Education Counsellors Supporting Pupils in Education Information

Dear C McEwan,

Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

In response to your request for information received at this office on
5/6/09, Bolton Council is happy to supply the following information:

Q1 Does your Local Authority presently employ Education Counsellors*
(rather than `buying in' such a service from an external provider)?

A1 No

Q2 If the answer to Question 1 is `yes', please state for each
Education Counsellor employed by the Local Authority:

. Whether they have been deemed to be eligible to join the
Teachers Pension Scheme and

. The date when they joined the Teachers Pension Scheme

. Whether they are employed on Teachers Terms and Conditions of
Employment

A2 N/a

Q3 If your Local Authority does not presently employ Education
Counsellors have they done so in the past?

A3 No

Q4 If the answer to Question 3 is `yes', please state for each
School Counsellor employed by the Local Authority since 31 March 2004:

. Whether they were deemed to be eligible to join the Teachers
Pension Scheme and

. When they joined the Teachers Pension Scheme

. Education Counsellors meaning those employed to support pupils
in education

A4 N/a

Should you have any queries regarding this, please contact me.

Yours sincerely

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