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Dear Oxford City Council, I am requesting the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide the data for the period from April 1st, 2023 to March 31st, 2024: 1. Playground Closures: The number of playgrounds permanently closed. 2. New Playgrounds: The number of new playgrounds opened. 3. Reports of Vandalism: The total number of vandalism reports in playgrounds. If available, provide details of the types of vandalism reported (e.g., graffiti, damage to equipment). 4. Number of Injuries in Play Parks: The total number of injuries reported in playgrounds, broken down by type of injury. If available, a breakdown of injuries by specific equipment (e.g., swings, slides, climbing frames). 5. Inspection Frequency: The frequency with which playgrounds are inspected by the council. If any of this information is publicly available, I would appreciate it if you could direct me to the relevant resources. Please let me know if this request exceeds the cost limit for FOI requests, and I can refine the scope.
Published: 20 December 2024
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Hello, I'd like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act, please. According to two clauses added to the "Homelessness code of guidance for local authorities" by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (under its old name of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) in February 2024, "accommodation will not be suitable for a household with children under the age of 2 if there is not adequate space for a cot for each child aged under 2", and "where households with babies and young children under 2 do not have access to a cot when placed in temporary accommodation, housing authorities should consider what support is available for the provision of a cot." Link: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/homelessness-code-of-guidance-for-local-authorities/chapter-17-suitability-of-accommodation#:~:text=Cots%20in%20temporary%20accommodation&text=This%20may%20involve%20housing%20authorities,a%20result%20of%20domestic%20abuse. With this in mind, please tell me: How many temporary accommodation is the council using as of today's date to accommodate households with at least one child under the age of two? Of these units, as of today's date: How many have been assessed as having adequate space for a cot? How many have been assessed as NOT having adequate space for a cot? How many have not been assessed for whether or not there is space for a cot? How many families with children aged under two at the time of placement have been placed in temporary accommodation since February 2024? Of these, how many families did not have their own cots and what provisions was the council able to make for them? (This information can be supplied as totals - for instance, X number of households had a cot provided, Y number of households were given guidance on how to obtain a cot, etc.) I look forward to hearing from you.
Published: 20 December 2024
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Dear Sir/Madam, Please treat this enquiry as a Freedom of Information request. From 1 April 2025, your authority is able to charge council tax at up to 2 times the normal rate on second homes. Please can you tell me, for the financial year 2025/26, (a) What rate of council tax you will charge on second homes, and (b) Your forecast of additional income from any premium above the normal rate, and (c) Whether you have adopted a policy to make any of this additional income available for new community led housing in your area.
Published: 19 December 2024
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Hello, Please confirm how many council/social houses that the council currently holds. Please also confirm how many of these properties are allocated to Refugee tenants.
Published: 16 December 2024
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Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please can you provide me with the following information on veterans at risk of homelessness in your local authority: 1. 2. 3. The number of households in which a veteran is registered as living that have been at risk of homelessness 4. in your local authority, in each month since the start of the financial year 2018/19; 5. 6. 7. 8. The number of households in which a veteran is registered as living that have been at risk of homelessness 9. in your local authority due to a Section 21 notice, in each month since the start of the financial year 2018/19; 10. 11. 12. 13. The number of households in which a veteran is registered as living that are currently (as of November 14. 2024) at risk of homelessness in your local authority. 15. If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request. Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.
Published: 16 December 2024
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I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following data pertaining to households with children in temporary accommodation. This FOI is similar to one filed earlier this year, but refers to a different time period. If any part of the data cannot be provided, please provide the rest and clearly mark which is not available and explain why. Please provide all of the data for two (2) time periods: end of September 2024; and end of September 2023 1a. Number of households with children aged under 5 in temporary accommodation 1b. Number of households with children (under 5) in temporary accommodation for more than 6 weeks 1c. Number of households with children (under 5) in temporary accommodation for more than 6 months 1d. Total number of children aged under 5 in temporary accommodation (not number of households) 2a. Number of households with children aged under 5 in b&b temporary accommodation 2b. Number of households with children (under 5) in b&b temporary accommodation for more than 6 weeks 2c. Number of households with children (under 5) in b&b temporary accommodation for more than 6 months 2d. Total number of children aged under 5 in b&b temporary accommodation (not number of households) 3a. Number of households with children aged under 12 in temporary accommodation (This will include the numbers from part 1, don't worry I will make sure nothing is double-counted) 3b. Number of households with children (under 12) in temporary accommodation for more than 6 weeks 3c. Number of households with children (under 12) in temporary accommodation for more than 6 months 3d. Total number of children aged under 12 in temporary accommodation (not number of households) 4a. Number of households with children aged under 12 in b&b temporary accommodation 4b. Number of households with children (under 12) in b&b temporary accommodation for more than 6 weeks 4c. Number of households with children (under 12) in b&b temporary accommodation for more than 6 months 4d. Total number of children aged under 12 in b&b temporary accommodation (not number of households)
Published: 16 December 2024
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Good afternoon, Please can I request the following data via the FOI Act? Since 2020: * How many housing disrepair claims has the council received? * Of those, how many were successful? * How much money has the council paid out for these claims? Please separate the data into the individual years.
Published: 13 December 2024
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I am writing to request the following, under the FOI Act. 1) The number of live housing disrepair claims lodged with your council as of 01/12/2023 2) The number of housing disrepair claims made against your council for each of the financial years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23. 3)The number of housing disrepair claims settled for each of the financial years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23. 4) The average cost (£) of each disrepair claim settlement for each of the financial years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23. 5) Your council's total annual spend on external legal costs relating to disrepair claims (£) -- by external costs I am referring to barristers and solicitors engaged outside the council's own salaried legal staff for each of the financial years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23. 6) Your council's total annual spend on compensation for housing disrepair claims (£) for each of the financial years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23. Please supply the information in spreadsheet format (excel) if possible.
Published: 13 December 2024
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Dear Oxford City Council, I am making this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding spending on disrepair claims and tenant services from 1st November 2023 to 1st November 2024. Please provide the following information: 1. Total expenditure by the council on legal disrepair claims during this period. 2. The total compensation paid directly to tenants living in disrepair. 3. A monthly breakdown of tenant boiler breakdown reports and repairs for: - November 2023 - December 2023 - January 2024 - February 2024 4. The average wait time for addressing a boiler breakdown from the time of the initial report to full resolution during each of these months. If you categorise boiler issues or disrepair claims differently within your data, please include definitions or clarifications to help interpret these figures. If full data is not available, please provide what is accessible and a timeline for the missing information. Thank you for your time and attention to this request.
Published: 13 December 2024
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This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This request relates to the training offered to staff on modern slavery. Please share the details of training on modern slavery delivered to staff, including: - The nature of training offered (e.g. e-learning or in-person, shared with housing staff or adult safeguarding etc) and whether themes of cultural intelligence, equality, diversity and inclusion are included as part of this training - Where held, please share copies of training materials used to support council staff in identifying modern slavery (such as PDFs, guidance, or presentations)
Published: 10 December 2024
