Balfour Beatty job creation / Cost savings

Dear Mr Hepworth

I am pleased to acknowledge your request for information, which has been
allocated the reference number FOI/167411/12.

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Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Officer
North East Lincolnshire Council

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Dear Mr Hepworth

Thank you for your information request relating to job creation and cost
savings, which I can confirm is held by North East Lincolnshire Council.

Q1. How many jobs have been created since the start of the partnership as
a direct response to the partnership?

A1.     There have been 415 jobs created as a result of the activity of
the Partnership

Q2.     How many postions (both agency and employed)have been made
redundant since the partnership started?    

A2.     There have been a total of 31 redundancies since the Partnership
started.

Q3.     What was the projected cost savings for the partnership in the
first two years and what has been the actual cost savings to date?

A3. The Partnership was formed on 1st July 2010 and so has not yet been
established for 2 years. However, the projected savings from 1st

July 2010 to March 2012 were £465,000. The Partnership is currently on
target to achieve these savings.

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Yours sincerely

Paul Ellis
Corporate Records and Information Manager
North East Lincolnshire Council

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Dear Mr Hepworth

You have requested further clarification on the information supplied in the Council's original response to your request. Please find the responses as follow:

1. Breakdown of where the jobs have been created?

I firstly must apologise in that the number of additional jobs created since the start of the Partnership as a direct result of the Partnership was incorrect. This was due to adding two results together whereas they were cumulative results. The correct figure is 299 jobs created. The jobs have been created in the following areas:

Construction Jobs = 168
Manufacturing = 33
Services (non manufacturing, business growth and development) = 98

As this information is provided to Balfour Beatty in confidence, we cannot publish the names of the individual businesses involved.

2. I can confirm that these are the same figures that are provided to Councillors by the Partnership. I cannot confirm that this information has been supplied to all Councillors from all parties.

3. I can confirm that the information is provided to Balfour Beatty by individual businesses and that Balfour Beatty then supply that information to the Council. The Council does audit performance information supplied by Balfour Beatty.

If you are unhappy with the response you have received, you have the right to request an internal review by the Council. If following this you are still dissatisfied you may contact the Office of the Information Commissioner. If you wish to request an internal review, please contact me and I will make the necessary arrangements.

Yours sincerely on behalf of North East Lincolnshire Council

Paul Ellis
Corporate Records and Information Manager
North East Lincolnshire Council

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