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Dear Hull City Council,

Please can you help me with the following Freedom of Information Act request?

- In the financial year 2009/10, or if this information is not held in the most recent year prior to 2018/19 for which figures are available, how many School Crossing Patrol Officers (or persons with equivalent job titles) were employed by the authority?

- How many Full Time Equivalent hours did they work over the course of the year?

- How many School Crossing Patrol Officers (or persons with equivalent job titles) were employed by the authority in 2018/19?

- How many Full Time Equivalent hours did they work over the course of the year?

Yours faithfully,

Jon Parker-Dean

Information Governance, Hull City Council

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Information Governance, Hull City Council

Dear Mr Parker-Dean

 

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Information Request - 002351/19

 

With regard to your Freedom of Information request received on 13/11/2019,
please find our response below.

 

 

The figures below do not take ‘teacher training days’ into account.  The
full time equivalent figures are based on a School Crossing Patrol working
1 hour per day for 39 weeks of the year (13 weeks are school holidays).

 

- In the financial year 2009/10, or if this information is not held in the
most recent year prior to 2018/19 for which figures are available, how
many School Crossing Patrol Officers (or persons with equivalent job
titles) were employed by the authority?

 

2017/18 = 55 (67 roles with 12 vacancies)

2016/17 = 56 (67 roles with 11 vacancies)

2012/13 = 59 (68 roles with 9 vacancies)

 

- How many Full Time Equivalent hours did they work over the course of the
year?

 

2017/18 = 10,725 hours across all the crossings

2016/17 = 10,920 hours across all the crossings

2012/13 = 11,505 hours across all the crossings

 

- How many School Crossing Patrol Officers (or persons with equivalent job
titles) were employed by the authority in 2018/19?

 

In 2018/19 there were 35 School Crossing Patrols.

 

- How many Full Time Equivalent hours did they work over the course of the
year?

 

The 35 School Crossing Patrols in 2018/19 worked 6,825 hours across all
the crossings (1 hour per day over 39 weeks of the year).

 

 

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Yours sincerely

 

 

 

 

Information Governance

Town Clerk's Service

Hull City Council

Tel: 01482 300300

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