21 January 2010

Mr S Hardwicke Carruthers

Via email ([FOI #23420 email])

Our ref: CS/09/132/HJP

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If telephoning contact Hilary Pook on 020 7217 4734

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Dear Mr Hardwicke Carruthers

Request for information

In your email of 18 November, you say that there are differences in the number of staff employed by the Commission identified in a recent FOI request and the organisation charts available on our website. Given that the charts on our website don't include numbers of staff beyond posts where there is only one post holder, I'm not sure what you mean by this statement.

You asked for the number of staff employed in each function shown on our organisation charts for April 2008, April 2009, and October 2009. A table is attached. This shows all employed staff, including those on maternity leave.

You asked for information on staff not identified on the charts and what their role is for each of the above dates. These are as follows:

All these staff are included in the numbers shown in the table below.

You asked about seconded investigators. In April 2008 there were three investigators seconded to the Communications Team - one from each office. That reduced to two by April 2009 (one from Coventry and one from York) and then to one in October 2009 (from Coventry).There was one investigator, from York, seconded to the Advice Team in April 2008. The organisation chart is incorrect to still show seconded investigators to the Advice Team and I will correct that.

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That concludes my response. If you feel I have not dealt properly with your request, you have the right to appeal and, should you wish to do so, I can supply a copy our internal complaints procedure. If you do request an internal review - can you please indicate why you are unhappy with my response. You also have the right to apply to the Information Commissioner to determine whether your request has been properly dealt with. You should note however that the Commissioner will not consider any complaint where you have not first exhausted our internal complaints process or where there has been undue delay in contacting him. You will be able to obtain further details of the Information Commissioner's role from the website on www.ico.gov.uk.

Yours sincerely

Hilary Pook

Hilary Pook

Communications and Records Manager

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