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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  1. Freedom of Information Request

    I am writing to you under the 2000 Freedom of Information Act. I would like to know the details of anyone who has passed away with no known next of kin from 1/1/2026 to the date of your reply. If there are any new cases where the person died prior to 1/1/2026, but that were dealt with after this date, please also include details. This should include deaths of any clients whose affairs are managed by the Councils Safeguarding or Deputy-ship Teams, where applicable. Please also supply a list of any Public Health Act Funerals carried out from the above date (also known as Welfare or Environmental Health Act funerals) if this does not form part of your reply to the above. This should include funerals carried out by the council or on behalf of any third party. If this information is now provided on your website, please send the hyperlink. Please include as much of the following information as you are able to: 1. The deceased's full name 2. The date they died 3. The approximate value of their estate 4. Their date and place of birth or age at death 5. Whether or not they were married, divorced, single, or widowed 6. The maiden surnames of married females or widows 7. Their address at time of death 8. The date a referral was made of this estate to any other 3rd party or body to research or administer and the name of the 3rd party concerned. 9. If a referral to a 3rd party or body has not yet been made could you advise of the case details as above too. 10. If a case referral to a 3rd party or body is still undecided or awaiting referral, please also advise of details of the deceased.

    Published: 9 September 2026

  2. Freedom of Information Request – Housing Register and Allocations Statistics 2020/21–2025/26

    I hope this email finds you well. I am making this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and would like to request anonymised, aggregate statistical information relating to Oxford City Council’s housing register and social housing lettings/allocations for each financial year from 2023/24 to 2025/26. I would be grateful for the following information for each financial year: 1. Housing register The number of households on the housing register, broken down by: * Ethnicity * Age * Disability * Sex/gender * Household composition * Priority band 2. Social housing lettings/allocations The number of social housing lettings or allocations made, broken down by the same characteristics: * Ethnicity * Age * Disability * Sex/gender * Household composition * Priority band I am requesting aggregate and anonymised statistical information only and am not seeking any personally identifiable information.

    Published: 9 September 2026

  3. FOI request - staff given permission to work from abroad

    This is an information request relating to council officers being given permission to work from outside the United Kingdom. By United Kingdom, I refer to Northern Ireland, England, Wales and Scotland, not including the crown dependencies. Please include the following information, for the 2023/24, 2024/25, 2025/26 financial years: * The number of staff, per year, given permission to work from abroad * For each member of staff granted permission, please provide: * their pay band * the country they have been allowed to work from * the length of time that they have been allowed to work for and * * the dates they were allowed to work from abroad * The longest time a member of staff has been granted permission to work from abroad and what country they went to. * The highest ranking officer that was allowed to work from abroad * The current number of people working from abroad and where they are. If this 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. If you have any queries please don't hesitate to contact me via email or phone and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for. I would prefer a response via email, but if not possible, I will gladly accept letters to the address below. Please acknowledge this information request as soon as possible.

    Published: 8 September 2026

  4. Members Enquiry submitted - 683344

    Please provide the following information regarding PureGym Oxford Central, Little Gate, Oxford: (1) Has Oxford City Council received any previous complaints concerning the condition or odour in the changing rooms at these premises? (2) Have the premises previously been inspected in relation to this issue?

    Published: 8 September 2026

  5. Freedom of Information request - Contact Centre/Telephony Information Request

    I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Contact Centre / Telephony What contact centre or telephony system does the council currently use for resident-facing calls (e.g. the platform used by your customer contact centre)? Who is the provider/supplier of this system? How many agent seats/licences does the contact centre currently have? When does the current contract for this system end? Does the contract include an option to extend? If so, for how long, and until what date?

    Published: 8 September 2026

  6. Freedom of Information request - Litter reports in parks

    Please treat this as a request for recorded information under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, or the equivalent environmental information legislation applicable to your authority. For the period 1 January 2021 to 31 July 2026 inclusive, please provide the number of reports or service requests received concerning litter or rubbish in council-owned or council-managed parks and public open spaces. Please provide the figures broken down by individual park/site and calendar year, ideally in the following format: Park/site name | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 1 Jan-31 Jul 2026 Where your system already records whether the report relates specifically to a playground or children's play area, please also indicate this or provide the number of those reports separately. Please use the park/site name and categories as they are recorded in your existing system. I am not asking the council to manually review free-text descriptions to determine whether an incident occurred within a playground. I do not require copies of reports, complainant details, photographs or descriptions of individual incidents. If records are not held for the full period requested, please provide the information that is held and state the earliest date available.

    Published: 8 September 2026

  7. Vaults Cafe, Oxford - FOI request

    Please can you tell me the food hygiene rating The Vaults Csfe, 2 King Edward Street, Oxford. OX1 4HS?

    Published: 7 September 2026

  8. Inspection Report request

    I am requesting a copy of the inspection report and recorded outcomes resulting from the inspection carried out by the Selective Licensing scheme at the following property: Property Address: 83 Barns Road, OX4 3QZ, Oxford Date of Inspection: 2nd April 2026 Inspector Name: Abdi Mohamed person making the request: Elzbieta Karamalla-Gaiballa email address for correspondence: elzbieta.karamalla@gmail.com I am requesting this documentation for my own records as a current resident. If any information within the report is considered exempt from disclosure (such as third-party personal data), please apply the necessary redactions and provide the remainder of the document, rather than withholding the entire report. Thank you for your assistance.

    Published: 7 September 2026

  9. Temporary accommodation placements in 2026 Lot 3 and Lot 4

    1. In 2026 please confirm how many placements have been made under Lot 3 for temporary accommodation? 2. In 2026 please confirm how many placements have been made under Lot 4 for temporary accommodation? 3. In 2026 what call-off mechanisms were used for Lot 3 (rotation, direct award, mini-competition or another method). Confirm how many of each. 3. In 2026 what call-off mechanisms were used for Lot 4 (rotation, direct award, mini-competition or another method). Confirm how many of each. 4. Confirm current demand for Lot 3 and Lot 4 accommodation. Household numbers and property type.

    Published: 4 September 2026

  10. FOI - Permanent play equipment

    I am seeking information about permanent play equipment. I would like: 1. A list of playgrounds you are responsible for (please say in which year you became responsible for each playground); 1. To know how many playgrounds you were responsible for in (a) 2016, (b) 2021 and (c) 2026; 1. To know if you are planning to open or close any playgrounds in the medium term, and if so, where; 1. To know the total capital spend on permanent playground equipment in each financial year since 2015/16*; 1. To know how much capital spend you have planned for permanent playground equipment in your medium term financial plan (please specify the year ending). *In (4), I am seeking a figure for permanent playground equipment including both upgrades and new equipment - I am not seeking a breakdown. I do not need to know the sources of funding (e.g. grants/council tax etc.). I have chosen "medium term" because a large number of councils use this wording. Of course, you may use a different phrase for the same concept, that is to say, the next few financial years. Many thanks, Will Meakin-Durrant. [Pa media] [fb] [tw] [in] Will Meakin-Durrant Parliamentary Reporter Press Gallery, House of Commons, Westminster, London SW1A 0AA E will.meakin-durrant@pa.media LinkedIn /in/will-durrant/ This email is from the PA Media Group. For more information, see www.pamediagroup.com. This email may contain confidential information. Only the addressee is permitted to read, copy, distribute or otherwise use this email or any attachments. If you have received it in error, please contact the sender immediately. Any opinion expressed in this email is personal to the sender and may not reflect the opinion of the PA Media Group. Any email reply to this address may be subject to interception or monitoring for operational reasons or for lawful business practices.

    Published: 3 September 2026