Annual temporary staff spend by individual school

Dear Mr Chambers,

I acknowledge your request for information received on 24th August 2010.

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 that 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.

If you have any queries or concerns then please contact the Information Officer at London Borough of Redbridge, Town Hall, PO Box 2, High Road, Ilford, Essex, telephone 0208 708 2331, e-mail [Redbridge Borough Council request email]

Further information is also available from the Information Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House 
Water Lane 
Wilmslow 
Cheshire 
SK9 5AF 
Telephone: 08456 30 60 60 or 01625 54 57 45
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Yours sincerely,
 
FOI coordinator - Strategic Services

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Dear Mr Chambers,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

Your request for information has now been considered and the information requested is enclosed/detailed below.

Please note that the Council does not have a main system that records this information. The detail is held locally in each school and the only analysis the Council receives is through the Consistent Financial Reporting (CFR) return sent to the Council’s Finance Service. The information shown on the return depends on whether there is a specific CFR code or not. There is only one code regarding Agency Supply. This shows how much a school spends on supply teachers from external suppliers. Supply for admin and Learning Support Assistants does not have its own code and therefore can't be identified without contacting each school individually.

Such an exercise would take a significant amount of staff time (certainly far in excess of the appropriate limit) and for that reason, if you still required the level of detail as specified in your original request, we would have refused it on those grounds.

We have provided instead the information that we do hold, which is the total expenditure per school (see attached spreadsheet) and I hope that you will find that sufficient.

Please contact me if you have any queries or concerns.

Although the London Borough of Redbridge has considered your request strictly in accordance with the Act, if any or all of the information provided is to be published or broadcast, we would like the opportunity to comment on the information provided, in so far as that publication or broadcast refers to, or in any way identifies, the London Borough of Redbridge before the information is published or broadcast.

The London Borough of Redbridge’s Press Office can be contacted on 020 8708 3766.

If you are unhappy with the outcome of your request, you may ask for an internal review. Please contact the Information Officer at [Redbridge Borough Council request email] or Town Hall, PO Box 2, High Road, Ilford, Essex, IG1 1DD who will arrange an internal review of your case.

If you have a complaint about the handling of your enquiry then please contact the Information Officer at London Borough of Redbridge, Town Hall, PO Box 2, High Road, Ilford, Essex, telephone 0208 708 2331, e-mail [Redbridge Borough Council request email]. If you consider the outcome of the London Borough of Redbridge’s complaints procedure is not satisfactory you also have a right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF 
Telephone:   08456 30 60 60 or 01625 54 57 45
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Yours sincerely,

 
FOI coordinator - Strategic Services
 020 8708 2161

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