Workforce Management

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Dear Eden District Council,

Under the FOI act please provide the following information,
Workforce Management
1. Please provide the organisation’s total expenditure on temporary agency staff for 2015/16

2. Please state which staffing group has the highest temporary agency spend for 2015/16 (eg. admin & clerical, community services, legal etc.)

3. Does the organisation use any 3rd party services/software to manage agency workers? If so, please provide the following information:
a. Provider Name
b. Description of Services
c. Annual Cost to Organisation in 2015/16 (£)
d. Contract End Date
e. Framework used for procurement

4. Please provide the organisation’s total expenditure on internal bank staff for 2015/16 (£)

5. Does the organisation use any 3rd party services/software to manage bank workers? If so, please provide the following information:
a. Provider Name
b. Description of Services
c. Annual Cost to Organisation in 2015/16 (£)
d. Contract End Date

6. Payroll
a. How does the organisation manage their payroll? (in-house/outsourced)
b. How frequently does the organisation run its payroll? (monthly/weekly)
c. Which staff types does the payroll cover? (substantive/temporary)
d. How many payslips did the organisation process in 2015/16?
e. What is the annual cost of the payroll services provision in 2015/16?
f. If outsourced, which 3rd party do you use?
g. If outsourced, what is the contract end date?

Thank you for your time spent on this request,

Yours faithfully,

J Taylor

foi, Eden District Council

Dear J Taylor,

Freedom of Information request relating to Workforce Management

Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 received on 21 March 2017. I have registered your request under reference number FOI 04436and would be grateful if you would please use this reference and the email address [Eden District Council request email] on any future correspondence relating to this request.

We aim to respond to your request no later than 20 April 2017.

Whilst it is the Council’s policy to provide information wherever possible, I need to advise you that there are a number of exemptions under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which may prevent the release of some or all of the information you have requested. Some exemptions are absolute and some only apply where the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs that in disclosing the information. You will be informed if this is the case and the reason why.

Once the information has been identified the Authority may also ask that a fee be paid for processing and delivering the information to you. Details of any fee to be charged will be notified to you as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely

Lauren Rushen
Member Services Team Leader
Eden District Council, Town Hall, Penrith, CA11 7QF
Telephone: 01768 212142
E-mail: [Eden District Council request email]

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foi, Eden District Council

Dear Sir or Madam

Freedom of Information request relating to: Workforce Management

Further to your FOI request which was logged under FOI Ref No 04436, I am now in a position to provide a response to your request for information under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please find responses to your questions below.

I hope this satisfies your query however if you are dissatisfied with this response you can have your complaint heard under the Council’s Complaints Procedure. To do this you will need to contact us within 10 working days of receipt of this email. You can do this by the contacting the Deputy Chief Executive (Matthew Neal) via [email address] or writing to the Deputy Chief Executive at Eden District Council, Town Hall, Penrith CA11 7QF.

You can also complain to the Information Commissioner (ICO) at: Information Commissioner’s Officer, Wycliffe House, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF or by telephoning 0303 123 1113. Generally the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by Eden District Council.

Most of the information that we provide in response to Freedom of Information Act 2000 requests will be subject to copyright protection. In most cases the copyright will be owned by Eden District Council. The copyright in other information may be owned by another person or organisation as indicated on the information itself.

You are free to use any of the information supplied for your own non-commercial research or private study purposes. The information may also be used for any other purpose allowed by a limitation or exception in copyright law, such as news reporting. However, any other type of re-use, for example by publishing the information in analogue or digital format, including on the internet, will require the permission of the copyright owner.

Yours faithfully

Deborah Garnett
Information Governance Manager
Eden District Council, Town Hall, Penrith, CA11 7QF
Telephone: 01768 212295
E-mail: [Eden District Council request email]

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