Council buildings and staff working from home
Dear West Dunbartonshire Council,
I am sending this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to ask for the following information:
A. The proportion of council workspace currently sitting unused due to staff working from home (WFH)
i. Please provide this in both sq floor space and
ii. Percentage of overall floor space
B. How many rooms are empty due to council staff working from home?
C. How many buildings are empty due to council staff working from home?
D. The number of staff that are currently WFH?
E. How much money is currently being spent by the council heating/powering this empty space?
i. If you cannot provide a full figure, please provide an estimate
ii. Please break down into the different bills (such as electric and gas)
F. Please can you confirm if the council is considering selling any of this property due to its lack of use and staff WFH.
i. Please provide address details for any confirmed property being considered
If you need any further information from me in order to deal with my request, please e-mail me at [email address] in the first instance
I would like the information to be emailed to me at [email address]
If you are able to supply some of this information more quickly than other items, please supply each item as soon as it becomes available.
If it is necessary for any reason to redact any information, please redact the minimum necessary and send me the rest of the document(s), explaining the legal grounds for each redaction.
Under FOI guidelines you have twenty working days to answer these questions. Please acknowledge receipt of this request.
If you are not the right person to deal with this request, please would you pass it to the appropriate colleague and ask them to deal with it.
Many thanks for your assistance.
Yours faithfully,
Jennifer Jones
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Dear Sir/Madam
This is to acknowledge receipt of your request for information which was
received by West Dunbartonshire Council on
15/11/2022.
I have passed it to the relevant department to consider and respond.
West Dunbartonshire Council will respond within 20 working days of
receipt, by
13/12/2022.
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Dear West Dunbartonshire Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of West Dunbartonshire Council's handling of my FOI request 'Council buildings and staff working from home'.
Still waiting on the FOI to be returned
Yours faithfully,
Jennifer Jones
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