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. Asset Disposal/Acquired/transfer

    I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide a spreadsheet (Excel or CSV format) containing details of all property and land assets disposed of by the council since 1 January 2010.

    For each disposal, please include:

    • Address and postcode

    • Date of disposal

    • Sale price (if recorded)

    • Whether the disposal was made through the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) or was a general fund/regular disposal (please separate these categories clearly)

    Please also provide a list of all land and property assets acquired by the council since 1 January 2010, including:

    • Address and postcode

    • Date of acquisition

    • Purchase price (if recorded)

    • Whether the acquisition was made through the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) or was a general fund/regular disposal (please separate these categories clearly) In addition, please provide a list of all Community Asset Transfers (CATs) completed since 1 January 2010, including:

    • Asset name/address

    • Date of transfer

    • Whether the transfer was at market value, discounted, or for £0 (if recorded)

    If any of the information requested is not held or not centrally recorded, please state this clearly.

    Similarly, If the data is already publicly available – links to the section of the council website would be gratefully received. For guidance on the information requested – some local authorities do publish the data publicly, Leicester City Council here being an exemplar.

    I am essentially asking for data to be returned in the same format, if held.

    Published: 19 March 2026

  2. Herefordshire Council Servicing Debt spend

    Please provide figures for the last five financial years.

    · In pounds, how much money does the council spend on servicing debt each financial year?

    · As a percentage of council tax revenue, how much money does the council spend on servicing debt each financial year?

    Update: Please can I have Basic salary please

    · In pounds, how much money does the council spend on staff salaries each financial year?

    · As a percentage of council tax revenue, how much money does the council spend on staff salaries each financial year?

    · How much does the highest-paid employee earn per annum?

    · How many council employees earn more than £100,000 per annum?

    Published: 19 March 2026

  3. Supported Living packages

    Please treat this as a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I am requesting the following for the 24-month period to the most recent month for which you hold validated data:

    1) The total number of Supported Living packages commissioned by your organisation for adults (18+) during the period.

    a) If held, please split by primary need: Learning Disabilities; Autism; Mental Health; Combined/Other.

    b) If held, please split by commissioning route: Framework/DPS vs Spot purchase.

    c) If held, please split by new packages vs continuing packages.

    2) The annual gross spend on Supported Living packages for adults (18+) in the same period.

    a) If held, please split by primary need (as above).

    b) If held, please split by Framework/DPS vs Spot. 3) Supported Living packages commissioned for Care Leavers and young people transitioning from Children’s to Adult services Please provide the following for the same 24‑month period to the most recent month for which validated data is held:

    a) The total number of Supported Living packages commissioned for:

    • Care Leavers (including those aged 16–17 where these packages fall under adult commissioning), and

    • Young people transitioning from Children’s to Adult services (typically ages 16–25).

    b) If held, please split these packages by primary need: Learning Disabilities; Autism; Mental Health; Combined/Other.

    c) If held, please split by commissioning route: Framework/DPS vs Spot purchase.

    d) If held, please confirm the age range you apply when defining “Care Leavers” and “Transition to Adulthood” for commissioning purposes.

    4) If you do not commission Supported Living under an explicit framework/DPS, please confirm that spot purchase (or equivalent one‑off contract) is used for Supported Living and from what date.

    5) Your definition of “Supported Living” for the purposes of returns/finance/commissioning (a link to a published definition is acceptable).

    Format request: Please provide the data in CSV or XLSX. If any element exceeds the appropriate cost/time limit, please provide the remainder and advise how I can refine the request. If any information is exempt or not held, please state which sections apply and why.

    Published: 19 March 2026

  4. Non-Domestic Completion Notices

    Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 please could I request a list of Non-Domestic Completion Notices served by the authority from 01/01/2026 to the present date. I would be grateful if the list could include;

    • The property reference number (otherwise known as billing authority reference number).

    • The address of the property to which the notice relates.

    • The date the notice was served .

    • The completion date recorded.

    • The business or person to whom the notice was served.

    • Address to where the Notice was sent.

    • Whether the notice was issued by the billing authority or a third party.

    Published: 18 March 2026

  5. Unrepaired potholes carried over from 2024, 2025 and2026

    I'm after some of the following facts if you can help or direct me to who has this information?

    1.2023 -how many unrepaired pot holes were carried over ie not repaired to 2024 as still needing repair and the same information 2024 over to 2025 and 2025 carried over to 2026.

    2.How many pot holes were reported as defects by the public for each year 2024 and 2025 and

    3.How many potholes were identified by yourselves requiring repair for years 2024 and 2025.

    4. For each year 2024 and 2025 How many potholes were repaired 2024/5

    5.How many motorists made car damage by from roads/pothole claims 2024 AND 2025

    6.Value ££ cost paid out to claims 2024 AND 2025 for pot holes including road damage to cars

    7.Value ££ of claims you refused to pay out for pothole claims 2024 AND 2025 This information request to cover roads only and not pavements . Please provide information requests by year and not combined. I know this may take a little time but I'm sure this is the basic information for internal records you would be keeping as metrics

    Published: 17 March 2026

  6. LGVTs to housing associations

    Documents, agreements or arrangements concerning trade union recognition, or the setting of employee terms and conditions, that were applicable for employees involved in Large Scale Voluntary Transfers (LGVT) to the following Housing Associations either before the transfer when they remained Council employees, and/or were TUPED across with them to the Housing Associations.

    Requesting any agreements or documents concerning trade unions between the following housing associations and the Council:-

    • Shropshire Housing Group

    • South Shropshire Housing Association

    • Hereford Housing Limited

    • Meres and Mosses Housing Association

    Published: 17 March 2026

  7. EHCNA requests and plans issued

    This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. For research purposes, please provide the following information held by your local authority:

    The number of requests for an Education, Health and Care (EHC) needs assessment received by the authority, broken down by week, from 1 January 2022 to the present date.

    The number of final Education, Health and Care Plans issued, broken down by week, over the same period.

    For clarity: “Requests” refers to all initial requests for an EHC needs assessment, regardless of outcome. “Plans issued” refers to final EHCPs issued, excluding draft plans. Weekly data may be provided using ISO week numbers or weeks commencing on a consistent day (e.g. Monday), provided this is stated.

    If the information is not held in weekly form but is held with date-level granularity, please provide the data aggregated by week.

    If weekly data cannot be provided without exceeding the cost limit, please instead provide the most granular time period readily available (e.g. monthly), and briefly explain why weekly data cannot be supplied.

    Please provide the information in an electronic, machine-readable format such as CSV or Excel. If any part of this request is refused, please specify the exemption(s) relied upon and explain why they apply.

    If clarification would help to process this request, or if the request risks exceeding the appropriate cost limit, please contact me so that I may refine it.

    Published: 17 March 2026

  8. Casework by councillors

    Please advise the number of pieces of "casework" raised by each councillor with your local authority from 1/3/25 to 1/3/26 - as a list with the number of queries each councillor has logged. Please include all queries officially logged by each named councillor - whether on behalf of a resident they represent or where the councillor has raised the query on his own account. (Often these are known as "member enquiries").

    Published: 16 March 2026

  9. Licensing Act 2003 Premises Licence Data

    1. ALL CURRENTLY ACTIVE PREMISES LICENCES, including: - Licence reference number - Premises name - Full premises address and postcode - Licence holder name - Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS) name, where held - Licensable activities authorised (e.g. sale of alcohol, regulated entertainment, late-night refreshment) - Permitted operating hours - Date licence was granted

    2. ALL PREMISES LICENCE APPLICATIONS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS (received by the authority but not yet determined), including: - Application reference number - Premises name and full address - Date of application - Application type (new licence / variation / transfer / review) - Licensable activities applied for - Operating hours applied for (where available) - Current status

    3. ALL PREMISES LICENCE APPLICATIONS DETERMINED in the last 5 years, including: - Premises name and full address - Application type - Date of application - Date determined - Outcome (granted / refused / withdrawn) - Licensable activities where granted - Permitted operating hours where granted

    PREFERRED FORMAT CSV or Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) would be ideal, but I am genuinely happy with any machine-readable format your team finds convenient to produce — I can work with most things.

    A NOTE ON ONLINE PORTALS I am aware that some authorities publish licensing information via searchable online portals, and I think that is great. However, I am specifically requesting a bulk structured export of the complete dataset, which is something a search portal does not provide — it gives access to individual records rather than the register as a whole. The information I am asking for is not therefore reasonably accessible by other means, and I do not believe Section 21 of the Act applies to this request. Should you have such an online portal a supplementary link would be appreciated.

    REGARDING SCOPE AND COST I would ideally like the full 5 years of application history for item 3, as this gives the most complete picture. If that scope would exceed the appropriate cost limit under Section 12, please let me know before issuing a refusal — I would be very happy to reduce the timeframe, narrow the scope, or split the request into parts to bring it within the limit. I would also welcome any advice under Section 16 on the best way to do so. Please acknowledge receipt of this request and confirm your expected response date. Under Section 10 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, you are required to respond within 20 working days of receipt.

    Published: 16 March 2026

  10. Computer-Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) and Integrated Workplace Management Systems (IWMS)

    I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I am currently conducting university research into the use of technology within public sector organisations, with a particular focus on Computer-Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) and Integrated Workplace Management Systems (IWMS). Please could you provide the following information:

    Q1. What software solutions does the Council currently use for CAFM (Computer-Aided Facilities Management) or IWMS (Integrated Workplace Management Systems)? If multiple solutions are in use, please list all systems, including any niche, specialist, or secondary solutions.

    Q2. What are the contractual terms for each solution? Please provide the contract start and end dates. If the contract is annual or rolling, please indicate this and include any renewal terms.

    Q3. What are the Council’s current plans at the end of each contract? For example, does the Council intend to renew, extend, replace, or re-evaluate the software solution?

    Q4. What are the total contract values for each solution? Please provide annual, monthly, or total lifetime costs, as applicable.

    Q5. Who is responsible for managing the CAFM/IWMS system(s)? Please provide their name, job title, and department. If any part of this request exceeds the cost limit under the Act, I would appreciate advice and assistance in refining the scope of the request.

    Published: 16 March 2026