Use of Agency Social Work Professionals

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Hampshire County Council should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear Hampshire County Council,

Please provide me with:

1. a copy of the Manpower, "Neutral Vendor", contract and fee schedules for recruitment to Hampshire County Council

2. all agencies on the Manpower contract for the supply of social workers, senior practitioners, assistant team managers, team managers and service managers (referred to from now as "qualified social work professionals") to Hampshire County Council

3. all agencies currently supplying Hampshire County Council with agency social work professionals

4. the total number of qualified social work professionals currently working on an agency basis at Hampshire County Council

5. the number and grade of qualified social work professionals currently working on an agency basis at Hampshire County Council by supplier

6. the number and grade of qualified social work professionals currently working on an agency basis at Hampshire County Council by department

7. the pay and agency charge rate of each qualified social work professional currently working on an agency basis at Hampshire County Council by department

8. the fiscal budget for qualified social work professional recruitment through agencies for 2009-2010

9. the fiscal budget for qualified social work professional recruitment through agencies for 2010-2011

10. the total fiscal spend on agency qualified social work professionals by department for the last 12 months

11. the total fiscal spend on agency qualified social work professionals by agency for the last 12 months

Yours faithfully,

A Elliott

Hampshire County Council

Dear Sir/Madam,

Thank you for contacting Hampshire County Council by email. I have forwarded your Freedom Of Information Request to Hampshire County Councils Corporate Complaints department (who also deal with Freedom of Information enquiries) and a member of staff will contact you shortly.
If you would like to see information you think we hold in the future, please complete an on-line standard request form to help speed up the process. I have attached the link below to the online form.

http://www3.hants.gov.uk/freedomofinform...

Kind regards

Sonia
Contact Centre Agent
Hampshire County Council
Hantsdirect
The Castle
Winchester
SO23 8ZB
General Information: 0845 603 5638
www.hants.gov.uk
[email address]

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Russell, Colin, Hampshire County Council

Dear A Elliott
Your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
Thank you for your request for information, which was received on 22^nd
March 2010.

The County Council is permitted to charge a fee for complying with your
request. The charge is normally a sum reflecting the costs which we expect
to incur in informing you whether we hold the information requested, and
communicating it to you. This includes the costs of photocopying, postage
and production in any preferred format. No account can be taken of the
cost of officer time.

At this stage, we anticipate the fee will be waived in this case. However,
this may change if, in the course of processing your request, we discover
that the costs incurred are more than merely incidental. We shall advise
you if that is the case.

We will respond to your request promptly and in any event within 20
working days of the date of receipt of your request. This timescale is
suspended during any period between the date of issue of a Fees Notice and
the date payment is received..

Yours sincerely

Colin Russell

Colin Russell
Principal Contracts Officer

Dear Colin,

Please can I receive feedback on this response

Yours sincerely,

A Elliott

Russell, Colin, Hampshire County Council

Good afternoon, Mr Elliott.

Nearly all the information is together now, and I expect to despatch the
reply tomorrow - sorry for the delay, but a number of people had to give
me their input, which has slowed things down immensely

Yours

Colin

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Russell, Colin, Hampshire County Council

2 Attachments

Dear Mr Elliott

Please find attached the following two files:

Our Notice of Determination; and
A letter with the majority of the information you requested.

And once again, my apologies for the delay

<<NOD.pdf>> <<Response.pdf>>

Regards

Colin

Colin Russell
County Supplies
Hampshire County Council
Bar End Road
Winchester
SO23 9NR
Tel: 01962 826907
Fax: 01962 826964