C McEwan
[FOI #12991 email]
3 July 2009
Our ref: FOI : 2430654
Dear C McEwan,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST
CONCERNING EDUCATION COUNSELLORS
Thank you for contacting Worcestershire County Council.
Your request for information has now been considered and the information you
have asked for is below.
Question 1 – Does your Local Authority presently employ Education
Counsellors* (rather than 'buying in' such a service from an external provider)?
Answer – No, Worcestershire County Council (WCC) does not employ
Education Counsellors.
Question 2 – If the answer to Question 1 is 'yes' please state for each of
Education Counsellor employed by the Local Authority the following:
Whether they are deemed eligible for the Teachers Pension Scheme,
and;
The date when they joined the Teachers Pension Scheme, and;
Whether they are employed on Teachers Terms and Conditions of
Employment.
Answer – Not applicable as WCC does not employ Education Counsellors.
Question 3 – If the Local Authority does not presently employ Education
Counsellors have they done so in the past?
Answer – No, WCC has not employed Education Counsellors in the past.
Nikki O'Brien
Team Manager - Data
Question 4 – If the answer the Question 3 is 'yes', please state for each
and Information
Education Counsellor employed by the Local Authority since 31 March 2004:
Management
Performance
Whether they are deemed eligible for the Teachers Pension Scheme,
Development Team
and;
The date when they joined the Teachers Pension Scheme.
PO Box 73
County Hall
Spetchley Road
Worcester
WR5 2YA
Tel 01905 763763
Fax 01905 766156
Minicom (01905) 766399
DX 29941 Worcester 2
[email address]
www.worcestershire.gov.uk
Our Reference : FOI - 2430654
Answer – Not applicable as WCC has not employed Education Counsellors in
the past.
I draw your attention to the copyright statement and the Reuse of Public Sector
Information section at the bottom of this page.
If you have any queries or concerns then please contact me.
If you have a complaint about the handling of this enquiry then in the first
instance please contact:
Consumer Relations Department
Worcestershire County Council
County Hall
Spetchley Road
Worcester
WR5 2NP
01905 766364
You can then also contact the Information Commissioner at:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 54 57 45
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
Yours sincerely,
Miss Nicola O'Brien
Team Manager – Data and Information Management &
Children's Services Information Access Coordinator
Worcestershire County Council
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Re-Use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005
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pursuant to its statutory duties under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
and/or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and are subject to
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You should also identify Worcestershire County Council as the source of the
information. You can find more information about our implied terms of re-use at
http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/wcc-records-implied-licence-copyright-
and-reuse-version1.1may2008.pdf However, if you would like to re-use our
documents for other purposes eg. publishing them or using them commercially,
then you will need to make a formal application under the Re-Use of Public
Sector Information Regulations 2005.
You can make a formal application for re-use by writing to the Information
Access Officer, Worcestershire County Council, County Hall, Spetchley Road,
Worcester, WR5 2NP. Full guidance on how to make an application to re-use
our information can be found in our
Re-Use Policy at:
http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/wcc-records-re-use
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and Worcestershire County council accepts no liability for infringement of any
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