My ref:
FOI 312988
Your ref:
Date:
3rd June 2009
Contact:
Sarah Priestley – Information Governance Officer
Direct dial:
(01223) 699137
E Mail:
[Cambridgeshire County Council request email]
Mr Ian Tyes
Customer Service and Transformation
Corporate Director, Pat Harding
Information Governance
By Email:
[FOI #11789 email]
RES1405
Shire Hall
Cambridge
CB3 0AP
Dear Mr Tyes
Freedom of Information Request.
I write with reference to your email of 11th May 2009, in which you make the following request:
Please confirm for the last 12 month period for which figures are available, what percentage of your
staff requested the right to family friendly working and what percentage were successful - broken
down by age, gender and nationality (as a percentage of those members from each group)
Your request has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act and I can confirm that we do hold
some the information requested.
Information relating how many people have requested family friendly working and how many were
successful is not held centrally – the reasons for a change in work pattern is not recorded on our HR
systems. This information is held by line managers and in order to extract and collate it, we would be
required to approach every officer with line management responsibilities. We have estimated that this will
cost more than the appropriate limit to establish are therefore refusing this request on these grounds under
s.12(2) of the Freedom of Information Act.
The appropriate limit is specified in regulations and for local government is set at £450 as specified by The
Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004. It is
Cambridgeshire County Council’s policy not to fulfil any requests that exceed this limit. I have attached our
charging policy for your information.
I have attached some policy documents relating to flexible working for your information.
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a
complaint or request a review of our decision, you should write to Helen Maneuf, Head of Audit, Scrutiny &
Information Governance, Box RES 1405, Shire Hall, Cambridge CB3 0AP within 40 days of the date of this
response.
If you are not content with the outcome your complaint, you may apply directly to the Information
Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the
complaints procedure provided by the Council. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely
Sarah Priestley
Information Governance Officer.
www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk