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Hello, Please confirm for the financial years 2022/2023 & 2023/2024, what budget was allocated to diversity, equality and inclusion efforts. This could include for events, programmes, training, awareness and so on; this also could include efforts directed either externally toward the public, or internally toward staff, the public sector workplaces, work culture etc).
Published: 14 January 2025
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FAO: Freedom of Information Officer To Oxford City Council, I am writing to enquire about the Council’s use of herbicides in 2024. I would be very grateful if you could please respond to my questions below: 1. Does the Council, or contractors acting on behalf of the Council, use herbicides in the following areas: a) Parks and green spaces YES/NO b) Cemeteries YES/NO c) Playing fields YES/NO d) Road verges and roundabouts YES/NO e) Hard surfaces such as pavements and highways YES/NO f) Housing estates YES/NO 2. What volume of herbicides did the Council, or contractors acting on behalf of the Council, use from 1st January to 31st December 2024? Please answer in litres or kilograms. 3. Does the council, or contractors acting on behalf of the Council, use glyphosate-based herbicides? YES/NO 4. How much money did the Council spend on costs associated to buying and using herbicides from 1st January to 31st December 2024? Please include all costs, including but not limited to; the purchase of pesticide products, application equipment and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), staff training and costs associated to outsourcing to contractors. 5. How many complaints did the Council receive about weeds from 1st January to 31st December 2024? 6. a) Does the Council have a policy in place aimed at reducing or ending the use of herbicides on land under its control? YES/NO b) If YES, please provide a link to the policy or provide a hard copy if not available online. I look forward to hearing from you.
Published: 10 January 2025
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Dear Oxford City Council, 1a) Please let me know if the council has ever leased any properties from third parties on behalf of refugees? 1b) Please let me know how many the council leased in financial years 2022/2023 & 2023/2024, and how many it currently leases as of picking up this request. 2a) Has the council ever been granted funds from any government schemes in order to assist refugees? (For example; UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS), Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS), Ukraine Family Scheme, Homes for Ukraine, and/or any other). Please name any and all schemes. 2b) Please let me know how much the council has has received from such government schemes year-by-year since the financial year beginning April 2021. 3) Please let me know how much was spent through the council assisting refugees with housing, in the the financial years 2022/2023 & 2023/2024. . . . By housing/properties, we mean any form of accommodation organised for refugees. By refugees, we mean the types that have recourse to public funds, those who have the following statuses: - Indefinite leave to enter or remain (unless they are granted indefinite leave as an adult dependent relative) - Right of abode - Refugee status - Humanitarian protection - Leave to remain granted under the Ukraine Scheme - Leave to remain granted under the family or private life rules, when they have been accepted by the Home Office as being destitute or at risk of imminent destitution - Leave to remain granted to a person who has received a conclusive grounds decision that they are a victim of trafficking or modern day slavery - Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Child (UASC) leave
Published: 9 January 2025
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Dear Oxford City Council, Please provide copies of all communications and documents you hold, including minutes from meetings, that has made reference to the Aspiring Managers Programme and positive action.
Published: 9 January 2025
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I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information. 1. Does the council use any pesticides to maintain green areas? If it used to, but has now stopped, when did it stop using them? 2. Please provide the following information on amenity pesticide usage, if the council uses pesticides, or used to in the past 5 years. 1. Does the council use Glyphosate? 2. Annual quantities of Glyphosate used over the past 5 years. Please provide the quantities for each year separately and include the total amount used both by the council internally and externally through contractors. 3. Where is Glyphosate used, i.e., parks, play areas, highway verges and roads, pavements, tree bases, estate-based green spaces, etc. 3. How much has the council spent on purchasing and spraying amenity pesticides over the past 5 years? Please include staff costs of people employed to undertake this (either contractors or council staff). 4. If the council has stopped using pesticides, how much has been spent on maintaining green spaces over the last five years, and what method is used (i.e., no control, manual weeding, mowing and hand pulling, propane/flame gun, etc.) Please include staff costs of people employed to undertake this (either contractors or council staff). 5. If the council has stopped spraying, has it had any complaints for not well-maintained green spaces (i.e., invasive and pernicious weeds) in the past 5 years and how many? Please provide the number of complaints for each year separately. Please provide the above in a CSV format. 6. Has the council made any pledge to reduce or stop the usage of pesticides and if so, what strategies does the council have in place to reduce/stop the use of these pesticides? Please provide details on the action plan including dates and costings where possible.
Published: 7 January 2025
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Dear Oxford City Council, UnderFOI request made to HM Courts and Tribunal Service January 2014 FOI - 87871 it was stated that 'No third party therefore deals or issues liability orders. A liability order is generated by software owned by the Council/Local Authority; 1,Do Oxford City Council use Computer Software to generate liability orders? 2.If yes to above: What software company and what software release. do Oxford City Council currently use to generate liability orders? 3.Do all Council/Local Authority use the same software? 4.Is the software linked direct to the courts register? 5.Are the council able to amend, alter, change the amount awarded by the court due to later changes such as house sales? 6.Is the liability order issued by the Oxford City Council a 'true copy' of the liability order found on the court records. (Definition of true copy Law Dictionary: A faithful duplicate of an original document that is virtually identical and sufficient for its purposes to act as one) 7. Is the liability order issued by Oxford City Council a court document? Yours Faithfully Heidi Porada
Published: 7 January 2025
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Dear Oxford City Council, Can you tell me through the Freedom of Information act the following.... 1. How much goes towards Council staff workers pensions from the intake from the Council Tax? (total from the last 5 years). Please also express this as a percentage of the total money received from Council Tax collected. 2. How much goes towards Council staff workers pensions from the Government Grant? (total from the last 5 years). Please also express this as a percentage of the total money received from Government Grant.
Published: 6 January 2025
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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
