Dear University of Glasgow,

Would it be possible to discover, broken down by service, the
aggregate total numbers of days that senior managers (at Grade 7
and above) within University Services have spent 'working from
home' without taking annual leave in the last year? And to what
extent this facility is officially extended, as part of the Terms
and Conditions of Employment, to staff on higher grades?

Yours faithfully,

mr s cross

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Dear Mr Cross,

Further to your Freedom of Information request dated 30 December 2009
timed 02:33 hours. Please find letter of acknowledgement attached.

You will find that the University's acknowledgement of your information
request is in PDF (Portable Document Format) file(s) attached to this
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Dear Mr Cross,

Please find attached the University's response to your Freedom of
Information (Scotland) Act 2002 request dated 30 December 2009 timed
02:33 hours.

You will find that the University's response to your information request
is in PDF (Portable Document Format) file(s) attached to this email.

The PDF file format is used for electronic distribution because it
preserves the look and feel of the original document complete with
fonts, colours, images, and layout. To open a PDF file you can download
a free program called Acrobat Reader and install it onto your computer
by clicking on to the following URL:

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Yours sincerely,

Data Protection and Freedom of Information Office

Direct Line: +44 (0)141 330 2523
Fax: 0141 330 4920

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University of Glasgow
University Avenue
Glasgow G12 8QQ

The University of Glasgow, charity number SC004401

Dear FOI Office,

Would it be possible to get a more comprehensive set of figures, i
cant help but notice that some key services are missing, namely:

Developement and Alumni
Library
Corportate Communications
Hospitality
Huntarian
Recruitment and International Office
Language Center
Finance
Purchasing
Registry

and can i ask if the figure quoted for computing is for the whole
of IT/Services.

The reason i'm requesting this information is twofold:

1) I'm doing some research into management structures and one of
the phenomenon that I'm investigating is whether because managers
are 'working from home' and not on-site 'managing' their resources
including subordinate staff, this leads to unnecessary bloat and
bureaucracy as more managers are recruited at intermediate levels
to cover the responsibilities; and

2) Because I feel that you have been a little economical with the
truth, I wonder exactly how widespread this practice is and exactly
what value I'm getting as a tax payer form these non-academic
staff?

Yours sincerely,

Mr Steve Cross

Dear Mr Cross,

Further to your Freedom of Information Request for a Review dated 28
January 2010 timed 20:52. Please find letter of acknowledgement
attached.
You will find that the University's acknowledgement of your Request for
a Review is in PDF (Portable Document Format) file(s) attached to this
email.

The PDF file format is used for electronic distribution because it
preserves the look and feel of the original document complete with
fonts, colours, images, and layout. To open a PDF file you can download
a free program called Acrobat Reader and install it onto your computer
by clicking on to the following URL:

http://www.adobe.co.uk/products/acrobat/...

Yours sincerely,

Data Protection and Freedom of Information Office

Direct Line: +44 (0)141 330 2523
Fax: 0141 330 4920

Gilbert Scott Building
University of Glasgow
University Avenue
Glasgow G12 8QQ

The University of Glasgow, charity number SC004401

Please find attached the University's response to your request for a
review.
<<FoI 2010-03F0084899.pdf>>

Dear FOI Reviews,

I find this hard to believe since as the Employer the University
has an obligation to carry out a health and safety risk assessment
of every employee's work activities at home. As well Health and
Safety, are there not insurance issues and something about the
Working Time Regulations.

So if you say so but it all seems rather irregular that you don't
know which of your staff are working where.

Yours sincerely,
mr steve cross