Employee Assistance Programmes

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Dear Vale of White Horse District 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

FOI Vale, Vale of White Horse District Council

Dear Lauren Smithson

Thank you for your request for information, which was received by Vale of White Horse District Council on 5 August 2020.

Please accept this email as confirmation that your request has been received and is being considered by the relevant department and that a response will be sent to you as soon as possible, subject to the information not being exempt and subject to any need for clarification.

The target date for this will be 3 September 2020

The reference number for this request is Vale 20/234

Please note: You may experience a delay in information rights responses during the pandemic. We will endeavour to meet the timescale for responding, however, there may be some delay whilst members of staff are working from home.

I trust that this email is sufficient to assure you that your request is being dealt with. However, should you have any queries in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact the FOI team at [Vale of White Horse District Council request email]

Kind regards

FOI Team

Customer Assurance
Vale of White Horse District Council

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Dear Lauren Smithson

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information requests, which were received by
both South Oxfordshire District Council and Vale of White Horse District
Council, logged under FOI 20/234 South and 20/234 Vale. Please note that
the two councils operate as a shared service hence this joint response.

 

Under Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 2000 Act) you
are entitled to be informed in writing whether the council holds the
information specified in your request and, if that is the case, to have
that information communicated to you unless any of the statutory
exemptions apply. I have considered your request and can confirm we do
hold some of the information asked and I do not believe any of the
statutory exemptions apply to your request. Please find below the
information you requested (where available):

 

The annual 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.

 

Period What for South Vale
Jul 2017 - Jun 2018 EAP £2527.47 exc vat  

OH retainer £333.00 exc vat
Jul 2018 - Jun 2019 EAP £2527.47 exc vat  

OH retainer £330.00 exc vat
Jul 2019 - Jun 2020 EAP   £2653.84 exc vat

OH Retainer £330.00 exc vat

These were for all staff across both councils and half the costs were
recharged to the other council for that year.

 

Please treat this as the councils’ formal response under the 2000 Act.  If
you are not satisfied with the decision I have made in response to your
request, you can make a request for an internal review by emailing
[1][email address] and [2][Vale of White Horse District Council request email]  within 40 working
days from the date we issued our response. If you remain dissatisfied
after following that procedure, you have the right under Section 50 of the
2000 Act to complain to the Information Commissioner if you feel the
council has not dealt with your request properly. You can contact the
Commissioner at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF
(telephone number: 01625 545745). You can also find further information at
[3]www.ico.org.uk.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Abigail Lee

HR Co-ordinator

South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils

 

[4]www.southoxon.gov.uk

[5]www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk

 

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