Giving Jobs on Salary of around £100,000 per year without advertising the Jobs.

Dear Birmingham City Council,

I understand that Birmingham City Council (BCC) has given permanent
jobs to a number of very senior managers who were previously acting
up on temporary basis in those jobs. And that these senior managers
have been given the permanent senior managers jobs without
advertising the jobs. And that these jobs salaries are around
£100,000 or over £100,000 per year.

There are race, sex and disability equality laws about giving jobs
to people in the public sector without advertising the jobs.

Please can BCC inform me for the last five years how many Jobs have
been given to people in BCC at a salary of above £65,000 per year
without advertising the jobs. Please give the title of each job,
the salary per year of each job, the date each job was given, the
racial origin, the gender and disability of each person given the
job. The statutory public duties require BCC to have the equality
information.

Please give the names of the persons who approved given jobs to
each of these people without advertising the job.

Yours faithfully,

Luqman Khan

Dear Birmingham City Council,

Birmingham City Council (BCC) has not responded and has not
provided the information I requested in my FOI request of 8
December 2009.

BCC is breaking the Law.

Senior managers and senior Councillors are in contempt of the law.
Consequently I am contemplating requesting BCC senior managers and
senior Councillors to be prosecuted accordingly.

It appears that BCC senior managers and senior Councillors have got
something to hide by not meeting my FOI request.

There is a possibility that BCC have given jobs to a number of
people without advertising the jobs and if this is the case there
could be abuse of the worst kind and this could be for personal
gains , including personal gains to exercise undue influence over
the persons to whom the jobs have been given and personal financial
gains by those who got the jobs.

My FOI request concerns very serious issues of potential abuse of
power and potential abuse of public finances.

I am giving BCC two more weeks to provide the information in my FOI
request of 8 December 2009.

Yours faithfully,

Luqman Khan

Dear Dawanna Campbell,

1) I refer to BCC response of 27 January 2010 in response to my FOI
request to Birmingham City Council (BCC) on 8 December 2009.

2) Initially BCC failed to response at all within FOI deadline. BCC
broke the Law.

3) I then reminded BCC on 18 January 2010 that it had failed to
respond and Broke the law.

4) BCC has now responded on 27 January 2010 with complete contempt.
BCC has not answered my FOI request but instead has responded to
totally different question.

5) I did not request whether or not over the last 5 years, all
posts over £65k have been subject to an approved recruitment and
selection process.

6) For all its worth BCC approved recruitment and selection process
used for these post could be unlawful and unworthy of what public
would expect and unworthy in public opinion.

7) My FOI requested was and still is - Please can BCC inform me for
the last five years how many Jobs have been given to people in BCC
at a salary of above £65,000 per year without advertising the jobs

8) Please note above the words “without advertising the jobs”.

9) Also please provide what date the post of Corporate Director of
Governance was created. What date was it advertised. Names of the
Media it was advertised in. How many people applied for the job.
What is the salary range of the post.

10) Also please provide what date the post of Corporate Director of
Human Resources was created. What date was it advertised. Names of
the Media it was advertised in. How many people applied for the
job. What is the salary range of the post.

11) Also please provide what date the post of Corporate Director of
Human Resources and Equalities was created. What date was it
advertised. Names of the Media it was advertised in. How many
people applied for the job. What is the salary range of the post.

12) Also please provide what date the post of Strategic Director,
Housing & Constituencies was created. What date was it advertised.
Names of the Media it was advertised in. How many people applied
for the job. What is the salary range of the post.

13) Also please provide what date the post of Director/Head of
Resilience was created. What date was it advertised. Names of the
Media it was advertised in. How many people applied for the job.
What is the salary range of the post.

14) Also please provide what date the post of Director of Policy &
Performance was created. What date was it advertised. Names of the
Media it was advertised in. How many people applied for the job.
What is the salary range of the post.

15) Also please provide the racial origin, the gender and
disability in aggregated numbers of all the people who were given
jobs over £65,000 annual salary in the last five years without
advertising the jobs. This information requested is aggregate and
therefore is not sensitive personal data. The statutory public
duties require BCC to have the equality information. Please note
that I will give example of the posts in this category in the event
that Birmingham fails once again to answer this question
completely. It is not good for BCC to be repeatedly in contempt of
failing to comply with the FOI law.

16) BCC has already taken 60 days to respond inadequately and with
contempt for the FOI law. BCC Chief Executive would and should be
aware of BCC failure and contempt to comply with this FOI request.
I assume BCC Chief Executive is aware.

17) I would appreciate receiving the information within one week.

Yours sincerely,

Luqman Khan