Dear Audit NI,

Thank you for your email of 18 June 2022 to Ards and North Down Borough Council, received on 20 June.

We confirm your request regarding employees working from home will be processed by the Council as a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. You will receive the information you have requested within 20 working days of the date of receipt of your request by the Council unless the Council does not hold the information or there is a reason to withhold all or part of the information requested. The Council will write to you in any event.

For further information in relation to the Freedom of Information Act we would refer you to the Information Commissioner's Office website, www.ico.org.uk

If you wish to discuss the above, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Regards,

FOI Team
Ards and North Down Borough Council
Town Hall
The Castle
Bangor
BT20 4BT
Tel: 0300 013 3333

dangos adrannau a ddyfynnir

Dear Audit NI,

We refer to the above matter and write further to our acknowledgement
email of 27^th June 2022.

Your request has been processed in accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and please see Ards and North Down Borough Council’s
response below.

Please provide the following information as of June 17^th 2022

 1. How many employees remain to work from home who didn’t before the
covid 19 pandemic. No exact figure is held. Approximately 385
employees have the ability to work from home, however, many of these
employees have returned to working in to the office either fully or on
a hybrid basis.

 2. What are the positions of each staff member continuing to work from
home. No recorded information is held of which staff/positions
continue to work from home as of 17^th June 2022.

 3. What is the reason for each staff member continuing to work from home.
Interim home working policy still in place following the
pandemic. Longer term arrangements are currently being reviewed.

 4. Have any of these staff members been requested to discontinue working
from home. No recorded information is held.

 5. Have the council carried out any type of economic study, time and
motion study or any other assessment to ensure the council receive
best value for money by allowing the practice of working from home to
continue. A New Ways of Working Internal Audit is currently in process
and a staff survey has been developed around longer term working from
home arrangements to gather information on resource requirements,
wellbeing and staff preferences.

Should you require clarification on any matter, please do not hesitate to
contact us.

We are sorry we could not be of more assistance in this matter. Should you
be unhappy with the response you may request an Internal Review by
contacting [1][Ards and North Down Borough Council request email]. Please note that requests for
Internal Reviews must be submitted within two months from the date of this
response. Further information on the Internal Review process is available
on the Council’s website. In the event you are unhappy with the outcome of
any Internal Review conducted by Council you may apply to the Information
Commissioner's Office (ICO) for a review of our response. Please note that
the ICO generally expects Internal Reviews to be completed prior to
reviewing the decisions of public bodies.

Regards,

FOI Team

Ards and North Down Borough Council

Town Hall

The Castle

Bangor

BT20 4BT

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