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Ben Ingram made this Freedom of Information request to Sutton Borough Council
The request was partially successful.
From: Ben Ingram
15 May 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
Agency worker: Agreements, Contracts, pay scales
Please email me an electronic copy, (see accessibility notes below)
via my @whatdotheyknow.com address that you got this request from,
of the following information:
FOI Act: (Freedom of Information Act 2000)
:- Contracts or equivalent information/documents
1.1) Copies of any contracts you have for the provision of
temporary worker agency staff, with regards agency/temporary social
care/social worker staff/workers. Contracts you may have with
individual agency staff recruitment businesses/services, hereafter
called 'Vendors'. Or contracts you may have with organisations
like, Comensura, Manpower, Reed, hereafter called 'Managed Service
Provider' who provide Master/Vendor Neutral framework to managed
all vendors on behalf of Public Authorities like yourselves.
:- Hourly Pay scales/rates with regards agency/temporary social
care/social worker staff.
1.2) A list of each Vendor you use and copies of hourly
pay-scales/rates you hold for each Vendor. Whether or not you use
each Vendor via Managed Service Provider framework. Please ensure
any provided pay-scale information provided explains how many years
of experience is required to be applicable to any specific hourly
rate.
1.3 A copy of any contract/agreement used by yourself or any
Managed Service Provider to manage individual Vendors through any
Master/Vendor Neutral framework you operate or participate in, this
is sometimes called a Panel Vendor Agreement.
Please also indicate whether any of the information requested 1.1,
1.2, 1.3 has ever been disclosed before under the FOI Act.
Many public authorities release their contracts with private
vendors in line with the Freedom of Information Act. The exemption
for commercial interest under the Act (section 43) is a qualified
exemption, which means information can only be withheld if it is in
the public’s interest. The public have an interest in knowing the
terms of contracts awarded by public authorities, whether or not
public money changes hands immediately.
If you are relying on section 41 (the exemption for legal breach of
confidence) then I would like to know the following:
• When these confidentiality agreements were agreed
• All correspondence and email in which these confidentiality
agreements were discussed.
• The precise wording of the confidentiality agreements
Acessibility notes: Information accessibility
To be able to use a computer Screen Reader
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_reader) with any information
you provide please provide the information in Microsoft Office Word
Document format (.Doc) or equivalents like WordPerfect and Open
Office Writer Please state explicitly if this format is not
available, if this format is not available please provide it in an
accessible Portable Document Format (PDF).
I have sent you a separate email that includes a copy of A
household bill that gives proof of my name, I have now closed this
account and can accept all email correspondence and FOI Act
disclosures via the email address [xxxxxxxxxxxxx@
whatdotheyknow.com] I sent this request under.
Yours faithfully,
Ben Ingram
From: Ben Ingram
17 May 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
In consideration of your Section 16 of the Freedom of Information
Act (2000) duty to provide me with advice and assistance, please
advise me through my @whatdotheyknow.com email address whether or
not the copy of the household bill I sent you
<http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ag...> is
adequate proof for me to receive and make valid information
disclosure requests via my [email address] (@whatdotheyknow.com)
email address?
In your reply to this advice request please confirm and state
explicitly that I have fully complied with Section 8(1) of the
Freedom of Information Act (2000)?
Please reply promptly to this request for guidance and advice as
the 20 day deadline clock for your response is ticking.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Ingram
From: Freedom Of Information
Sutton Borough Council
18 May 2009
Dear Ben,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST - REF NO - 1542
I acknowledge your request for information received on Monday 18th May
2009.
I also confirm I have received your email providing a copy of your
utility bill, to be used as proof of name.
Your request is being considered and you will receive the information
requested within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined
by the Freedom of Information Act 2000, subject to the information not
being exempt or containing a reference to a third party.
If appropriate, the information may be provided in paper copy, normal
font size. If you require alternative formats, e.g. language, audio,
large print, etc. then please let me know.
For your information, the Act defines a number of exemptions which may
prevent release of the information you have requested. There will be an
assessment and if any of the exemption categories apply then the
information will not be released. You will be informed if this is the
case, including your rights of appeal.
If the information you request contains reference to a third party then
they may be consulted prior to a decision being taken on whether or not
to release the information to you. You will be informed if this is the
case.
There may a fee payable for this information. This will be considered
and you will be informed if a fee is payable. In this event the fee must
be paid before the information is processed and released. The 20 working
day time limit for responses is suspended until receipt of the payment.
Yours sincerely
Natalie
Natalie Morgan
Corporate Customer Care Officer
Policy and Communications Team
Chief Executive's Group
London Borough of Sutton
Civic Offices
St Nicholas Way, Sutton SM1 1EA
Tel: 020 8770 6380
FAX: 020 8770 5404
www.sutton.gov.uk
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From: Freedom Of Information
Sutton Borough Council
18 May 2009
Dear Ben,
I can confirm that a copy of your household bill is adequate proof of
name for you to make and receive requests via the 'whatdotheyknow'
website.
Therefore I confirm you have complied with section 8 of the FOI Act
2000.
Regards
Natalie
Natalie Morgan
Corporate Customer Care Officer
Policy and Communications Team
Chief Executive's Group
London Borough of Sutton
Civic Offices
St Nicholas Way, Sutton SM1 1EA
Tel: 020 8770 6380
FAX: 020 8770 5404
www.sutton.gov.uk
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From: Ben Ingram
21 June 2009
Dear Freedom Of Information,
This is a reminder that your response was due on June 15th.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Ingram
From: Freedom Of Information
Sutton Borough Council
22 June 2009
Dear Ben,
Thank you for you email.
I apologise for the delay in responding to your request. Unfortunately
the key officer who has been involved with your case has been away from
the office due to unavoidable absence. However I can confirm we now have
other officers within our Transformation and Procurement Team
investigating your request and we endeavour to get a response to you by
Monday 29^th June 2009.
I apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Kind regards
Natalie
Natalie Morgan
Corporate Customer Care Officer
Policy and Communications Team
Chief Executive's Group
London Borough of Sutton
Civic Offices
St Nicholas Way, Sutton SM1 1EA
Tel: 020 8770 6380
FAX: 020 8770 5404
[1]www.sutton.gov.uk
This email and the information it contains are confidential and intended
solely for
the exclusive use of the individual to whom it is addressed. If you are
not the intended
recipient, this email should not be copied, forwarded, or printed for any
purpose, or
the contents disclosed to any other person. If you have received this
email in error,
please notify the London Borough of Sutton immediately on +44 (020) 8770
5000 or
email [email address] and then delete the email.
Although the London Borough of Sutton operates anti-virus programmes, it
does not
accept any responsibility for any damage whatsoever that is caused by
viruses being
passed.
This message has been scanned for malware.
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From: Brewer Mark
Sutton Borough Council
29 June 2009
Dear Ben,
Please find below our response to your FOI request reference1542:
1.1) The London Borough of Sutton utilises the Comensura Neutral Vendor
Contract for the management of our Agency Staff via an Access Agreement in
to the contract managed by the London Borough of Waltham Forest.
A copy of the contract between Waltham Forest and Comensura is already in
the public domain, Suttons terms and conditions would be identical to this
as we operate via the same agreement. A copy of which can be found by
clicking on the link below:
[1]http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ag...
I attach a copy of the Access Agreement referred to above for information.
1.2) Our hourly pay scales for the categories of staff requested and
managed through the Comensura service are as follows;
Our newly qualified would be £15 per hour, qualified Social Worker rates
are £17 per hour rising to £23 per hour for approved specialist Social
Workers.
Our Social Care agency staff for unqualified social care workers range
from £6.25 for a basic care worker, through a range of rates commensurate
with duties/responsibility levels, to £16.50 for an unqualified assistant
care manager.
1.3) We do not hold any agreements directly with temporary agency staffing
vendors, this being managed on our behalf by Comensura.
I trust this answers your questions and I apologise for the time taken in
dealing with your request.
Yours Sincerely
Mark Brewer, Head of Transformation and Procurement
Resources Group
London Borough of Sutton, Civic Offices, St Nicholas Way, SUTTON, SM1 1EA.
This email and the information it contains are confidential and intended
solely for
the exclusive use of the individual to whom it is addressed. If you are
not the intended
recipient, this email should not be copied, forwarded, or printed for any
purpose, or
the contents disclosed to any other person. If you have received this
email in error,
please notify the London Borough of Sutton immediately on +44 (020) 8770
5000 or
email [email address] and then delete the email.
Although the London Borough of Sutton operates anti-virus programmes, it
does not
accept any responsibility for any damage whatsoever that is caused by
viruses being
passed.
This message has been scanned for malware.
References
Visible links
1. http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ag...
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ag...
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Ben Ingram left an annotation (15 May 2009)
From:
To: foi@sutton.gov.uk
Sent: Fri, 15 May 2009 10:32 pm
Subject: proof of name
Attached is a copy of my household bill, which contains sensitive personal data (within the meaning of the Data Protection Act), for proof of name purposes only, in connection with:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ag...
and any other information request I may submit to the Sutton Council.
Ben Ingram
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