Freedom of information (FOI) releases from Guildford
This is a disclosure log of Guildford 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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427 disclosures
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1) Does the council has a downsizing scheme where renters are offered incentives to move to a smaller home? If so, what are the incentives on offer and who is eligible?
2) Can I get a breakdown of how much money in total was given to people who successfully qualified for the scheme for the following years?
a) 1 January 2019 - 31 December 2019
b) 1 January 2020 - 31 December 2020
c) 1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021
3) What was the single highest award in value given out to a successful applicant for the following years:
a) 1 January 2019 - 31 December 2019
b) 1 January 2020 - 31 December 2020
c) 1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021
Published: 24 March 2022
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The local authority is requested to provide a list of motor vehicles operated (owned or leased) and currently licensed with the Driver & Vehicle Licensing Authority ("the DVLA").
Please include the following details.
1. Vehicle Make and Model;
2. Date new or date of acquisition.
Published: 23 March 2022
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I am writing to request the following information on your Local Plans for accessible housing.
1. What is your current Local Plan for new housing? Please provide its name and dates.
2. How many new homes are planned under your current Local Plan? Please provide a yearly breakdown (financial year).
3. Does your current Local Plan for new homes include a technical accessibility standard?
4. What are the technical accessibility standard(s) detailed in your current Local Plan for new homes?
5. How many new homes are planned under your current Local Plan to meet a technical accessibility standard? Please provide a yearly breakdown (financial year).
6. Under your current local plan, of the new homes planned to meet a technical accessibility standard, how many are planned to meet the requirements of: * Wheelchair design standard * Lifetime Homes Standard * M4(1) Category 1 * M4(2) Category 2 * M4(3) Category 3(A) * M4(3) Category 3(B)
7. How many homes planned to meet the above technical accessibility standards are council owned properties?
Published: 16 March 2022
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Please provide the following information for the financial year 2020-21
Published: 16 March 2022
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Please could I have a freedom of information request for the following in your council area?
Published: 10 February 2022
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1. Does the council have in-house Corporate Buildings/Facilities Management team or is the team/service outsourced?
2. If in-house, how many Facilities/Building Officers do you have: • Full-time • Part-time • As and When officers
3. How many buildings does the team manage?
4. What type of buildings does the team manage - e.g. council offices, community centres, children's centres, commercial buildings, park, pitches, changing rooms, libraries, community hubs, sport stadium etc.
5. Do you have One Estate/Corporate Landlord Model/vision?
6. Who carries out repairs to your corporate buildings - an appointed contractor or in-house service?
7. Who opens/closes your buildings? Is it Facility Officers/staff/external customers? If external customers how is this managed?
8. Do your Facilities/Building Officers have assigned designated buildings or are they mobile and cover various sites?
9. Do your Facilities/Building Officers duties include any of the following (please tick those that apply)
• Carry out repairs and PPM's, if yes please provide details
• Oversee repairs and PPM's
• H&S inspections, if so how often?
• Basic DIY
• Security
• Reception Cover
• Courier
• Compliance checks ie fire alarm tests, panic alarm/lift tests, check water temperatures, flushing of low use outlets etc across all sites, if so how often?
• Mayoral ceremonies including Mace bearing and citizenship ceremonies
• Support out of hours Councillors Meeting and public events
• Out of hours gritting
• Annual gully clearance
• Set up rooms for meetings/ events/ refreshments/ sound systems/web cast etc
• First aiders and fire wardens
10. Are your Facilities Officers trained to carry out skilled tasks such as DIY or any electrical tasks? If so what training have they received?
11. Does your Facility Officers use their personal car between sites or do they have dedicated electric/pool cars?
12. How are public bookings of council buildings managed e:g in community centres, changing rooms and hubs?
13. How is access to changing rooms/pitch bookings managed? Are these bookings generally at weekends or weekdays?
14. Who covers your out of hours call outs? Are these hours paid on flat rate or enhanced rates for overnight/weekend and if so what is the minimum hours paid for attendance?
15. Do you currently have and in-house post room and if so how many staff?
16. Does your post room officers duties include any of the following (please tick those that apply) • DIP which includes scanning, indexing and batching and if so for what teams? • Archiving • Courier run across all sites, if so please advise how many sites and how often? • Posting - Franking Machine
17. How is archiving managed? Is it stored in-house/on site or stored off site and if so where?
18. Do you have digital mail room and how is this being delivered?
Published: 19 January 2022
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Please could you provide the following information on Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs) or similar grants provided under your discretionary Housing Assistance Policy:
1a. The total number of referrals from occupational therapists received for home adaptations in the financial years 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 until 30th September 2021?
1bi. The total number of households means tests completed for home adaptations in the financial years 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 until 30th September 2021?
1bii. How many potential applicants did not proceed with making a grant application following a means test in the financial years 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 until 30th September 2021?
1c. The total number of formal applications received for home adaptations in the financial years 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 until 30th September 2021?
1d. The total number of formal applications approved in the financial years 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 until 30th September 2021?
1e. The total number of grants completed in the financial years 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 until 30th September 2021?
For the questions below, please could you specify which average measure you are using, whether it is median or mean. However, the median would be preferable.
2a. What was the average number of working days from first contact for someone to receive an initial assessment from an occupational therapist (or similar person) in each of the financial years 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 until 30th September 2021?
2b. What was the average number of working days between someone receiving an initial assessment from an occupational therapist (or similar person) and the date of the referral to the housing department/ district council in each of the financial years 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 until 30th September 2021?
2c. What was the average number of working days between the date of the referral to the housing department/ district council and the date of the formal grant application in each of the financial years 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 until 30th September 2021?
2d. What was the average number of working days between the date of receipt of the formal application and the certified/ completion date of installing the adaptations in each of the financial years 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 until 30th September 2021?
3a. If the council is currently using its discretionary powers to provide additional funding in addition to the maximum DFG amount, please state what the new figure is and what legislation has been used to increase the figure.
Published: 13 January 2022
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1. How may events does the authority hold a year?
2. How many of these need Traffic Regulation Orders (TRO's)?
3. What are the events that need road closures?
4. A list of events that are held in your authority each year?
Published: 12 January 2022
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I would be grateful if you could provide data for the following points regarding the ASB (Anti-Social Behaviour) Case Review, also known as the 'Community Trigger':
1. The number of applications for ASB Case Reviews received
2. The number of times the threshold for review was not met
3. The number of ASB Case Reviews carried out
4. The number of ASB Case Reviews that resulted in recommendations being made or actions carried out
5. Where the data relating to points 1-4 (above) is published (on the council website, for example)? I would like the information to cover each year during the period 2015 to 2021 (or latest full year figures) inclusive.
Published: 24 December 2021
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How many housing units in your local authority do you estimate to be in the PRS?
Published: 23 December 2021