I’m writing to you under the 2000 Freedom of Information Act to request information about your grant-making to the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector.

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information:

1. How many 2024 year 7 starters have removed Oakbank from their first choice secondary since submitting applications and requested to start elsewhere?
We do not report on this and are unable to extract the information.

I am writing to make a formal request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for information regarding the issuing of Blue Badges within your Council. Specifically, I kindly request the following information:

1. Number of Blue Badges currently held (03/06/2024)
6335

Please may I make a Freedom of Information request relating to planning application statistics.

1. How many planning applications have you received since (and including) 2 April 2024?
374 (planning applications received for the period 02.04.2024 – 18.06.2024)

1. Most recent Article 4 Directive shape files in vector format. Currently, the mapped Article 4 Directive cannot be assessed in sufficient detail, and having access to them in vector format is crucial for our analysis for planning purposes.

Under the Freedom of Information Act of 2000, could you please provide me with the following information regarding business rates accounts

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information as a new FOI pertaining to Section 106 agreements under the Town and Country Planning Act:

1. Total number of Section 106 agreements since 2015: 381

1. Please can you email me a list of June or the most recent quarter (most current) business rates credits you currently hold for businesses including:
• The company name for whom the credit exists
• The start date of the business rates account

1. The number of children who went missing from children’s residential care ran by the local authority in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Can the data be categorised in calendar years please.
WBC has no current Residential in-house provision - 0