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Dear Hannah Jewell,

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

 

Thank you for your request for information received on the 17^th of
January. We have considered your request and enclose the following
information:

 

I would like information about your council’s staff positions in relation
to climate action for the Council Climate Action Scorecards. This
information is most likely to be held by a HR department or similar.

In particular, please supply me with information relating to the following
questions:

 

1a. How many staff does the Council directly employ (excluding contractors
or subcontractors, and excluding teachers), that work directly for the
Council as opposed to a school, leisure centres or other venture?

 

Headcount excluding Schools – 5,308

Please note that staff employed in Caerphilly County Borough Council
Leisure Centres are directly employed by the Council.

 

 

1b. How many directly employed staff spend 3 or more days per week (0.6
Full Time Equivalent (FTE)) on implementing the Climate Action Plan or
other climate change projects? Please provide a list of all the roles.
Please exclude waste management staff unless they are specifically working
3 or more days per week on implementing the Climate Action Plan or other
climate change projects.

If you have answered yes to have a biodiversity planning officer and/or a
retrofit staff member below, both these staff members can be included in
this question even if they are contracted.

This is likely to include all staff in your climate/sustainability team,
such as Climate Change Officers or similar. This may include full time
staff who spend 60% of their time on climate change projects and 40% of
their time on other work.

You might include other staff in other departments, such as a procurement
officer if they are spending 3 or more days per week (0.6 FTE) on writing
and implementing a sustainable procurement policy or a planner that is
working primarily on low carbon policies for new buildings.

 

Response from Property

 

There are 4 employees within the Energy team:

Energy & Water Officer

Energy Data Officer

Energy and Water assistant.

Energy Senior Technician

 

There are 5 employees in the Transformation team:

Transformation Manager – Decarbonisation

Decarbonisation Project Officer

Decarbonisation Support Officer

Transformation Project Officer

Fleet Review Officer

 

Response from Energy & Waste

The team consist of 4 employees who work entirely around carbon reduction
aimed specifically at non-domestic buildings.

 

Response from Countryside

This is difficult to answer as staff have varying roles which both
directly and indirectly impact on climate change. The span ranges from
policy development, education, project funding and practical works e.g.
tree planting and wetland creation. As a broad answer in relation to
climate change, as opposed to the wider environment (the two are
inextricably linked):-

4 Countryside Rangers

1 Planner/Policy Officer

1 Landscape Architect

 

2. Does the council have one or more staff member who works on home energy
efficiency retrofitting, such as retrofit officers or project managers
across the council area, for 3 or more days per week (0.6+ FTE)? This can
include both directly employed and contracted staff, provided they work 3
or more days per week (0.6 FTE). The work of this officer may include
working on any retrofit projects, including council buildings, council
homes or private rented or owned households.

Please list any roles that work in this area, including the full time
equivalent (FTE) if they work part time.

Please include staff members that are shared with other councils, such as
between county and district councils, and note if they are shared across
other areas.

 

Response from Housing

 

The council has 1 full time officer that works on energy retrofit /
decarbonisation projects within the councils own housing stock. There are
also 2 building surveyors / domestic energy assessors working within the
team that undertake the surveying and production of energy performance
certificates.

 

3. How many planning ecologists (ecologists within the planning
department) or equivalent working for 3 or more days per week (0.6+ FTE)
does the council employ to scrutinise planning reports for Biodiversity
Net Gain? This can include both directly employed and contracted staff,
provided they work 3 or more days per week (0.6 FTE).

 

Response from Countryside

The Countryside section is no longer part of the Planning department, it
does however employ 2 ecologists of which 1 fits the criteria specified
above.

 

We supply this information based on your original request. If this is not
what you wanted or if you feel we have not fully understood your request,
please do not hesitate to contact me to clarify your exact requirements.

 

If you have any queries or concerns or are in any way dissatisfied with
the handling of your request, please contact [1][Caerphilly County Borough Council request email].

 

Yours sincerely

 

Uned Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth Gorfforaethol | Corporate Information
Governance Unit

Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Caerffili | Caerphilly County Borough Council

Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations
2004

 

You have the right to appeal against our decision

 

If you wish to appeal please set out If you are unhappy with that decision
in writing your grounds of appeal you have the right to appeal to:
and send to:
 
Corporate Information Governance
Unit Information Commissioner’s Office –
Caerphilly County Borough Council, Wales
Penallta House 2nd Floor, Churchill House
Tredomen Park Churchill Way
Hengoed. CF82 7PG Cardiff CF10 2HH

   

Appeals will be determined by an Tel: 0330 414 6421
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