Educational Psychology Services

Morag Farley made this Freedom of Information request to Carmarthenshire County Council as part of a batch sent to 166 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Carmarthenshire County Council should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Morag Farley
Delivered

Dear Sir
Please provide the following information in line with FOIA:

1. What is the structural FTE Educational Psychologists in the following grades:
a. Assistant Educational Psychologists employed on the Soulbury Assistant Educational Psychologise Scale
b. Educational Psychologists on Soulbury Scale A
c. Educational Psychologists employed on Soulbury Scale B
d. Educational and other Psychologists employed on any other scale
2. How many vacant posts are there in the Educational Psychology Service?
3. How many posts are filled on an interim or temporary basis by employees?
4. What is the average salary (including on-costs) of employed Educational Psychologists
5. What is the average daily cost of employed Educational Psychologists
6. What is the average daily cost of the following categories of Educational Psychologists for the years 2020-2021, 2021-2022 and 2022-2023
a. Temporary Educational Psychologists
b. Locum Educational Psychologists
c. Agency Educational Psychologists

7. What is the total spend on locum/ agency / temporary Educational Psychologists for the year 2020-2021, 2021-2022 and 2022-2023.

8. What is the current and projected spend on Locum Educational Psychologists for the current financial year?

Yours faithfully,

Morag Farley
National Officer - Employment Policy and Support
Association of Educational Psychologists

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FOIA, Carmarthenshire County Council

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Morag Farley
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Dear Carmarthenshire County Council,

I refer to my FOI request sent on 9 October 2023.

To date, this has not been responded to.

I would be grateful if this matter could be given urgent attention. It is several weeks past its statutory deadline.

Yours faithfully,

Morag Farley

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