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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321 disclosures

  1. Street chargepoints

    Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information. I am after information relating to the number of on street chargepoints installed within your jurisdiction. In particular, are you able to provide me with:

    Q1. How many electric vehicle public charging outlets or chargepoints have you installed in your local authority to date that are classed as on-street residential chargepoints, located in residential streets or areas? Please provide figures to the nearest possible date. Q2. For Question 1, how many on-street residential charging outlets or chargepoints have you installed to date in your local authority that have been adapted specifically for disabled users? Please provide figures to the nearest possible date. Q3. For Question 1, how many on-street public charging outlets or chargepoints are positioned in disabled parking bays? Q4. For Question 1, how many of the on-street residential chargepoints in your area conform to the BSI's latest accessible charging specification (PAS 1899:2022)? Please provide figures to the nearest possible date. Q5. Does your electric vehicle charging infrastructure strategy include specific considerations for elderly and / or disabled users? Q6. Do you provide any additional support for disabled or elderly users wanting to access public chargepoints for electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles, such as charge-point assistants or roaming charging services? Q7. Do you support or provide marketing tools to residents to make finding charge point services easier, such as charge point booking or journey planning technologies? Q8. How many on-street residential chargepoints in your area have been installed or adapted to conform to BSI's latest accessible charging specification (PAS 1899:2022) since June 2024? If unable to provide data since June 2024, please provide data for the past 12 months, since March 2024 If you can identify any way that my request could be refined to improve the request, I would be grateful for any assistance. If my request is not clear or too broad, could you please contact me, and I will be happy to discuss.

    Published: 28 April 2025

  2. Freedom of information request - temporary accommodation

    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 December 2024; and end of December 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)

    Published: 28 April 2025

  3. Freedom of Information request re social housing registers

    Dear Sir/Madam I am requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act. This is a supplementary request in addition to the request I sent on March 17th and March 18th entitled 'Freedom of Information request re social housing register bands'. The following questions are *additional* to those in my initial request - nothing in this supplementary request overrides any of the questions in my initial request. The council may combine it with my initial request if it wishes, provided none of the questions in my initial request are replaced with these additional questions. This request is for councils that operate (or hold data for) a social housing register, regardless of whether or not they own any council housing. My questions are: 1. The average time the households in the highest priority band on the council's social housing register have been in that specific priority band for (thus excluding any time they may have previously spent in other bands) 2. The average time the households in the second-highest priority band on the council's social housing register have been in that specific priority band for (thus excluding any time they may have previously spent in other bands) 3. Among households in the highest priority band who were rehoused in calendar year 2024 (and thus left the social housing register), the average time they had been in the highest priority band for at the time they were rehoused 4. Among households in the second-highest priority band who were rehoused in calendar year 2024 (and thus left the social housing register), the average time they had been in the second-highest priority band for at the time they were rehoused If the information for questions 3 and 4 is not available by calendar year, please provide it for the most recent financial year for which the information is held (and state the financial year being used). If the information for any question cannot be provided within the section 12 cost limit, please mark that question as "information not held" and provide the remainder of the information. NB - this is *not* the same as asking the council to "run the meter" up to the section 12 cost limit. I would like the information sent by email.

    Published: 28 April 2025

  4. Section 106

    1. How much a) Section 106 funding and b) CIL funding allocated for healthcare is currently held unspent by the local authority? 2. How much Section 106 funding was transferred from the local authority to Integrated Care Boards (Clinical Commissioning Groups prior to 2022) in a) 2024/25, b) 2023/24, c) 2022/23, d) 2021/22 and e) 2020/21? 3. How much CIL funding was transferred from the local authority to ICBs/CCGs ) in a) 2024/25, b) 2023/24, c) 2022/23, d) 2021/22 and e) 2020/21? 4. How much Section 106 funding did ICBs/CCGs request to be transferred from the local authority a) 2024/25, b) 2023/24, c) 2022/23, d) 2021/22 and e) 2020/21? 5. How much Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding did ICBs/CCGs request to be transferred from the local authority in a) 2024/25, b) 2023/24, c) 2022/23, d) 2021/22 and e) 2020/21? 6. Since April 1, 2020, how many times has the local authority declined a request by ICBs/CCGs for the transfer of developer contributions (Section 106 or CIL funds)? 7. For each case where the local authority declined a request for developer contributions since April 1, 2020, please provide a) the reason for the refusal and b) the amount of money requested.

    Published: 25 April 2025

  5. FOI Request: Second homes

    RE: Request under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) Dear Information Team This is an information request relating to council tax on second homes. Please include the following information: Second Home Premium * * * Does the council currently charge a premium on second homes? * * * * If so, what is the rate of the premium (expressed as a percentage or multiplier of the * standard council tax rate)? * Impact Assessment * * * Has the council undertaken any impact assessment(s) on the effect of the second home * premium on the local economy? * * * * If so, please provide a copy of the assessment(s). * Definition of a Second Home * * * How does the council define a second home for council tax purposes? * Disputes * * * Have any households challenged the classification of their property as a second home? * * * * If yes, how many such disputes have there been, and how many resulted in a change of * status? * 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. 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 this is not possible, I will gladly accept letters to the address below. Please acknowledge this information request as soon as possible.

    Published: 24 April 2025

  6. Total number of full-time employees currently employed by the Council

    RE: Request under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) Dear Information Team This is an information request relating to council full-time and part-time permanent staff, excluding teaching and school staff. Please include the following information for these financial years 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25: * The total number of full-time employees currently employed by the council, excluding teaching staff and school staff * The total number of part-time employees currently employed by the council, excluding teaching staff and school staff. * The total number of full-time and part-time employees in each of the last four financial years (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24), also excluding teaching staff and school staff. * If available, a breakdown of the number of full-time and part-time employees by department/service area (e.g., social care, planning, HR, communications, etc.). * Please include temporary staff for each year. Separately from the total and full-time staff. * Note that this foi is specifically asking for headcounts, not FTE. If headcounts are not available, please provide total FTE.

    Published: 16 April 2025

  7. Council spending on consultancy

    I hope you are well. I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please can you provide the following information in excel or csv format. * The total amount of money, in pounds, spent by the local authority on consultancy services for the financial years 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24. * The breakdown of this spending, by service (e.g. adult social care, housing, etc), for the financial year 2023/24. As under Section 16 of the Act, please advise on how I can amend my FOI if you cannot provide the requested information. I look forward to your response within 20 working days.

    Published: 4 April 2025

  8. Private (unlicensed) water abstractions (groundwater or surface water) details

    I would like to request any information held by Oxford Council relating to private (unlicensed) water abstractions (groundwater or surface water) within 1 km of the following site(s): 1. Shell Cowley 2. Shell Little Waitrose Headington Please find the site details attached

    Published: 3 April 2025

  9. Dog fouling complaints

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I would like to request the following information regarding local dog waste: 1 - The total number of dog fouling complaints that you have received in the last 12 months? (March 2024-March 2025) 2 - How many fines/fixed penalty notices have been handed out to people for not cleaning up dog waste between March 2024-March 2025? 3 - How many dog poo/dog waste bins do you have, as of March 2025? This includes dedicated dog poo/dog waste bins as well as public litter bins that accept dog waste.

    Published: 3 April 2025

  10. Rough Sleeping

    Dear Sir/Madam, I hope this email finds you well. I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information on the number of people sleeping rough and/or people who are homeless in your local authority Target Priority Group (or Target Thousand). Could you please provide a response to the following question. 1. How many individuals are experiencing rough sleeping and/or homelessness in your local authority are identified as being in the Target Priority Group (or Target Thousand)?

    Published: 1 April 2025