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Christopher Davies

Dear Somerset NHS Foundation Trust,

I would be very grateful if you could provide a list of the numbers of staff in post within the IT department that occupy each of the standard Agenda for Change bands.

Please note that I am only interested in the Trust's main IT Department. Also, please note that I am specifically requesting this information for IT - not for the Information Department.

As a guide, this table shows the detail I am interested in:

Banding Numbers of Female Staff in Post:

Band 9
Band 8d
Band 8c
Band 8b
Band 8a
Band 7
Band 6
Band 5
Band 4
Band 3
Band 2

Banding Numbers of Male Staff in Post:

Band 9
Band 8d
Band 8c
Band 8b
Band 8a
Band 7
Band 6
Band 5
Band 4
Band 3
Band 2

Thank you for your help and I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,

Christopher Davies

FOI, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Mr Davies

I acknowledge receipt of your Freedom of Information request – please use reference above for any further correspondence.

Your request for information will be delayed due to urgent operational responses to dealing with Public Health priorities. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause, we do remain committed to responding to your request and will respond as soon as we are able, which may take many months.

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The Information Commissioner’s Office
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Cheshire
SK9 5AF

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Yours Sincerely

Mia

Mia Reilly
Data Access and Disclosure Supervisor

Office: 01823 320456 x 6456
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FOI, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Sir/Madam

 

I am writing to confirm that the Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has now
been able to consider the information requested and its disclosure under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

The information requested and its response is as follows:

 

I would be very grateful if you could provide a list of the numbers of
staff in post within the IT department that occupy each of the standard
Agenda for Change bands.

 

Please note that I am only interested in the Trust's main IT Department.
Also, please note that I am specifically requesting this information for
IT - not for the Information Department.

 

As a guide, this table shows the detail I am interested in:

 

Banding Numbers of Female Staff in Post:

 

Band 9

Band 8d

Band 8c

Band 8b

Band 8a

Band 7

Band 6

Band 5

Band 4

Band 3

Band 2

 

Banding Numbers of Male Staff in Post:

 

Band 9

Band 8d

Band 8c

Band 8b

Band 8a

Band 7

Band 6

Band 5

Band 4

Band 3

Band 2

 

Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and Somerset Partnership NHS
Foundation Trust merged on 1^st April 2020 to form Somerset NHS Foundation
Trust.

 

The budgets for the two organisations have not yet been merged and
therefore our data is still separate for the two Trusts.  This data is
recorded in different ways across each Trust, one Trust includes the
Information Team within their IT Team and one Trust does not included the
IT Team within their data.

 

 

Grand
Payscale Female Male Total
Apprentice 0 1 1
Band 3 0 8 8
Band 4 9 5 14
Band 5 7 4 11
Band 6 2 11 13
Band 7 3 4 7
Band 8A 1 4 5
Band 8B 0 1 1
Band 8C 0 1 1
Band 9 0 1 1
Grand
Total 22 40 62

 

Grand
Payscale Female Male Total
Band 3 1 2 3
Band 4 5 6 11
Band 5 3 2 5
Band 6 4 6 10
Band 7 0 6 6
Band 8A 3 3 6
Band 8B 0 1 1
Grand
Total 16 26 42

 

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