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Dear Torfaen Council,

How many solicitors does the Council employ?

How many legal advisors does the council employ (a role which requires giving or advising on the law)?

How many solicitor jobs have been advertised internally and externallly in the past 2 years?

How many legal jobs have been advertised internally and externally in the past two years?

Also how were the roles advertised?

Can these figures be broken down to departments?

Yours faithfully,

Daniel South

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Dear Daniel South

 

18/951 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST

 

Further to our acknowledgement of your request for information. I am now
in a position to provide you with a response.

 

Your request and the authority’s responses are below:

 

How many solicitors does the Council employ?

We employ 9 solicitors. 

 

How many legal advisors does the council employ (a role which requires
giving or advising on the law)?

We employ 11 legal advisors.  This is 2 Legal Officers and 9 Solicitors.

 

How many solicitor jobs have been advertised internally and externallly in
the past 2 years?

We have advertised 2 Solicitor posts. 

 

How many legal jobs have been advertised internally and externally in the
past two years?

The authority advertised for two Legal Assistants.

 

Also how were the roles advertised?

The roles were advertised in the Law Society Gazette.

 

Can these figures be broken down to departments?

All posts were in the Child Care/Litigation Department.

 

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YMWADIAD: Mae'r wybodaeth sy'n gynwysedig yn yr e-bost yma a) yn eiddo i
Gyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Torfaen; a b) yn gyfrinachol. Fe'i bwriedir ar
gyfer y derbynnydd yn unig. Os nad chi yw’r sawl y cyfeiriwyd hi ato, ni
ddylech ddadlennu, copïo na dosbarthu'r wybodaeth neu ei defnyddio i
weithredu. Os derbyniwch yr e-bost yma fel camgymeriad, gadewch i ni wybod
ar unwaith drwy ffonio ++44 (0) 1495 766366, a danfonwch yr e-bost yn ol
gydag unrhyw atodiadau. RHYBUDD: Gwnewch yn siwr bod gennych ddiogelwch
feirws digonol cyn agor neu ddatgysylltu unrhyw ddogfen sydd yn atodiad
i'r e-bost hwn. Mae’r Cyngor yn croesawu gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg a Saesneg.
Cewch ateb Cymraeg i bob gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg ac ni fydd yn arwain i
unrhyw oedi. Mae data personol sy'n cael ei brosesu gan y cyngor yn cael
ei wneud yn unol â'r gofynion sydd arnom ni o dan y Rheoliad Diogelu Data
Cyffredinol (RhDDC) (UE) 2016/679. Am fwy o wybodaeth ar sut yr ydym yn
gwneud hyn gwelwch ein Hysbysiad Preifatrwydd

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