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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335 disclosures

  1. Freedom of Information request - Cost of Translation Services

    Dear Oxford City Council, 1. From 01 January 2020 to 31 December 2024 (or the most recent data you hold), please provide both the monthly and annual cost to the Council for written translation services. For each period please provide details of the languages that were translated.

    Published: 24 November 2025

  2. FOI: Hotel accommodation

    I would like to ask for information about the use of hotel accommodation by your local authority for individuals you have a statutory or other duty to accommodate. Please do not include the use of hotels for department business or staff in any capacity, for example work travel or conferences etc. Please provide, broken down by month between January 2019 (or as far back as you can go up to that point) and the latest available month: * The number of individuals * The number of hotel sites used (for example, individual hotels that are part of a chain, independent hotels, B&Bs etc) * Total amount spent * Please also provide a broad description of the different groups of people accommodated in hotels and the reasons for using hotels If the data is only available as households, please provide this and state clearly that this is what has been provided. If the data is not available by individual month, please provide it by financial year (1 April to 31 March) starting from 2019-20.

    Published: 24 November 2025

  3. Scrap Metal Dealer Licensing

    I would like to make a Freedom of Information (FOI) request for the following data: * How many scrap metal dealer sites currently have a site licence in your area/council/authority? * How many scrap metal collectors (mobile) currently have a site licence in your area/council/authority? * When did you last share these data with the Environment Agency to enable them to add them to the Register? In addition, under the same FOI, I would be grateful if you could tell me: * How much were your licences (site and collector each) in 2025? * How much do you intend to charge (respectively) in 2026? * How many visits to scrap metal sites have your officers undertaken in 2025? Many thanks in advance for help with this matter.

    Published: 21 November 2025

  4. FOI - Littering Enforcement, Fly-tipping and Litter Bin Statistics

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information: Littering Fines 1. Do you issue fines for littering? (YES/NO) 2. If so, at what level do you levy fines? Enforcement & Statistics 3. Do you use an in-house team or a private enforcement company to issue fines for littering? 4. How many Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) for littering did you issue in 2024/2025 (to date)? 5. How many Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) for car parking did you issue in 2024/2025 (to date)? Litter Bins 6. How many litter bins do you have in your council area now? 7. How many litter bins did you have 10 years ago (2014/2015)? 8. Have you removed any litter bins in the past 10 years, and if so, how many? Litter Clearance Costs 9. What was your annual spending on litter clearance in 2024/2025 compared to 2014/2015? Fly-tipping 10. How many people did you catch fly-tipping in 2024? 11. How many FPNs did you issue for fly-tipping in 2024? 12. How many of the FPNs issued for fly-tipping were paid? 13. How many people did you prosecute for fly-tipping in court in 2024? 14. How many of the court prosecutions resulted in a custodial sentence for fly-tipping?

    Published: 19 November 2025

  5. FOI request - households in temporary accommodation in

    I would like to make a request for data under the Freedom of Information Act. For each year from 2020 to 2025 for the quarter ending 31 March, could you please provide: * The total number of households from your local authority sent to another council as an Out of Area Temporary Accommodation Placement * The local authorities where these placements were sent * The number of households sent to each local authority * The number of households with children sent to each local authority

    Published: 22 September 2025

  6. Homeless/Rough sleeping

    Please disclose the number of rough sleepers recorded by the council for the past six head counts. Please disclose the date for each head count/inspection. Additionally, please disclose how many requests for temporary accommodation the council has received for each of the past financial years (April to March) - for clarity that would be 2024/25, 23/24, 22/23.

    Published: 18 September 2025

  7. Council-run allotments

    Hello, I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding council-run allotments. Please can you provide me with: * The number of council-run allotments under your authority * The number of people currently waiting for a space at a council-run allotment * The length of time people are currently waiting for allotment spaces on average Please provide the information using the layout below: Number of allotments Numerical length of waiting list Average wait time 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.

    Published: 18 September 2025

  8. Private Public charge point statistics by council in England

    I write to ask the following questions: 1. How many public electric vehicle charge points does this council currently own or operate? This includes those managed through Charge Point Operators (CPOs). This can also include privately-owned electric vehicle charge points that are open to the public during certain hours or days, thereby necessitating compliance with Public Charge Point Regulations. 2. Are all the public electric vehicle charge points in Question 1 compliant with the current ‘Public Charge Point Regulations’? If not all, then how many are compliant? 3. What steps have been taken in the past year (August 2024 – present) by the council to ensure compliance with the current ‘Public Charge Point Regulations’? 4. Has this council experienced any challenges in the past year (August 2024 – present) when working to comply with the current ‘Public Charge Point Regulations’? From 24 November 2025, all public charge points must offer payment roaming according to the Public Charge Point Regulations. This means that all public charge points must be connected to at least one third-party roaming provider. Public charge points that are free to use are not within the scope of this requirement. 5. Of your current number of public electric vehicle charge points in Question 1, how many currently offer payment roaming services? 6. If not all of them, are plans in place (by yourself or your CPO) to connect them to a roaming provider by November 2025? 7. Of your current number of public electric vehicle charge points in Question 1, how many of them are free to use? ‘Free to use’ means anyone can access them without restriction, and no payment is required. For reference, the current Public Charge Points Regulations (2023) are available here, including information on the November 2025 payment roaming deadline - https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fthe-public-charge-point-regulations-2023-guidance%2Fpublic-charge-point-regulations-2023-guidance&data=05%7C02%7Cfoi%40oxfordcitycouncil.mail.onmicrosoft.com%7C701325d9ddc445379a9b08dde16ac3ed%7C9f3d0f395e2b4f889d43e9344f9aa02d%7C0%7C0%7C638914570871843159%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=f5Oy4hTxWpoM%2F1S6PDp1qtvfEnJx%2Bu8bztF%2BBiV4UeQ%3D&reserved=0

    Published: 15 September 2025

  9. International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)

    I hope you are well. I would like to request the following information from under the Freedom of Information Act 2000: 1.) Has the council formally adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism, including all 11 of the definition's examples? 2.) If the answer to question one is yes, in what year was the IHRA definition adopted? If the answer to question one is no, is the council considering adopting the definition, and what reason has been given for it not being adopted already?

    Published: 11 September 2025

  10. Housing Register and Emergency/Temporary Accommodation

    Can you please provide information for the 2 questions: * Number of applicants currently on the housing register for your council? For: 2023, 2024, 2025 * Expenditure / Budget for emergency/ temporary accommodation for 2023, 2024 and 2025.

    Published: 11 September 2025