Recruitment and retention: British Muslims

Waiting for an internal review by Ards and North Down Borough Council of their handling of this request.

Dear Ards and North Down Borough Council,

1. How many British Muslim employees have you recruited? Please provide figures for every year since 2010.

2. What is the average length of service?

3. How many British Muslims have you employed in communications/media roles since 2010?

Yours faithfully,

[Name Removed]

FOI, Ards and North Down Borough Council

Dear Ms Khan,

Thank you for your email of 6 March 2022 to Ards and North Down Borough Council, received on 7 March.

We confirm your request will be processed as a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Accordingly, 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

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FOI, Ards and North Down Borough Council

Dear Ms Khan,
 
We refer to the above matter and write further to our acknowledgement
email of 8^th March 2022.
 
Your request has been processed by Ards and North Down Borough Council in
accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and please see the
Council’s response below.
 
1. How many British Muslim employees have you recruited? Please provide
figures for every year since 2010. Ards and North Down Borough Council
does not hold recorded information regarding your request.
 
Please note that the below are the following drop down choices under
nationality and ethnic origin on the Council’s recruitment documents;
 
Nationality
British
Chinese
Irish
NI
Other
Polish
 
Ethnic Origin
Chinese
White
Other
I do not wish to answer
 
An individual can only select one choice from both nationality and ethnic
origin they are unable to add any further information. Therefore Ards and
North Down Borough Council holds no recorded information regarding your
request.
 
2. What is the average length of service? Please see response to Question
1.
 
3. How many British Muslims have you employed in communications/media
roles since 2010? Please see response to Question 1.
 
Should you require clarification on any part of this response, please do
not hesitate to contact us.
 
We trust this is of assistance. However, 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.
 
FOI Team
Ards and North Down Borough Council
Town Hall
The Castle
Bangor
BT20 4BT
Tel: 0300 013 3333
 
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Dear Ards and North Down Borough Council,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of Ards and North Down Borough Council's handling of my FOI request 'Recruitment and retention: British Muslims'.

Please review if you have this information.

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

Yours faithfully,

[Name Removed]

FOI, Ards and North Down Borough Council

Dear Ms Khan,

We refer to the above and acknowledge receipt of your email requesting an Internal Review of Ards and North Down Borough Council’s response dated 19 March 2022 regarding FOI498/21-22/015, received on 21 March.

Your request for an Internal Review will be passed to the Director for Organisational Development and Administration, Wendy Swanston, and a response will be issued within twenty working days of the date of receipt of your request.

Regards,

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

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