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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148 disclosures
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I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from your local authority. Please may you provide me with: · Information on the service your authority provides for vulnerable people in need of housing related support, aimed at helping them live independently (a service similar to the Supporting People Programme - known as Floating Support in some areas); ·
Published: 3 January 2024
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I am writing to you with a request under the FOI Act (2000). 1. Please provide details on the amount of funding received from central government under the Homes for Ukraine scheme between 1 April 2022 - 31 March 2023. Please also state how many individuals this funding supported. Please provide this data in .xls or .csv format. 2. Please provide details on the amount of funding received from central government under the Ukraine Family Scheme between 1 April 2022 - 31 March 2023. Please also state how many individuals this funding supported. Please provide this data in .xls or .csv format.
Published: 3 January 2024
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Under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am writing to request a detailed breakdown of spending by your council on celebrity appearances at events, functions, and other engagements over the past five years. Specifically, I kindly request the following information: - The total amount spent each year on celebrity appearances, broken down by name of celebrity and fee paid, between 2018 and 2023. - The nature of the event/reason each celebrity was engaged and paid. I understand that public authorities are obligated to respond to such requests within the statutory time period, and I appreciate your assistance in providing this information. Please feel free to contact me if you require any further clarification or details regarding this request. Thank you in advance for your prompt attention to this matter.
Published: 3 January 2024
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I wish to understand 1. How many Afghans (each person being a man woman or child) were moved into the Oxford City Council area as a direct result of coming to the UK under the Afghans Resettlement Scheme since it was introduced 18 months ago? 2. How many of these are currently still being housed in temporary Hotel bridging accommodation within the Oxford City Council boundary? 3. Of those that have been rehoused to more permanent accommodation by OCC, how many were accommodated in (a) council owned properties (b) other social housing provider properties (c) private landlords properties? 4. Can I see the minutes of ALL council meetings which refer to Afghan resettlement and if and how the council in particular are looking at the private sector to meet the demand for housing in this area? 5. Who in the person within the Council is overall responsible for this issue?
Published: 3 January 2024
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In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000, we request the following information: 1) The number of households your local authority has placed on caravan sites and/or camping sites in the last 3 financial years for use as temporary, emergency or permanent accommodation, if any? Please provide the numbers down broken down year-by-year. (Note: if you are unable to provide data for 2022/23, please take the previous three full financial years i.e. 2019/20 to 2021/22) (Note: caravan or camping sites includes static homes) 2) A list of the caravan and/or camping sites the local authority has placed households in with a breakdown of how many households were placed in each site in each given year. 3) The length of stay of each household at the caravan or camping site. (Note: If you are unable to answer question 2 for any reason, please still provide an answer to Question 3 without disclosing the name of the camping/caravan site). 4) The amount of money the local authority has paid for households to stay in caravan or camping sites in the last three full financial years. Can you please provide a breakdown of how much each caravan and/or camping site was paid? 5) Has the council fully acquired i.e. purchased a caravan or camping site for the purpose of housing households in the past three full financial years? As you know, under the Act you are required to provide a response within 20 working days. If you do not provide the information requested, you must explain the legal basis for the information being withheld. If you decline part of the request due to information being sensitive, the request being too vague, or reasonable cost being exceeded, you must still provide the part you can fulfil. If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits, please provide advice and assistance as to how I can refine my request. Thank you for your help with this request. I look forward to hearing from you.
Published: 2 January 2024
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Please can you provide a breakdown of your agency spend for both temporary and permanent workers supplied by recruitment agencies? A breakdown of agencies would be very helpful too, if possible.
Published: 2 January 2024
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The information I'm requesting is regarding the software contracts that the organisation uses, for the following fields. Enterprise Resource Planning Software Solution (ERP): Primary Customer Relationship Management Solution (CRM): For example, Salesforce, Lagan CRM, Microsoft Dynamics; software of this nature. 1. Name of Supplier: Can you please provide me with the software provider for each contract? 2. The brand of the software: Can you please provide me with the actual name of the software. Please do not provide me with the supplier name again please provide me with the actual software name. 3. Description of the contract: Can you please provide me with detailed information about this contract and please state if upgrade, maintenance and support is included. Please also list the software modules included in these contracts. 4. Number of Users/Licenses: What is the total number of user/licenses for this contract? 5. Annual Spend: What is the annual average spend for each contract? 6. Contract Duration: What is the duration of the contract please include any available extensions within the contract. 7. Contract Start Date: What is the start date of this contract? Please include month and year of the contract. DD-MM-YY or MM-YY. 8. Contract Expiry: What is the expiry date of this contract? Please include month and year of the contract. DD-MM-YY or MM-YY. 9. Contract Review Date: What is the review date of this contract? Please include month and year of the contract. If this cannot be provide please provide me estimates of when the contract is likely to be reviewed. DD-MM-YY or MM-YY. 10. Contact Details: I require the full contact details of the person within the organisation responsible for this particular software contract (name, job title, email, contact number).
Published: 2 January 2024
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I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect of the information below. 1. How many Local Authority Trading Companies (LATC) are currently owned by the council? 2. Please provide information on each LATC including the company name, company number and what services they are providing. 3. Have external accountants been appointed to provide support? If so, who are they? 4. When were the external accountants appointed? 5. What services are the external accountants providing? 6. What is the (Annual) cost of external accounting services (exc VAT) for each of these companies? Please provide a separate breakdown of costs. 7. When are the next review dates for tendering for these services? 8. Where and what date/month/year will you be advertising your future contracts for external accounting services? 9. Is there a telephone contact number and email address of the individual that would be responsible for this in the future?
Published: 2 January 2024
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For the past 5 years please provide the following information. 1. How many Asylum Seekers have been housed by Oxford City Council? 2. Provide the date housing was allocated. 3. Type of housing allocated, i.e., house, flat, maisonette and the number of bedrooms in the property. 4. The monthly cost of units allocated. 5. If the property was in the private sector or property owned or managed by the Council.
Published: 2 January 2024
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In the past five years, how many illegal migrants have Oxford City Council provided or arranged accommodation for? If any, provide details of accommodation provided.
Published: 2 January 2024