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Maternity, adoption and shared parental leave policies

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Dear Scottish Environment Protection Agency,

I wrote to you in July 2015 requesting copies of your maternity and shared parental leave policies. In your response you informed me that your maternity and other parental leave policies were in the process of being reviewed and revised copies would be available a few months later.

Can you therefore please provide me with copies of your current maternity, adoption and shared parental leave policies for employees. Please include information on pay for these schemes – do you offer enhanced pay above the statutory minimum for your employees who take maternity, adoption and shared parental leave?

Can you also tell me since April 2015 how many employees have requested/taken Shared Parental Leave within your organisation. This includes those who have requested but are yet to take the period of leave.

Yours faithfully,

D Jones

AccesstoInformation, Scottish Environment Protection Agency

Dear Mr Jones

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION - ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your email, received by SEPA on
29/07/2016, in which you asked for the following information:

" Can you therefore please provide me with copies of your current
maternity, adoption and shared parental leave policies for employees.
Please include information on pay for these schemes - do you offer
enhanced pay above the statutory minimum for your employees who take
maternity, adoption and shared parental leave?

Can you also tell me since April 2015 how many employees have
requested/taken Shared Parental Leave within your organisation. This
includes those who have requested but are yet to take the period of leave.
"
We must respond to your request within a 20 working day timeframe.  This
means that we will issue you with a response by 26/08/2016 at the latest.

Your unique reference number is F0186567. Please quote this in any future
contact with us about your request.

This acknowledgement has been sent electronically to
[FOI #348819 email]. If you would like a hard copy
signed letter please do not hesitate to contact us.

If you have any queries in the meantime please contact us.

Yours sincerely

Michael Hampton

SEPA Access to Information team

Email: [SEPA request email]

Tel: 01786 457700

The information contained in this email and any attachments may be
confidential and is intended solely for the use of the intended
recipients. Access, copying or re-use of the information in it by any
other is not authorised. If you are not the intended recipient please
notify us immediately by return email to [email address]
SEPA registered office: Strathallan House, Castle Business Park, Stirling,
FK9 4TZ. Under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, the email
system at SEPA may be subject to monitoring from time to time

AccesstoInformation, Scottish Environment Protection Agency

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Dear Mr Jones

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Please see the attached response for your request for information.

Regards

Michael Hampton

SEPA Access to Information Team
Email: [SEPA request email]
Tel: 01786 457700

The information contained in this email and any attachments may be
confidential and is intended solely for the use of the intended
recipients. Access, copying or re-use of the information in it by any
other is not authorised. If you are not the intended recipient please
notify us immediately by return email to [email address]
SEPA registered office: Strathallan House, Castle Business Park, Stirling,
FK9 4TZ. Under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, the email
system at SEPA may be subject to monitoring from time to time

Dear Scottish Environment Protection Agency,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Scottish Environment Protection Agency's handling of my FOI request 'Maternity, adoption and shared parental leave policies'.

I requested information on the number of staff who have taken or requested shared parental leave since April 2015. This has been refused on the 'because the release of this figure would allow the identity of individual members of staff to be identifiable or inferred'.

I believe you have reached this decision in error. I am not requesting any personal information on particular members of staff, just a figure on how many out of your total staff have requested or taken shared parental leave. I cannot see how this would allow me to identify or infer the identity of any individual member of staff

Note that Scottish Government have provided this information to me for their staff and are subject to the same FOI legislation so there is no basis for you to not provide it.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/m...

Yours faithfully,

D Jones

AccesstoInformation, Scottish Environment Protection Agency

Dear Mr Jones

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION - ACKNOWLEDGEMENT - FORMAL REVIEW

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your email, received by SEPA on
05/08/2016 , in which you requested a formal review of F0186567.

We must respond to your request within a 20 working day timeframe.  This
means that we will issue you with a response by 02/09/2016 at the latest.

Your unique reference number is F0186581. Please quote this in any future
contact with us about your request.

This acknowledgement has been sent electronically to
[1][FOI #348819 email]. If you would like a hard
copy signed letter please do not hesitate to contact us.

If you have any queries in the meantime please contact us.

Yours sincerely

Michael Hampton

SEPA Access to Information team

Email: [SEPA request email]

Tel: 01786 457700

The information contained in this email and any attachments may be
confidential and is intended solely for the use of the intended
recipients. Access, copying or re-use of the information in it by any
other is not authorised. If you are not the intended recipient please
notify us immediately by return email to [email address]
SEPA registered office: Strathallan House, Castle Business Park, Stirling,
FK9 4TZ. Under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, the email
system at SEPA may be subject to monitoring from time to time

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Access to Information Enquiries, Scottish Environment Protection Agency

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Dear Mr Jones

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Please refer to the enclosed response in relation to your request for a
formal review.

Regards

Michael Hampton

SEPA Access to Information Team
Email: [1][SEPA request email]
Tel: 01786 457700

The information contained in this email and any attachments may be
confidential and is intended solely for the use of the intended
recipients. Access, copying or re-use of the information in it by any
other is not authorised. If you are not the intended recipient please
notify us immediately by return email to [2][email address]

 

SEPA registered office: Strathallan House, Castle Business Park, Stirling,
FK9 4TZ. Under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, the email
system at SEPA may be subject to monitoring from time to time

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