Nottinghamshire County Council

Disclosure Log - Nottinghamshire County Council

FOI requests made for information about services run by Nottinghamshire County Council.

Services include:

• Blue Badge Scheme
• Bus Passes
• Education
• Highways
• Registrar
• Social Care
• Trading Standards
• Waste Tips

2026

May

Reference: 4005551

Subject: 

The total number of complaints received about "deprivation of assets" decisions, where the council has decided someone deliberately reduced their assets in order to avoid paying care fees.

Response date: 1 May 2026

Response: Response to this request - 4005551.

 

April

Reference: 3996210

Subject: 

Information regarding the enforcement and misuse of Blue Badges within your authority.

Please provide the following information for the most recent 3-year period available (or each year separately if easier):

1. Enforcement Activity
   
   • The total number of Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) issued where Blue Badge misuse was identified or suspected
   • The number of Blue Badges confiscated due to misuse
   • The number of investigations carried out relating to Blue Badge misuse
2. Outcomes
   
   • The number of cases resulting in:
     
     • Formal warnings
     • Fixed penalties
     • Prosecutions
   • The number of successful prosecutions and any associated fines or penalties
3. Types of Misuse
   If recorded, a breakdown of the most common types of misuse, for example:
   
   • Use of a deceased person’s badge
   • Use of a badge without the holder present
   • Altered or fraudulent badges
4. Operational Impact
   
   • Any available data on the estimated time or resources spent investigating Blue Badge misuse
   • The number of appeals or disputes related to Blue Badge misuse
5. Digital or Preventative Measures
   
   • Details of any digital systems, technologies, or processes currently used to detect or prevent Blue Badge misuse
   • Whether your authority is considering or has implemented any digital solutions for Blue Badge enforcement

Response date: 22 April 2026

Response: Response to this request - 3996210.

 

February

Reference: OTH01/26

Subject:

Please provide the following information for the financial years 2023/24, 2024/25, and 2025/26 (year to date).

1. Current Placement Demand and Sufficiency
   Please provide, where recorded:
   
   • The number of children and young people currently requiring placement in:
     
     • Children’s residential homes
     • Supported accommodation (including 16–17 year olds)
     • Residential family assessment placements
   • The number of children and young people currently awaiting placement or awaiting a suitable placement
   • The number of children currently placed outside the local authority area
   • The number of placements made on an emergency or same-day basis
2. Placement Type and Regulatory Status
   Please provide, where recorded:
   
   • The number of children placed in:
     
     • Registered children’s homes
     • Settings not registered with Ofsted as children’s homes where such registration would ordinarily be required
   • The number of children placed in supported accommodation (16–17 year olds)
   • Where recorded, the number of those placements with providers that are:
     
     • Registered under the supported accommodation framework
     • Not registered under the supported accommodation framework
3. Placement Activity
   Please provide the total number of placements commissioned in each year, broken down by:
   
   • Children’s residential homes
   • Supported accommodation
   • Residential family assessment placements
4. Placement Costs
   Please provide, where recorded, the average weekly cost for:
   
   • Children’s residential placements
   • Supported accommodation
   • Residential family assessment placements
   • Solo placements
   • Placements with 2:1 staffing support
   • Solo placements with at least 2:1 staffing support
   • Placements with enhanced or higher staffing ratios (for example 3:1 or above)

Response date: 20 February 2026

Response: Response to this request - OTH01/26.

 

January

Reference: 3873681

Subject:

1. The total number of test purchase operations carried out by your authority to assess compliance with age-restricted sales of vaping products in retail premises.
2. Of these test purchases, the number that resulted in a failure, where a vaping product was sold without appropriate age verification.
3. The number of financial penalties, fixed penalty notices, or fines issued to retailers for the illegal sale of vaping products to underage customers.

Please provide data for the last three financial years (22/23, 23/24, 24/25).

Response date: 15 January 2026

Response: Response to this request - 3873681.

 

2025

November

Reference: 3852306

Subject:

How many complaints have been made to your council about Union Jack flags or St George's flags which have been attached to lampposts since the start of August 2025?

In addition to that, are you able to share any snippets of what complainants have said in their correspondence - have they said they feel threatened by the flags, or that they want them taken down?

Response date: 25 November 2025

Response: Response to this request - 3852306.

 

October

Reference: 3831434

Subject:

1. How much the council has spent since 1 January 2020 on removing Union Jack / British flags from public property (for example lampposts, street furniture, or other council-owned items).

2. Which companies, contractors, or agencies carried out this work, and when.

3. A breakdown of costs where available – for example, hourly or per-shift rates, block bookings, or other associated charges.

4. If the work was done by council employees, please provide an estimate of staff time spent and the equivalent cost.

Response date: 16 October 2025

Response: Response to this request - 3831434.

 

Reference: 3816252

Subject:

1. Can you tell me the council's position on the emergence of St George's flags on lamp-posts, roundabouts and elsewhere via non-official origins in the past few months?

2. By conducting a keywords search of the authority's email server, please tell me how many emails appear, separately, for each of the months of May, June, July and August 2025 when searching for the term 'English flag' or 'George's flag''.

3. By conducting a similar search for any occurrence of the terms 'English flag' or 'George's flag' (use the search term 'English flag 'OR' St George's flag' ) please can you provide for me an output of the contents of email exchanges on your server, redacted to ensure no personal information is included, starting with the most recent and going back as far as you can within the time and cost limits specified in the FOI Act - and not extending before 1 July 2025.

Response date: 1 October 2025

Response: Response to this request - 3816252.

 

September

Reference: 3796088

Subject:

1. Is training provided to social workers to identify children who have been psychologically manipulated to reject a parent (parental alienation)? If such training is given, please provide an electronic copy of the training manual.
2. Are concerns over child abuse / neglect dealt with by Rushcliffe Borough Council if reported anonymously?
3. In 2024, how many concerns over child abuse / neglect (separate cases) were reported to Rushcliffe Borough Council?
4. For 2024, please provide a breakdown of who reported the concerns over child abuse/ neglect to Rushcliffe Borough Council (eg school, police, a parent etc)
5. For 2024, please provide a breakdown of what the concerns were that were reported to Rushcliffe Borough Council (eg physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, emotional abuse etc)
6. Of ALL the concerns over child abuse / neglect reported to Rushcliffe Borough Council in 2024, how many cases triggered a section 47 investigation?
7. Of ALL the separate cases of child abuse / neglect reported to Rushcliffe Borough Council in 2024, how many cases subsequently went to the Family Court?
8. Between 23 and 30 JANUARY 2024 (inclusive) ONLY, please provide a breakdown of who the allegations of child abuse / neglect were made AGAINST that were reported to Rushcliffe Borough Council (eg a teacher, a parent of the child etc)
9. Of  ALL the cases of child abuse / neglect reported to Rushcliffe Borough Council between 23 and 30 JANUARY 2024 (inclusive) ONLY, in how many of these cases did the assigned social worker recommend that the child(ren) in question be removed (or remain separated) from ONE parent ONLY (and remain living with the OTHER parent) at the start of a section 47 investigation?
10. Of ALL the cases of child abuse / neglect reported to Rushcliffe Borough Council between 23 and 30 JANUARY 2024 (inclusive) ONLY, in how many of these cases did the assigned social worker recommend that the child(ren) in question be removed (or remain separated) from ONE parent ONLY (and remain living with the OTHER parent) after the section 47 investigation had been completed?
11. Of ALL the cases reported to Rushcliffe Borough Council of child abuse / neglect between 23 and 30 JANUARY 2024 (inclusive) ONLY, how many cases subsequently went to the Family Court?
12. Of ALL the cases of child abuse / neglect that were reported to Rushcliffe Borough Council between 23 and 30 JANUARY 2024 (inclusive) only AND that subsequently went to the Family Court, in how many of these cases were the central allegations of child abuse / neglect against the accused parent (as accused in the report to Rushcliffe Borough Council) found to be false by the court?

Response date: 5 September 2025

Response: Response to this request - 3796088.

 

April

Reference: 3725319

Subject:

Please can you tell me:

1. Whether you collect data on fires that occur in listed buildings in your planning area
2. Whether you keep record of derelict buildings in your planning area, including any records on risks associated with their condition

If yes:

1. Any records that you have of derelict buildings in your planning area from 1 January 2018 to 31st December 2024 (inclusive)
2. The name, date, and location of fires in derelict listed buildings in your area from 1 January 2018 to 31st December 2024 (inclusive)

Response date: 16 April 2025

Response: Response to this request - 3725319.

 

2024

December

Reference: 3600251

Subject:

Flashing Flooding

• How many insurance liability claims have you received in the last three calendar years (2024, 2023, 2022) related to surface water flooding (i.e. flash flooding)? For each year, please provide the number of claims received and the number paid out, including the total cost to the council and insurer.

Mental Health Absence

• If possible, please can you share how many primary school children are currently seeking help for mental health conditions (including stress, depression, anxiety etc.)
• If possible, please can you share how many secondary school aged children are currently seeking help for mental health conditions (including stress, depression, anxiety etc.)
• If possible, please can you share how many primary school aged children are currently waiting for help for mental health conditions (including stress, depression, anxiety etc.) and the average length of time children of this age are waiting for help (on average).
• If possible, please can you share how many secondary school aged children are currently waiting for help for mental health conditions (including stress, depression, anxiety etc.) and the average length of time children of this age are waiting for help (on average).
• How many sick days were taken by staff (including heads, assistant heads and deputies, teachers and support staff) in schools for mental health conditions (including stress, depression, anxiety etc) in the following academic years: 2024/25, 2023/24 and 2022/23
• What was the average number of days taken, by those who took time off in schools, for mental health conditions in: 2024/25, 2023/24 and 2022/23

Potholes

• How many claims for pothole-related damage did the council receive from drivers in: 2024 (to date), 2023 and 2022 registered and number of potholes repaired
• How many claims resulted in the council paying out to drivers in: 2024 (to date), 2023 and 2022
• How much has the council paid out to drivers in: 2024 (to date), 2023 and 2022
• If possible, can you provide the average length of time it has taken to repair potholes in 2024.
• If possible, can out provide the number of potholes that you are aware of that need repairing?

Response date: 16 December 2024

Response: Response to this request - 3600251.

 

August 

Reference: 3542949

Subject:

1. the number of library closures in your local authority in the last 12 months
2. the number of community centre closures in your local authority in the last 12 months
3. the number of football club closures in your local authority in the last 12 months
4. In addition, could you please provide the number of Assets of Community Value (ACVs) that were a) nominated in the local authority area and b) acquired in the local authority area, both in the last 12 months.

Response date: 09 August 2024

Response: Response to this request - 3542949.

 

April

Reference: 3464655

Subject:

1. The number of businesses who were found in breach between its implementation on 1 October 2023 and 31 March 2024The key search terms I am seeking in relation to the type of business are; convenience store, corner shop, grocery store, supermarket, newsagent, symbol group, tobacconist, off licence and independent retailer.
2. The items they were found in breach of selling; single-use plastic plates, trays, bowls, balloon sticks, cutlery and polystyrene cups/food containers.
3. The punishment or penalty for the breach.

Response date: 30 April 2024

Response: Response to this request - 3464655.

 

2023

March

Reference: 1064748

Subject: 

• Please can you tell me how many child safeguarding practice reviews the council has carried out in each year since 1 January 2020.
• Please include any reports and/or summaries from each review that were either published or available to the public upon request.
• For each review please tell me whether the case was referred to the national child safeguarding practice review panel.
• For each review, please include how long it took for the case to be referred to the national child safeguarding practice review panel.

Response date: 15 March 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1064748.