Date: 08 June 2009

My Ref: FOI/2009/0279/ACK

Contact: Philip Day

Direct dial: 01934 634900

C McEwan

Sent via email

Dear Sir/Madam,

Freedom of Information Act (2000) - Request for Information

Thank you for your request for the following information:

1. Does your Local Authority presently employ Education

Counsellors* (rather than `buying in' such a service from an

external provider)?

2. If the answer to Question 1 is `yes', please state for each

Education Counsellor employed by the Local Authority:

• Whether they have been deemed to be eligible to join the Teachers

Pension Scheme and

• The date when they joined the Teachers Pension Scheme

• Whether they are employed on Teachers Terms and Conditions of

Employment

3. If your Local Authority does not presently employ Education

Counsellors have they done so in the past?

4. If the answer to Question 3 is `yes', please state for each

School Counsellor employed by the Local Authority since 31 March

2004:

• Whether they were deemed to be eligible to join the Teachers

Pension Scheme and

• When they joined the Teachers Pension Scheme

* Education Counsellors meaning those employed to support pupils in

education

This request was received on 05 June 2009 and has been allocated Freedom of Information Request Reference FOI/2009/0279.

North Somerset Council will respond to your request for information in line with the Freedom of Information Act (2000).

We will try to respond to your request as soon as possible and aim to respond within a maximum of 20 working days from when we received your letter. We will also try and provide the information requested in the format you require.

We will contact you as soon as possible should we need to clarify any aspect of your request. Once the information you requested has been identified we may ask that a fee be paid to cover processing and delivering the information to you. You will be notified of any fee to be charged.

If you have any further queries or concerns please contact the Directorate Administrator handling your request on the above number or via e-mail at: [email address]. I would be grateful if you would use the Freedom of Information Request Reference in all future correspondence.

Yours faithfully

Emma Hearton

FOI & DPA Support Officer

North Somerset Council

Philip Hall

Director of Finance and Resources

Information, Communication and Technology Department

North Somerset Council

Town Hall

Weston-super-Mare

Somerset BS23 1UJ

www.n-somerset.gov.uk