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I Simons
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Reference: NLB-FOI-0079 Finance Team and Recruitment
5th December 2019
Dear I Simons
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Thank you for your email dated 11th November 2019 in which you requested information under the terms of the
Freedom of Information Act relating to information on staff numbers for Finance Teams
Your request has been handled in accordance with your ‘right to know’ under section 1(1) of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (FOIA), which entitles you to be provided with any information ‘held’ by a public authority,
unless an appropriate exemption applies.
Having reviewed your request I can now advise that the required information is supplied in the table and diagram
below.
Your request
Our Response
Head Count
FTE
Permanent
9
7.4
Temp
1
1
Total number of Finance team staff
Total
10
8.4
Sanction 9
Total number of SCS1 finance staff
Nil
Total number of agency workers / contractors 1 Agency worker
(please include those on fixed term contract
but not internal secondment).
Covering maternity/parental leave/sickness
No framework used. Different suppliers are used to remain
Frameworks used to procure interim staff in this competitive (Michael Page/Hays/Cordant People).
area
CV’s are reviewed for the applicant with the most relevant
skil set, not which agency they are with.
Finance Department structure
Finance
Manager
Management
Senior Management
Accountant
Accountant
Assistant
Finance
Finance
Information
Payroll
Finance
Management
Assistant
Assistant
Systems Manager
Administrator
Apprentice
Accountant
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I hope you find the information provided useful. If however you are dissatisfied with this response, wish to request
an internal review of our decision, or want to make a complaint about how your request has been handled, you
should write, within 40 working days of the date of this letter, clearly marked FAO the Director of Business Services
at:
Northern Lighthouse Board
84 George Street
Edinburgh
EH2 3DA
Email: xxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx.xx
If fol owing internal review you are stil dissatisfied with the response and wish to request further review of our
decision, or to make a complaint about how your request has been handled, you should write to the Information
Commissioner who can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
www.ico.gov.uk
Yours sincerely,
Trish Donaldson
Compliance Officer
Northern Lighthouse Board
Email: xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx.xx
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