Freedom of information (FOI) releases from Oxford City Council

This is a disclosure log of Oxford City 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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346 disclosures

  1. Staff members based outside of the UK

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would be grateful if you could provide the following information: 1. Whether the council currently employs, or has employed in the past 10 years, any staff members who are based outside of the UK as their normal place of work. 2. If so, how many staff this applies to, and in which countries they are based. 3. Whether the council has registered such staff members with the appropriate social security authorities in their country of residence. I would prefer to receive the response by email.

    Published: 19 December 2025

  2. Freedom of Information Request

    I am writing to you to submit a Freedom of Information (FOI) request regarding your IT service management (ITSM) software. Please confirm receipt of this request. You may provide the information in whichever way best suits your internal process, or can use the online form if preferred. 1. Total number of employees 2. Total number of IT service desk agents 3. Existing service desk / ITSM software used 4. Deployment model (Cloud-based or on-premise) 5. Number of software licenses 6. Contract renewal date 7. Annual cost of contract 8. Total cost of contract 9. Contract review date 10. Main decision maker/contact for service desk software

    Published: 19 December 2025

  3. Temporary Accommodation

      I am submitting a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to gather information regarding the number of individuals and families classified as homeless and placed in “temporary accommodation” throughout the year. 1.  Monthly Homelessness Data in Temporary Accommodation  2. Monthly Counts of Individuals and Households in Temporary Accommodation:   For each month in the past five years (November 2021- November 2025), please provide the total number of individuals and households recorded as homeless and residing in “temporary accommodation.”   Include a breakdown of the types of accommodation provided (e.g., hotels, B&Bs, hostels, caravans, shelters).   Please categorise those in temporary accommodation as follows:   -Single parents with children, identifying mothers and fathers separately if possible.   -Individuals without children.   -Family units, classified by family size (e.g., mother, father, and one child; mother, father, and two children, etc.).  

    Published: 18 December 2025

  4. Recycling collected, rejected and processed data

    As a freedom of information request, please provide, for each financial year from 2018-19 to the most recent available at the point of production, the following: 1) a - tonnes of household recycling collected b - tonnes of collected household recycling rejected c) - tonnes of collected household recycling rejected, split by how it was then processed (such as energy-from-waste / incineration, landfill) 2) a - tonnes of non-household recycling collected b - tonnes of non-household recycling rejected c) - tonnes of non-household material rejected, split by how it was then processed (such as energy-from-waste / incineration, landfill) 3) a - tonnes of household recycling taken to recycling centres by the public b - tonnes of household recycling taken to recycling centres by the public that is rejected c - tonnes of household material taken to recycling centres by the public that is rejected, split by how it was then processed (such as energy-from-waste / incineration, landfill) 4) a - tonnage or percentage of material recycled within the UK b - tonnage or percentage of material exported overseas split by how it will be processed (such as recycled or incinerated) c - if available, please provide the tonnage or percentage of material exported overseas split by how it will be processed and destination country. If tonnes are not available, please provide percentages or other available measure. If the whole period requested is not available, please instead provide data from the earliest point available till the most recent at the point of production. If possible, please provide this data as a csv file.

    Published: 16 December 2025

  5. Dog-breeding licensing and enforcement (2022–2024)

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following information regarding your council’s regulation of dog-breeding establishments under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 or the equivalent legislation in Wales (the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Wales) Regulations 2021). Please supply figures for each of the past three calendar years (2022, 2023 and 2024). If your records are held by financial year rather than calendar year, please provide data for 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24 instead. If any part of this request would exceed the Section 12 cost limit (£450 for local authorities, calculated at £25 per hour), please process as much of it as possible within that limit, and advise which parts could be refined to remain compliant. Please provide the following: (1) Number of dog-breeding licences currently issued by your authority. (2) Number of new licence applications received and number refused each year. (3) Total income received from dog-breeding licence fees each year. (4) Total expenditure on administering and enforcing these licences each year (including officer time, inspections and related costs). (5) Number of full-time-equivalent (FTE) officers responsible for animal-licensing inspection and enforcement in each year. (6) Number of inspections carried out at licensed breeding premises each year. (7) Number of inspections carried out at unlicensed or suspected breeding premises each year. (8) Number of dog-breeding licences revoked, suspended, or not renewed each year. (9) If held, the number of formal investigations or enforcement actions relating to breaches of dog-breeding licence conditions or unlicensed breeding, broken down (where recorded) by:  a. Investigations initiated  b. Formal warnings / improvement notices issued  c. Fixed-penalty notices issued  d. Cautions administered  e. Prosecutions commenced  f. Prosecutions resulting in conviction (10) Does the council maintain a public register of licensed dog breeders?  10a. If yes, please provide the URL or explain how the public may access it.  10b. If no, please confirm whether an internal register exists. Please provide the data in spreadsheet format (Excel or CSV), where possible. Where exact figures are not held, please provide your best available estimate or state “information not held.” If data are stored across systems, you may provide annual totals rather than extract individual records. This request forms part of a UK-wide transparency project analysing how local authorities enforce dog-breeding regulations. Results will be published to highlight good practice and support councils in securing resources for animal-welfare enforcement. Thank you for your assistance.

    Published: 16 December 2025

  6. The Provision of Workwear and PPE

    I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect to the contract below. The details we require are: What are the contractual performance KPI's for this contract? 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? Could you please provide a copy of the service/product specification given to all bidders for when this contract was last advertised? Is there an extension clause in the framework(s)/contract(s) and, if so, the duration of the extension? Has a decision been made yet on whether the framework(s)/contract(s) are being either extended or renewed? Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract? Thank you for your help.

    Published: 16 December 2025

  7. Council Tax Debt Enforcement

    I would like to request the following information for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date, on the collection of council tax arrears. 1. The number of liability orders granted for council tax debt 2. The number of council tax enforcement notices sent by the council 3. The number of council tax enforcement notices sent by external organisations on behalf of the council 4. The number of people/council tax accounts visited by an Enforcement Agent employed by the council 5. The number of people/council tax accounts visited by an Enforcement Agent employed by an external organisation 6. The number of accounts successfully settled ie. accounts where debts were paid off or a payment plan was set up, after a visit by an Enforcement Agent employed by the council 7. The number of accounts successfully settled ie. accounts where debts were paid off or a payment plan was set up, after a visit by an Enforcement Agent employed by an external organisation 8. The number of accounts where goods were sold to settle the debt 9. The total monetary value of on door payment collections by Enforcement Agents employed by the council 10. The total monetary value of on door payment collections by Enforcement agents employed by an external organisation

    Published: 9 December 2025

  8. FOIA request regarding Council involvement with private sector housing

    I would like to make the following request under FOIA: All questions apply to calendar years of 2023, 2024 and 2025: 1. How many households in private rented properties have approached the council to report disrepair in their homes? 2. How many inspections have been completed in private rented properties by the council? 3. How many enforcement/improvement notices have been served by the council because of these inspections? 4. Were any demolition orders made by the council subsequently because of these investigations? 5. Does the council have any further comments to make regarding these figures?

    Published: 5 December 2025

  9. Freedom of Information request - Waste Partnership Details

    Please may you provide the details of whom you contract to collect waste. This includes, but is not limited to, household waste (recycling, general waste, etc...) and commercial waste collected from businesses) - Please provide the commercial partners you currently use, with their registered addresses. - Please provide the commercial partners you have historically used, with their registered addresses. This data should begin in 2021 and finalise at the most recent period. - Please provide the commercial partners who currently operate the recycling centres across the borough - again, with their registered addresses. - Please inform me of any changes to partners in any part of the waste process in the previous year.

    Published: 5 December 2025

  10. anti-poverty strategy

    I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from Oxford City Council: 1. Does your council have a written anti-poverty strategy (this may also be referred to as a 'poverty strategy')? This may be an all-age strategy, or one focussing on a specific group of the population, such as a child poverty strategy. If so, please provide a link to the strategy if it is available publicly, or a copy via email. 2. If your council does not have an anti-poverty strategy in place, does it plan to develop one within the next 12 months? If so, please provide a link to any public facing document detailing this commitment. 3. Has your council voluntarily adopted the socio-economic duty? Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.

    Published: 4 December 2025