Employee Assistance Programmes

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Dear Havering Borough Council,

Under the Freedom Of Information Act I would like to request the following data:

- The annual council spending on Employee Assistance Programmes, meaning the amount of money spent by the council each year on employee assistance progreammes for their employees for 2018 and 2019.

Yours faithfully,

Lauren Smithson

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Dear Lauren Smithson

 

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I acknowledge receipt of your request for information received on 30^th
July 2020. Your email is being considered and you will receive a response
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Dear Ms Smithson

 

I refer to your request for information made under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.  Your request has been considered and the
information held is as follows:

 

+--------------------+
|Question|The annual |
|1 |council |
| |spending on|
| |Employee |
| |Assistance |
| |Programmes,|
| |meaning the|
| |amount of |
| |money spent|
| |by the |
| |council |
| |each year |
| |on employee|
| |assistance |
| |programmes |
| |for their |
| |employees |
| |for 2018 |
| |and 2019 |
|--------+-----------|
|Response|For both |
| |the periods|
| |requested, |
| |the |
| |Council’s |
| |EAP |
| |Programme |
| |cost is set|
| |at £2.68 |
| |per |
| |employee.  |
| |The |
| |Council’s |
| |directly |
| |employed |
| |headcount |
| |is as |
| |follows:  |
| | |
| |  |
| | |
| |2018/19 = |
| |2,461 |
| | |
| |2019/20 = |
| |2,439 |
+--------------------+

 

I trust the information is of use to you and will close your request.

 

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handled you have the right to request an internal review within 3 months
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Access to Information Team

London Borough of Havering

Town Hall

Main Road

Romford

RM1 3BD

 

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner at the
following address:

 

Office of the Information Commissioner

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow 

Cheshire 

SK9 5AF

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Yours sincerely

 

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London Borough of Havering

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