Finance and Corporate Resources
Executive Director
Paul Manning
Personnel Services
Mr Martin Cutler
Our ref:
FOI/JMcL/DL
request-553442-
Your ref:
553442
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
If calling ask for: Janet McLuckie
Phone:
01698 454239
Date:
4th March 2019
Dear Mr Cutler
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA)
Request for Information
I refer to your information request(s) received by the Council on 19th February 2019 in which you
ask for the following information:
a) How many council employees (including contractors) earn annually:
1) £50,000 - £54,999
2) £55,000 - £59,999
3) £60,000 - £64,999
4) £65,000 - £69,999
5) £70,000 - £74,999
6) £75,000 - £79,999
7) £80,000 - £84,999
8) £85,000 - £89,999
9) £90,000 - £94,999
10) £95,000 - £99,999
11) £100,000 - £109,999
12) £110,000 - £124,999
13) £125,000 - £149,999
14) £150,000+
b) How many council employees (including contractors) in each of the brackets above was paid a
bonus in the last 12 months, and how much was that bonus?
Holding the Information
The Council has searched its records and has located some of the information that you have
requested.
Response to Request(s)
The Council can give you some of the information that it has in relation to your request. This
information is as follows:
Council Offices, Almada Street, Hamilton ML3 0AA Phone: 01698 454239
Text Phone: 01698 454039 Email: xxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Part a – Council Employees
Annual Accounts for 2017-2018 (Page 27, Table 1)
http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/downloads/file/12284/annual_accounts_2018
Part b – Council employees
No council employees were paid a bonus in the last 12 months.
Response to Request regarding contractors
The Council is refusing your request because the information that you have asked for is exempt
from disclosure under FOISA.
The Council can withhold information where one or more exemptions listed in FOISA apply. The
relevant exemption is:
The information requested is otherwise accessible because the Council or another public
body makes it available through their Publication Scheme (section 25 (1) and (3) of FOISA)
Details of all Council contracts awarded to Contractors including dates and values are openly
published on the Councils website and can be accessed using the following link
Contract register -
South Lanarkshire Council. Request for Review
The Council has a Review Panel to deal with complaints from people who are not happy about the
way that it has handled their request. Staff not involved in the original decision will handle any
review.
If you want to complain, you can ask the Review Panel to look at the way that we have dealt with
your request. It will consider whether we have complied with the requirements of FOISA. Please
note that if you wish to complain, you must do so by 19th May 2019
. You must explain why you are
not happy when requesting a review.
Please note that the Review Panel cannot look at any decisions taken by the Council or actions of
the Council or any of its employees or a service provided by it that are not connected to the
handling for request for information.
You should send your request for a review to:
Mr. W. Dunn
Information Compliance Manager
Finance and Corporate Resources
Floor 11
Council Offices
Almada Street
Hamilton
ML3 0AA
Alternatively, you can request a review at
xxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx. Appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner
If you are not happy with the outcome of the review, you can appeal to the Scottish Information
Commissioner. The Commissioner will decide whether the Council has dealt with your request
properly. Please see the Commissioner’s website at
www.itspublicknowledge.info for further
details.
Yours sincerely
Janet McLuckie
Personnel Officer
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