Dear Mr Johnson,

This is to acknowledge receipt of your request for information below and to let you know it is being processed.

We'll get back to you as soon as we can, but in any case within 20 working days from 29/06/2022.

Please quote the reference number, IMPS#03358, in any future correspondence, thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Sinead Latham

Information Management & Policy Services (IMPS), University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AH
t: +44 (0)118 378 8981 www.reading.ac.uk/foia

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Dear Mr Johnson,

Further to our acknowledgment email on 29th June, I write to ask for some clarification, please.

Please could you clarify which senior staff review you seek information in relation to as there are two main committees. These are Professorial Pay Review which relates to senior academic staff and Senior Leadership which relates to Heads of Functions and Schools, University Executive Board (UEB) and Deans. Please could you clarify if you are seeking information in relation to senior academic or professional services staff or both?

Please be aware that if compliance with your request would be estimated to exceed the appropriate costs limit established by section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, we may not be able to determine whether we hold the requested information.

Your request is on hold pending receipt of your clarification.

Kind regards,

Sinead Latham
Information Compliance Officer
Information Management and Policy Services (IMPS)

Whiteknights House, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6UR

[University of Reading request email] |   t: 0118 378 8981  |   www.reading.ac.uk

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Dear Mr Johnson,

Many thanks for the clarification - we'll get back to you as soon as possible.

Kind regards,
Sinead

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Dear Kevin Johnson, 

We have completed the compilation of information in response to your
request.

We can confirm that we do hold some information of the description
specified in your request. Our responses are given below each limb of your
request and attached.

Note A:

Please note: some information that amounts to personal data, specifically
the names and salary/employment details of some University employees has
been withheld under section 40(2) of the FOIA by virtue of s40 (3)(a)(i).

Section 40(2) of the FOIA allows a public authority to withhold
information from a response to a request under the FOIA when the
information requested is personal data relating to someone other than the
requestor, and its disclosure would breach any of the Data Protection
principles. In this case we believe that the disclosure of the names and
information of these individuals, would not be within their reasonable
expectations and as such would be unfair and in breach of the first data
protection principle which requires personal data to be processed fairly
and lawfully.

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For the 2021/22 senior staff review please provide:

As clarified on 4^th July, you are “seeking information on the Senior
Leadership review only which relates to Heads of Functions and Schools,
University Executive Board (UEB) and Deans”.

Please be advised the Senior Leadership Review relates to Heads of School,
Functions and Deans, however, recommendations for members of UEB, for the
2021/22 academic year, will be submitted to October 2022 Remuneration
Committee, this is a separate process outside of the Senior Leadership
Review. Therefore, at this time no information is held in respect of UEB
members for 2021/22. We can advise the Remuneration Committee minutes will
be published at the link below once approved, which would be after the
following meeting, usually the following February.  

[1]https://www.reading.ac.uk/imps/freedom-o...

- Minutes of the relevant meetings of the advisory group making
recommendations to the remuneration committee in respect of the above
reviews;

Please find attached.

Please see Note A regarding withheld information.

- Minutes of the relevant meetings of the remuneration committee
considering the relevant recommendations of the advisory group in respect
of the above reviews;

Please see relevant minute below:

Please see Note A regarding withheld information.

Remuneration Committee held on 6^th June 2022.

“ 22/12      Salaries

b)      Senior Staff Annual Review

The Committee received and approved a report and recommendations from the
Senior Salaries Advisory Group payable with effect from 1 August 2022.

The Annual Review followed the normal timetable during 2022.

The response rates for Heads of Schools and Deans were 91.66% for 2022.
The response rates for Heads of Functions and other Grade 9 Professional &
Managerial Staff were 87.18% for 2022. There were 2 non-submissions from
Heads of School/Deans and 5 non-submissions from Grade 9 staff reporting
to Heads of Function.

[redacted, section 40], as nominated lay member of the Committee, had
attended a meeting of the Senior Salaries Group and had pronounced
[redacted, section 40] content with the application of the stated
procedures. The Committee endorsed the value of having lay member of
Council on the Advisory Group to ensure that due process was followed, and
thanked [redacted, section 40] for [redacted, section 40]  work in this
regard.

In particular it was noted that:

•        A longer-term aim would be to have  clearer criteria for zones
and progression.

•        A guidance note would be developed on shadow salaries and when it
might be appropriate to ward a salary adjustment to the shadow salary, the
current salary or both.

The Committee noted that the total cost of the agreed adjustments to
senior staff salaries was £51,909 with lump sum awards of £32k.”

- Details of the pre-tax value of lump sum awards made to each unnamed
individual through each of the above reviews;

Lump Sum Awards are equivalent in value to 1 increment. The average value
of an increment is £1,900. This is detailed in the attached documents
along with allocation.

- Details of the pre-tax value of adjustments made to each unnamed
individual's gross annual salary through each of the above reviews;

Please find details of pre-tax value of adjustments within the attached
documents.

- Details of the number of staff submitting a review for consideration in
each of the individual years above who were not made either a lump sum
award or adjustment to salary.

Please find details within the attached documents with ‘no award’.

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We are required to include details of our complaints procedures, including
your rights to apply to the Information Commissioner.  The procedure is
detailed in our Freedom of Information and Environmental Information
Regulations policy on the web at
[2]www.reading.ac.uk/freedom-of-information-policy

If we are unable to resolve any complaint, you can complain to the
Information Commissioner, the independent body who oversees the access to
information regimes: [3]https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/ 

Yours sincerely, 

Sinead Latham

Information Compliance Officer

Information Management & Policy Services (IMPS), University of Reading,
Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AH

[4][University of Reading request email]    t: +44 (0)118 378 8981   
[5]www.reading.ac.uk/foia

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