Recruitment Applications by Ethnicity and Pay Grade

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Dear Cambridgeshire County Council,

Recruitment Applications by Ethnicity and Pay Grade

I would like to know if Cambridgeshire County Council can provide data on job applications received during Apr 2016 - Mar 2017 and Apr 2017 - Mar 2018 by ethnicity and pay grade

White
1. English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British
2. Irish
3. Gypsy or Irish Traveller
4. Any other White background, please describe Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups
5. White and Black Caribbean
6. White and Black African
7. White and Asian
8. Any other Mixed/Multiple ethnic background, please describe Asian/Asian British
9. Indian
10. Pakistani
11. Bangladeshi
12. Chinese
13. Any other Asian background, please describe Black/ African/Caribbean/Black British
14. African
15. Caribbean
16. Any other Black/African/Caribbean background, please describe Other ethnic group 17. Arab
18. Any other ethnic group, please describe

I would like this to be supplied as a spreadsheet with spinal column and salary in Columns A & B and the necessary rows beginning from spinal point 7 and to 999 as the document on Suffolk's website. Then columns C and D to indicate gender and columns E and further to be the ethnicity group. The time period can be as of today (ie real time). Finally I would like to know what ethnicity was successful for the job application.

Yours faithfully,

Richard Sipe

FOI, Cambridgeshire County Council

Dear Richard

Re: Freedom of Information Request .

Your request will be dealt with in line with the Freedom of Information Act and its regulations. In accordance with the Act, the Council aims to respond to all requests within 20 working days; ie by 12th July.

Should we require further information, clarification or a fee in order to fulfil your request we will contact you again. Please quote the reference number above in all future correspondence concerning this request.

Yours sincerely,

Business Intelligence Team – Information and Records
Tel. 01223 743881, Email: [Cambridgeshire County Council request email]
Box No. OCT1224, Cambridgeshire County Council, Shire Hall, Cambridge, CB3 0AP

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Dear FOI,

Please may I have an update on this request?

Yours sincerely,

Richard Sipe

Dear FOI,

By law, Cambridgeshire County Council should normally have responded promptly and by 13 July 2018 regarding my FOI Request; Recruitment Applications by Ethnicity and Pay Grade

Yours sincerely,

Richard Sipe

FOI, Cambridgeshire County Council

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Dear Sir

We apologise for the delay in responding to this request. Please find our response attached.

Corporate Information and Records
Cambridgeshire County Council

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Dear Cambridgeshire County Council,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of Cambridgeshire County Council's handling of my FOI request 'Recruitment Applications by Ethnicity and Pay Grade'.

Please provide a breakdown of the recent applicant data showing the ethnicity category of applicants and whether they were successful or not if this is requested.

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,

Richard Sipe

FOI, Cambridgeshire County Council

Dear Mr Sipe

Thank you for your email. We will consider this within 20 working days, making our deadline 19 December.

Yours sincerely

Corporate Information and Records
Cambridgeshire County Council

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FOI, Cambridgeshire County Council

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Dear Mr Sipe

Re: Freedom of Information Request ref: 966562

We have considered your request under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act :”Please provide a breakdown of the recent applicant data showing the ethnicity category of applicants and whether they were successful or not”.

Please find the requested information in the attached Excel spreadsheet. The data relates to the ethnicity as stated by the individuals on their job applications, which include the option “Prefer not to say”.

I hope this information is helpful but if you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a complaint or request a review, you should write to Information Management, at either [Cambridgeshire County Council request email] or by post at Box No. OCT1224, Shire Hall, Cambridge CB3 0AP within 40 days of the date of this e-mail.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, or via their website: https://ico.org.uk/.

Generally, the ICO will not undertake a review or make a decision on a request until the internal review process has been completed.

Yours sincerely

Corporate Information and Records
Cambridgeshire County Council

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