Freedom of information (FOI) releases from South Derbyshire District Council

This is a disclosure log of South Derbyshire District 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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15 disclosures

  1. Employee Survey Provider

    I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from you. Please provide me with:

    • The name of your employee survey provider and/or platform

    Published: 13 November 2024

  2. Housing of Asylum Seeker/Refugees

    I'm conducting a survey of councils to understand how many asylum seeker hotels are in your area

    1. Are you a district, county, or unitary council?

    2. How many hotels housing asylum seekers are in your area?

    3. How many hotels housing Afghan refugees are in your area?

    4. Have you had any discussion with the Home Office or Ministry of Defence about housing an increased number of Afghan refugees in your area?

    Published: 31 October 2024

  3. Private Hire Operators

    I am in the process of conducting some market research into the Private Hire market across the UK. Could you please provide a list of Private Hire Operators licensed by your authority.

    Published: 31 October 2024

  4. Mechanics pay and grade and suppliments

    Do you employ in house mechanics for vehicle and plant maintenance?

    What is their pay scale & grade?

    Do they receive a tool allowance?

    Do they receive a market supplement, if so, how much?

    Published: 31 October 2024

  5. Local Authority/ Public sector vehicle fleets and associated systems

    Questions pertaining to Local Authority/ Public sector vehicle fleets and associated systems

    1. Full fleet list with vehicle makes types and quantities?

    2. Any fleet replacement programmes planned for the next five years, with details of the manufacturer that will be used if already agreed.

    3. Total number of vehicles with CCTV camera systems installed?

    4. Who is the CCTV system provider

    5. Total Number of vehicles with vehicle tracking / telematics installed?

    6. Who is the Telematics system provider?

    7. Contract budgets, length of contract, expiry date and annual spend, for telematics and camera systems?

    8. Details of all safety-related incidents in the last five years?

    9. Do you currently operate waste services (collections) directly, or through a waste/recycling/street cleansing contractor such as Biffa, Suez or Veolia. If through a contractor, please name them (if relevant)?

    10. Which of the IT systems below do you use for the management of day-to-day municipal waste management/cleansing services (if relevant): a. Yotta b. Bartec Collective c. Whitespace/Powersuite d. Selected Interventions / Echo e. Core (Suez) f. Webaspx g. Other: [please name] 11. When is your current contract for the IT system OR outsourced waste contract for waste collections management due to expire (if relevant)?

    Published: 31 October 2024

  6. Freedom of Information - Consultants and Training Firms

    Can you provide me with the spend by your organisation on external consultants and training firms in the previous 12 months or the most recent 12-month period for which the data is available. Please break down the spend by type of consultancy service or training service provided.

    Published: 31 October 2024

  7. High carbon transport infrastructure - Climate Emergency UK

    Dear South Derbyshire District Council, Please treat this as an Freedom of Information/Environmental Information Regulations request. I would like information about your council’s planning in relation to climate action for the Council Climate Action Scorecards. This information is most likely to be held by a planning officer or similar. In particular, please supply me with information relating to the following question: Has the council approved any new or expanded airport runways, terminals, measures to increase passenger numbers or other planning proposals that expand airport capacity in its area since the 1st January 2020 until 15th August 2024? Please list which ones were accepted.

    Published: 13 September 2024

  8. Lobbying for climate action & funding - Climate Emergency UK

    I would like information about your council’s lobbying work in relation to climate action for the Council Climate Action Scorecards. In particular, please supply me with information relating to the following question: Has the council written to or met with UK national or devolved governments to ask or lobby for climate action since 1st January 2023? Please provide some evidence of the most recent letter or meeting such as a copy of the letter or email sent, or the date, topic of meeting and position of the person that the meeting was held with. This includes either asking for more powers and funding for local authorities to take climate action, or asking for the government to take further action themselves. This includes working with other local authorities to send joint letters or meetings to lobby UK or devolved governments, and includes both general climate action and calls for action on specific issues such as transport where climate change is mentioned as a motivating factor for taking action. This includes if a cabinet member or other councillor has written to or met with the UK or devolved governments on behalf of the council. I look forward to hearing from you in due course.

    Published: 13 September 2024

  9. FOI request- Staff Working Abroad

    How many staff worked from abroad – full time or for a period of time – in the year ending 31 December 2023 (by abroad I mean overseas- ie not Wales or Scotland (or Rep. of Ireland if the local authority is in Northern Ireland))?

    If any staff did work from abroad – full time or for a period of time – please name the country and the grade of the employee.

    If for a period of time, please say how long the staff member worked abroad.

    And please include the details of employees working abroad full time – or for a period of time - in 2024.

    Published: 12 September 2024

  10. Freedom of Information - Agency Staff

    1. Please can you confirm your expenditure on agency staff for the most recent year available broken down by service and where the information is available also the role.

    2. Can you confirm if you use a vendor (such as Matrix) or engage with agencies directly.

    3. Can you confirm which frameworks you use.

    4. Please confirm if you have any off-framework spend and the % of the total spend this represents.

    Published: 12 September 2024