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Dear Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council,

Can you provide me with the most recent structure chart of your Finance Team that includes: job titles and numbers of FTEs.

In addition can you also provide the budget allocation for Finance Team for the most recent financial year you have.

Yours faithfully,

David Miscavage

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear David Miscavage,

 

Request for Information RFI-1204-20

 

Thank you for your request for information relating to Finance Team
structure which was received on 24 February 2020.

 

In accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000
the council will respond to your request within 20 working days, saying
whether we have the information that you want, and if there will be any
charges. 

 

If, for any reason, we cannot provide you with the information, we will
tell you why.

If we need to clarify your request, we will contact you again.

 

Regards

Assurance Team, Resources and Transformation

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council,

Civic Centre,

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Walsall, WS1 1DG

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Dear David Miscavage,

Request for Information RFI-1204-20

I am contacting you to get clarity on your request. Where you have asked:

 

Can you also provide the budget allocation for Finance Team for the most
recent financial year you have.

 

Our service area has asked: can you be clear what is meant by finance? It
may be helpful if you could rephrase your request and be more specific.

 

Until we receive clarification, your request will be put on hold, In the
event that we do not hear from you within the next 3 weeks, we will assume
that you do not wish to proceed with your request.

 

If you require any assistance, please get in touch.

 

Regards

 

Assurance Team, Resources and Transformati

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council,

Civic Centre,

Darwall Street,

Walsall, WS1 1DG

Tel: 0800 0856 018

Email: [Walsall Council request email]

Service area: [1]walsall.gov.uk/ Information Governance and Assurance

Website:  [2]www.walsall.gov.uk

 

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Dear Mr Miscavage,

Further to our email below requesting further clarification of your
request, we still have not heard anything further from you.

Please note that currently, we are unable to progress your request any
further, until you are able to provide us with the clarified information
being requested.

However If we do not hear from you within the next 7 days then we will be
seeking to close this request, which means that if in the future you
require this information, you will be required to submit a new request for
information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

We look forward to hearing from you shortly.

Yours Sincerely,

Kim Pahal - Assurance Officer

Assurance Team, Resources and Transformation

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council,

Civic Centre,

Darwall Street,

Walsall, WS1 1DG

Tel: 0800 0856 018

Email: [Walsall Council request email]

Service area: [1]walsall.gov.uk/ Information Governance and Assurance

Website:  [2]www.walsall.gov.uk

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From: [Walsall Council request email]
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 1:32 PM
To: [FOI #649370 email]
Subject: RFI-1204-20 Clarity on you request

 

Dear David Miscavage,

Request for Information RFI-1204-20

I am contacting you to get clarity on your request. Where you have asked:

Can you also provide the budget allocation for Finance Team for the most
recent financial year you have.

Our service area has asked: can you be clear what is meant by finance? It
may be helpful if you could rephrase your request and be more specific.

Until we receive clarification, your request will be put on hold, In the
event that we do not hear from you within the next 3 weeks, we will assume
that you do not wish to proceed with your request.

If you require any assistance, please get in touch.

Regards

Assurance Team, Resources and Transformation

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council,

Civic Centre,

Darwall Street,

Walsall, WS1 1DG

Tel: 0800 0856 018

Email: [Walsall Council request email]

Service area: [4]walsall.gov.uk/ Information Governance and Assurance

Website:  [5]www.walsall.gov.uk

 

[6]http://int.walsall.gov.uk/portals/0/Comm...

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Dear Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council,

The staff involved with finance in the Council they may cover the following functions: treasury management, financial accounting, management accounting, creditors, insurance, commerical or reconcilliations.

If you have a team(s) that cover those finance functions could they be included within my request please.

Yours faithfully,

David Miscavage

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear Mr Miscavage,

 

Freedom of Information Request - Ref: RFI-1204-20 

 

Please accept my sincerest apologies for the delay you have experienced in
receiving a response to your Freedom of Information Request. As you know,
the council is required to respond to all requests for information under
the Freedom of Information Act within 20 working days, unless a ‘qualified
exception’ applies.

 

I am however happy to provide the information you requested below. I hope
this information is still of use to you. Please note that the information
given in this response is as at the date of your request.

If you do have any queries or additional questions regarding the
information that has been provided please do not hesitate to contact me
direct on the details at the bottom of this email.

 

Further to your request for information about Finance Team structure, I
can tell you the following:

Your Request:

1. Can you provide me with the most recent structure chart of your Finance
Team that includes: job titles and numbers of FTEs

2. In addition can you also provide the budget allocation for Finance Team
for the most recent financial year you have

Our Response:

1. Please refer to the attached structure chart. The number beside each
role represents the number of full time employees assigned to that
particular role

2. Please again refer to the attached table. NB the figures provided in
the attached table are the gross costs for providing the detailed finance
services

Most of the information that we provide in response to Freedom of
Information Act 2000 requests will be subject to copyright protection.  In
most cases the copyright will be owned by Walsall Council. The copyright
in respect of other information may be owned by another person or
organisation, as indicated.

 

You are free to use any information supplied to you in response to this
request for your own non-commercial research or private study purposes.
The information may also be used for any other purpose allowed by a
limitation or exception in copyright law, such as news reporting.
 However, any other type of re-use, for example by publishing the
information in analogue or digital form, including on the internet, will
require the permission of the copyright owner.

 

I hope that the information provided is useful to you. However, if you are
dissatisfied, you should set out in writing your grounds for complaint and
send to: Lead Assurance Officer, Business Change, Civic Centre, Darwall
Street, Walsall, WS1 1TP.

 

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for a decision.
Please remember that, generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you
have first exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the council. The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF.

 

Again I would like to offer my apologies for any inconvenience the delay
to your request may have caused you

 

Yours sincerely,

Kim Pahal

Assurance Team, Resources and Transformation

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council,

Civic Centre,

Darwall Street,

Walsall, WS1 1DG

Email: [1][Walsall Council request email]

Service area: [2]walsall.gov.uk/ Information Governance and Assurance

Website:  [3]www.walsall.gov.uk

 

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