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Staff Pay - over £100,000

S Smith (Account suspended) made this Freedom of Information request to Kent County Council

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From: S Smith (Account suspended)

9 April 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

In light of the £50 million pound Icelandic loss.

Are we really expected to believe that the Public are being
provided with services that represent 'good value for money'?

Can you please equate the tangible benefit to the Public ,which
justify paying such huge salaries too so many employees ; paid from
the Public Council Tax?

Kent Peter Gilroy Chief Executive £235,000 - £255,000 8.5% increase

Graham Badman Managing Director
Children, Families &
Education
£185,000 - £195,000 increase 5.4%

Oliver Mills Managing Director
Kent Adult Social
Service
£165,000 - £175,000 increase 6.1%

Amanda Honey Managing Director
Communities
£155,000

David Cockburn Director Business
Solutions & Policy
£135,000

Geoff Wild Director Law &
Governance
£135,000

Lynda McMullan Director of Finance £125,000 - £135,000 increase
8.0%

Mike Austerberry Director of Property £125,000

Assistant to Chief
Executive
- £115,000

Steve Leidecker Director of
Operations, Kent
Adult Social
Services
£115,000

Director of Policy,
Performance &
Quality Assurance,
Kent Adult Social
Services
£105,000

Managing Director
Environment &
Regeneration
£165,000 - £105,000, -36.4%

Head of Financial
Services & Acting
Director of Finance
- £105,000

Head of Financial
Management &
Acting Director of
Finance
- £105,000

Director of Kent
Highways Services
- £105,000

Director - ASK - £105,000

Director of
Commissioning &
Provision, West
Kent Adult Social
Services
- £105,000

Director - Strategy
Policy &
Performance
- £105,000

Amanda Beer Director of
Personnel &
Development
- £105,000

Bill Anderson Director of
Children's Social
Services
£105,000

Caroline Highwood Director of
Resources, Kent
Adult Social
Services
£105,000

Clive Bainbridge Director of
Community Safety
& Regulatory
Services
- £105,000

Grahame Ward Director of
Resources, Children
& Families
£105,000

Ian Craig Director of
Operations, Children
& Families
£105,000

Janet Hughes Director of
Commissioning &
Provision, East Kent
Adult Social
Services
£105,000

Joanna Wainwright Director of
Commissioning
(Specialist
Services), Children
& Families
£105,000

Keith Abbott Director of Finance
& Corporate
Services, Children &
Families
- £105,000

Kevin Harlock Director Commercial
Services
£105,000

Head of Primary
Excellence Project
£105,000

Assistant Director
Finance & Corporate
Services, Children &
Families
£105,000

Yours faithfully,

S Smith

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Kent County Council

16 April 2009

Dear S Smith

Staff pay over £100,000

As you are aware, the Freedom of Information Act gives you a right of
access to recorded information held by public authorities like Kent County
Council. When you make a request, you are asking for all the recorded
information the Council may hold on that subject. FOIA doesn't give you a
right to elicit officers' opinions (unless they are already on record) or
put obligations on public authorities to create information to satisfy
requests.

We believe that your request 'Can you please equate the tangible benefit
to the Public ,which justify paying such huge salaries too so many
employees; paid from the Public Council Tax? will fall outside the scope
of Freedom of Information Act as it is unlikely that KCC will hold this
information. Therefore, we believe it more appropriate to deal
with the comments in your email as a formal complaint about staff salaries
and remuneration.

Therefore, on behalf of the Chief Executive and in accordance with our
corporate complaints process
[1]http://www.kent.gov.uk/council-and-democ..., I
will arrange for your comments to be investigated and will write to you
again as soon as I can, and certainly within 4 weeks of date of
receipt (by 12th May).

Yours sincerely

Corporate Access to Information Team, Chief Executive's Department
Kent County Council, Legal & Democratic Services, Room 1.94, Sessions
House, County Hall, Maidstone. ME14 1XQ.
Tel: 01622 696265 or 01622 694261 - Fax: 01622 694383
[2]http://www.kent.gov.uk/council-and-democ...

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From: S Smith (Account suspended)

24 April 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please confirm the figures quoted are actually correct?

Are there further adjustments, if so please show these ?

(i) increases

(ii) decreases

Yours sincerely,

S Smith

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Kent County Council

24 April 2009

Dear S Davies

Thank you for your email which clarifies the nature of your complaint. We
still hope to be in a position to reply to you by 12th May as originally
quoted in our acknowledgement but if we do anticipate any delay, we will
forewarn you accordingly.

Best regards

Corporate Access to Information Team, Chief Executive's Department
Kent County Council, Legal & Democratic Services, Room 1.94, Sessions
House, County Hall, Maidstone. ME14 1XQ.
Tel: 01622 696265 or 01622 694261 - Fax: 01622 694383
[1]http://www.kent.gov.uk/council-and-democ...

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Kent County Council

24 April 2009

Dear S Smith

Please accept my apologies for using the incorrect salutation. I had just
acknowledged a complaint from another member of the public - the hazards
of trying to do several things at once. I am sorry for any offence that I
may have caused.

Best regards

Corporate Access to Information Team, Chief Executive's Department
Kent County Council, Legal & Democratic Services, Room 1.94, Sessions
House, County Hall, Maidstone. ME14 1XQ.
Tel: 01622 696265 or 01622 694261 - Fax: 01622 694383
[1]http://www.kent.gov.uk/council-and-democ...

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From: Corporate Complaints - CED
Sent: 24 April 2009 10:36
To: [FOI #10316 email]
Subject: CE/COMP/09/009 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COMPLAINT ABOUT STAFF PAY
Dear S Davies

Thank you for your email which clarifies the nature of your complaint. We
still hope to be in a position to reply to you by 12th May as originally
quoted in our acknowledgement but if we do anticipate any delay, we will
forewarn you accordingly.

Best regards

Corporate Access to Information Team, Chief Executive's Department
Kent County Council, Legal & Democratic Services, Room 1.94, Sessions
House, County Hall, Maidstone. ME14 1XQ.
Tel: 01622 696265 or 01622 694261 - Fax: 01622 694383
[2]http://www.kent.gov.uk/council-and-democ...

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From: S Smith (Account suspended)

21 May 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please confirm when a response can be expected, as you will be
aware the response is currently overdue.

Yours sincerely,

S Smith

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From: S Smith (Account suspended)

27 May 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Kent County Council's
handling of my FOI request 'Staff Pay - over £100,000'.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/st...

Yours sincerely,

S Smith

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From: S Smith (Account suspended)

31 May 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please explain why there is such a delay with supplying the
information requested.One would hope that kent county council is
capable of auditing correctly staff wages.

It is clearly of great interest to the Public, and they deserve
nothing less than transparency when such huge sums of money are
involved; being paid for by the rate payer.

Yours sincerely,

S Smith

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