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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133 disclosures

  1. Planning Notices on 28 Shirley Park, Aston-On-Trent, Derby, DE72 2AP

    Please can you provide details of any Planning Notices issued in relation to the above property e.g Breach of Condition, Stop Notices, Enforcement Notice, Planning Contravention etc.

    Published: 13 October 2025

  2. Information regarding the repair of High Street Swadlincote

    Can you please provide any complaints, incidents or proposals relating to the disrepair of High Street Swadlincote. I would like information that Derbyshire Council were made aware of the dangers in the High Street due to the block paving prior to 1st February 2025

    Published: 13 October 2025

  3. Software used by municipal waste collection operations

    I kindly request the following information in the context of domestic waste bin/sack collection services, as opposed to trade/commercial collections or waste disposal.

    1. Do you currently operate waste services (collections) directly, or through a waste contractor such as Biffa, Suez or Veolia. If through a contractor, please name them.

    2. Which of the IT systems below do you use for the management of day to day municipal bin collections:

    a. Yotta / Causeway

    b. Bartec Collective

    c. AMCS Clear

    d. Whitespace/Powersuite

    e. Contender

    f. Selected Interventions / Echo

    g. Core (Suez)

    h. Webaspx / Routeware

    i. Routesmart

    j. MS Office

    k. No IT system

    l. Other: [please name]

    3. Which IT system do you use for each of the following in your refuse collection vehicle fleet and associated staff:

    3a. Fleet management system.

    3b. HR system.

    3c. RCV on-board camera system.

    3d. Telematics / vehicle tracking provider.

    4. What IT system(s) do you use to manage the following service areas:

    a. Grounds/Parks maintenance.

    b. Street cleansing.

    5. How many Electric Vehicles do you have in your waste collections fleet?

    Published: 13 October 2025

  4. Glass recycling sites

    • The total number of glass recycling sites/bottle banks that are currently operational in your council area.

    • The number of glass recycling sites/bottle banks that have been removed or closed in your council area in each of the last ten full financial years, plus the current financial year so far.

    • The locations of these closed sites, the dates of their removal/closure, and reasons for their removal/closure.

    • Details of any glass recycling sites/bottle banks which have opened in your council area in each of the last ten full financial years, plus the current financial year so far.

    • Details of the frequency of kerbside glass collections carried out in your council area and any changes in their frequency in each of the last ten full financial years, plus the current financial year so far.

    • Details of the volume of glass that can be collected in a single kerbside collection for an individual household and any changes to this volume over the last ten full financial years, plus the current financial year so far.

    • Details of the criteria for kerbside glass collection in your council area and any changes to this over the last ten full financial years, plus the current financial year so far.

    • Details of any plans to change the frequency and/or volume of kerbside glass collections carried out in your council area in the future. If your council does not currently provide kerbside glass collection, please provide details of any plans to introduce it in the future.

    Published: 13 October 2025

  5. Violence Reduction Unit / Partnership FOI

    If there is no VRU/ VRP in your borough, you do not need to answer each of these questions.

    Can you tell me how much government funding the Violence Reduction Unit / Partnership in your borough has received in each year since it was established?

    How much of the above funding in each year has been spent on salaries?Please provide a figure.

    Please provide a breakdown of the salaries of all executive staff the Violence Reduction Unit/ Partnership, as well as the figures for each year since it was established,

    In each of those years, how much money has been given to external organisations and charities working with knife crime in London?

    Please provide the list of organisations and charities to which money has been given along with figures for each year since the VRU was established.

    Has your borough requested a Pre-emptive Critical Incident Fund? If so, was it received and how much was it for? Please break down how it was spent.

    Published: 13 October 2025

  6. Slaughtered meat provision

    Please provide the following information. Here, "meat" refers to the flesh of dead terrestrial animals and fish.

    (1) Does the council currently provide non-stun slaughtered meat to schools? yes/no

    (2) Does the council currently provide non-stun slaughtered meat to hospitals? yes/no

    (3) Does the council currently provide non-stun slaughtered meat in any other canteens for which the council has responsibility? yes/no

    (4) What proportion of meat that the council provides in the totality of its public contracts is non-stunned? ....%

    (5) What proportion of meat that the council provides to schools is non-stunned? ....%

    (6) What proportion of meat that the council provides in the totality of its public contracts is compliant with any halal or kosher certification scheme? ....%

    (7) With which halal certification scheme(s) is the meat that you provide across your public contracts compliant? (e.g., Halal Monitoring Committee)

    Published: 13 October 2025

  7. Freedom of Information request 180925 - council tax arrears letters

    We are conducting some research into council tax debt collection and as such I am making a Freedom of Information Request.

    In more detail, I ask that you please provide by email copies of the standard template letters or digital communications your council issues to residents in relation to Council Tax arrears, specifically:

    1. The initial reminder notice issued as part of the arrears or recovery process, as per requirements under Regulation 23 of The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992.

    2. The second reminder notice, issued in the event that a resident has rectified one missed instalment but gone on to miss a second instalment over a given annual period.

    3. The final notice issued once the resident has lost the right to pay by instalments and prior to any further enforcement action, as per requirements under Regulation 33 of The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992.

    4. Any additional reminder notices or discretionary communications issued to residents with Council Tax arrears, including between the first reminder notice and final notice being issued (prior to a court summons).

    For each, please include:

    • The full wording of the standard template

    • Any headers, footers, or formatting used in the letter or digital communications

    • The typical method of delivery (e.g. post, email)

    • Any differences in the templates based on resident circumstances (e.g. prior arrears, benefits status, vulnerability)

    In addition, please can you inform us of:

    1. The total number of households against which you started imprisonment committal proceedings relating to unpaid council tax, for each year from 2020.

    Published: 8 October 2025

  8. Employees in CIPFA PQ Level 7 apprenticeship

    1. Since 1st April 2022, has the local authority supported any employees to study the CIPFA PQ level 7 apprenticeship ?

     2. If so, were any of these employees under 25 years old during any part of their apprenticeship. Not applicable.

    3. If the answers to the previous two questions is `yes’ then please can you confirm that employer national insurance was correctly accounted for?

    Were employer national insurance contributions were initially miscalculated ?

    Has this FOI request prompted the local authority to rectify an overpayment of employer National Insurance contributions?

    If applicable, what was the approximate overpayment amount identified (to the nearest £ thousand) ?

    Published: 7 October 2025

  9. Freedom of Information Request – Use of JCCP and Save Face

    1. Use of JCCP/Save Face Guidance

    1. Does your council make reference to, or rely upon, the JCCP or Save Face in its policies, procedures, guidance, or enforcement activity relating to cosmetic/aesthetic practitioners or premises?

    2. If yes, please provide copies of any documents, reports, guidance notes, aide-memoires, or correspondence where this is referenced.

    3. Formal Agreements or Endorsements

      • Has your council entered into any form of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), contract, service level agreement, or partnership arrangement with either the JCCP or Save Face?

      • If so, please provide details and a copy of the relevant document(s).

    4. Enforcement / Licensing Cases

      • In the last three years, have officers (including EHOs, licensing teams, or trading standards) cited JCCP or Save Face standards, registers, or guidance when dealing with enforcement, licensing, or compliance matters involving cosmetic or aesthetic practitioners?

      • If so, please provide details (case references may be anonymised).

    5. Recommendations to the Public

      • Has your council at any time signposted members of the public to the JCCP or Save Face registers, websites, or helplines as an official source of advice?

      • Please provide examples of any such communication (press releases, web pages, leaflets, correspondence, etc.).

    6. Correspondence

      • Please provide copies of correspondence (emails, letters, meeting notes, or minutes) between the council (including environmental health, licensing, or trading standards departments) and either the JCCP or Save Face, in the last three years.

     

    Published: 7 October 2025

  10. Stop smoking services

    I would like to make a Freedom of Information request for the following information:

    1. The budget allocated to stop smoking services in the current financial year (2025/2026).

    2. The budget allocated to stop smoking services in the previous financial year (2024/2025).

    3. The actual expenditure on stop smoking services in the previous financial year (2024/2025). Please provide the information in an email response (preferred) or an Excel spreadsheet.

    Published: 3 October 2025