIN-9XRG4F)

    • Contractor ~ Balfour Beatty

    • Expiry date ~ 01/06/2026

    Can you advise if a new contract has been/will be awarded for this service and if so what the new contract details are (in the same format as below): -

    • Service description

    • Contract reference number

    • Contractor

    • Start data

    • End date

    • Duration and possible extension periods

    • Annual or total (please specify)contract value

    Published: 30 June 2026

  7. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I request the following information from your Business Rates (Non-Domestic Rates) records:

    A complete and up-to-date list of all non-domestic properties within your billing authority.

    For each property, please provide:

    Full property address

    Current ratepayer / liable party (company or organisation name only – I do not require personal names of individuals or sole traders)

    Account start date / occupation date

    Property description (e.g. warehouse, office, shop)

    2026 Rateable value.
    Amount Payable


    Details of any reliefs applied during 2023 and 2026 ratings list (including empty property relief, small business rate relief, charitable relief, RHL, etc.)

    I am requesting this information in a machine-readable format such as CSV or Excel.

    To be clear, I am not asking for any personal data relating to individuals. I only require company or organisation names where applicable. This approach is in line with ICO guidance and with the fact that many councils already routinely publish such datasets.

    If you consider that parts of this request are exempt under GDPR, please provide the remainder (e.g. company records) rather than withholding the dataset in its entirety.

    Please treat this request as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I look forward to your response within 20 working days, as required by law.

    Published: 30 June 2026

  8.  

    I am requesting information relating to carbon offset contributions received by the Council and the allocation of those funds to decarbonisation or environmental projects.

    Please provide the following:

    1.) The total amount of carbon offset contributions received by the Council for each fiscal year from 2022 to the present day.

    2.) A breakdown of how the total offset funds were allocated, including:
    - The amount of funds directed to each individual offset project or initiative;
    - The exact name of each carbon offsetting initiative or project;
    - The location of each initiative, including the most precise geographic information available (e.g. site address, or local authority area).

    For each project identified above, please indicate whether it is:

    a.) Council-led (wholly managed and delivered by the Council); or
    b.) Collaborative (delivered in partnership with another local authority, public body, or third-party organisation). If so, please name the partner organisations involved.

    If any information is held in part but cannot be disclosed in full, please provide the information that can be released and cite the specific exception(s) under the EIR 2004 relied upon, together with the public interest test applied.

    Published: 30 June 2026

  9. Please treat the following as a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and, where it concerns held environmental information, the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

    1. Do your roadworks and highway-maintenance contracts place an explicit obligation on contractors to remove all temporary signage, sign frames, sandbags and traffic cones on completion of the works, and if so, within what timescale?

    2. When contractors bid on these contracts, do they include and charge you for the cost of that equipment? A general description of the contractual treatment is sufficient; we do not seek commercially sensitive rates. If you are able to share an indicative or aggregate value without breaching commercial confidence, that would be welcome.

    3. Once the works are complete, do your contractors (or the utilities and works promoters operating under your permit scheme) have any contractual or commercial incentive to recover that equipment, and is non-recovery subject to any penalty, performance deduction or recharge?

    4. Are contractors’ removal of redundant equipment inspected or monitored? In 2024/25 and 2025/26 to date, how many times have you applied a penalty, performance deduction or recharge for failure to remove redundant roadworks equipment, and what total sum did that amount to? If this is not recorded, please say so.

    5. For the two financial years 2024/25 and 2025/26 to date, broken down by year: how many reports of abandoned or redundant roadworks equipment did you receive; how many items or loads (or, if recorded, what tonnage) did you remove; and how many reports were recorded as cleared? If you do not record this in a distinct category, please say so.

    6. What was your total expenditure on clearing abandoned or redundant roadworks equipment in 2024/25 and in 2025/26 to date, including labour, plant, traffic management, disposal and contractor charges? If this is not kept separate from general highway maintenance or street-cleansing budgets, please confirm that.

    7. Approximately how much does it cost you to clear a single report, item, or a typical clearance visit? If this is not recorded, an estimate, or the basis you would use, is welcome.

    [Optional, for two-tier areas: If your authority is not the highway authority for the roads in your area, we would be grateful if you could confirm this and, where possible, indicate the responsible authority; the questions above may be treated as not applicable in that case.]

    Published: 30 June 2026

  10. I am writing to submit a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for information held by Herefordshire on its area's young carers. Specifically, I request responses to the following questions:

    1. How many requests for young carers needs assessments has the council received since 1 Jan 2021? Please provide a total number as well as a breakdown by age. If a breakdown by age cannot be provided, please provide a breakdown by age group.

    2. Does the council run a young carers registry and, if so, please provide the number of individuals actively registered on it, both as a total number as well as a breakdown by age. If a breakdown by age cannot be provided, please provide a breakdown by age group.

    3. How much did the council spend, if anything, in the last fiscal year on support programs for young carers (i.e. unpaid carers 18 years of age or younger)?

    4. Does the council have any specific supports in place for carers 8 years of age or younger? If so, what are they and how much money was spent on them in the last fiscal year?

    5. Does the council have an age range for how it defines young carers?

    Published: 29 June 2026