Employees, Pay and Contracts at Lucy Cavendish
Dear Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge,
This is a formal request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Could you please provide the following pieces of information:
College pay spine
Staff headcount (aggregated) for the past year
Staff headcount (disaggregated by grade) for the past year
The number of fixed-term contracts, open-ended and permanent contracts for the past year, with a breakdown by grade.
The number of individual providing hourly-paid work for the College in the past year
Undergraduate supervisors headcount for the past year (aggregated)
Supervisors headcount for the past year disaggregated by staff category (UTO, postdoc, CTO, graduate students)
Pay rates for hourly-paid work (DoSing, supervisions, admission interviews)
Pay awards made to staff in the past 3 years
An example of a DoS letter of appointment
An example of a contract for a College Tutor
An example of a contract for a College Junior Research Fellow
An example of contract for a College Teaching Officer
Please provide an index of relating documents.
If you are to invoke Section 43 to withhold information in relation to any of these questions please note you must provide details of the exact FOIA exemption, details of who would be prejudiced by this information, and a public interest test justifying a conclusion with arguments for and against the release of the information.
If you are to invoke Section 12 to withhold information in relation to any of these questions please provide details of how locating, retrieving and extracting this information would exceed the appropriate limit of £450 as set out in the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004. Please also be aware of your duty under section 16 (1) of the Act to advise and assist me in narrowing my request to bring it within the appropriate limit.
Thank you very much for your assistance with this request. If you would like any clarification on the information I have asked for, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
In its guidance the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said that the requirement to respond 'promptly' and the requirement to respond no later than 20 working days were to be considered as separate obligations. Public bodies should be able to justify why it took them as long as 20 days to respond to requests in cases where they do not act more promptly than that "long stop" deadline. I look forward to receiving your response in the next 20 working days. If you are unable to provide a response in the next 20 working days please provide an updated timeline by the deadline 08/07/22.
Yours faithfully,
Secretary Cambridge UCU
To Tom Hobson
By email: [1][FOI #872502 email]
Dear Tom Hobson
Our ref: F2022-013 Employees, Pay and Contracts
Further to your FOI request, set out below, I am responding on behalf of
Lucy Cavendish College, as follows:
College pay spine The College does not have a pay spine
Staff headcount (aggregated) for the past year This information for the
financial year to June 2022 is not yet available. However the information
to June 2021 is available in our published accounts available on our
website. [2]Reports & Accounts | Lucy Cavendish (cam.ac.uk)
Staff headcount (disaggregated by grade) for the past year This
information is not held as we do not have a grading structure
The number of fixed-term contracts, open-ended and permanent contracts for
the past year, with a breakdown by grade. For the financial year 20/21
there were 1 FTC, 77 permanent
The number of individual providing hourly-paid work for the College in the
past year (figures for financial year 20/21)
38 – across various teams as follows:
9 – Kitchens
5 Porters’ Lodge
20 – Dining Hall
4 Invigilators
Undergraduate supervisors headcount for the past year (aggregated) 20/21:
397
Supervisors headcount for the past year disaggregated by staff category
(UTO, postdoc, CTO, graduate students) Data not held
Pay rates for hourly-paid work (DoSing, supervisions, admission
interviews). These are not paid on an hourly basis.
Pay awards made to staff in the past 3 years This is commercially
sensitive data
An example of a DoS letter of appointment This is personal data
An example of a contract for a College Tutor This is personal data
An example of a contract for a College Junior Research Fellow This is
personal data
An example of contract for a College Teaching Officer This is personal
data
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint, you should write to me, at the
address below.
If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure provided by the College. The Information Commissioner can be
contacted at:
The Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
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Ms Alison A Vinnicombe | Registrar, FOI Officer & Fellow
Lucy Cavendish College, Lady Margaret Road, Cambridge, CB3 0BU
T. 01223 339240 E. [4][Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge request email] W. [5]www.lucy-cav.cam.ac.uk
Lucy Cavendish College Registered Charity No: 1137875
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From: Tom Hobson <[FOI #872502 email]>
Sent: 21 June 2022 10:13
To: LCC Freedom of Information Officer <[Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Employees, Pay and Contracts at
Lucy Cavendish
Dear Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge,
This is a formal request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Could you please provide the following pieces of information:
College pay spine
Staff headcount (aggregated) for the past year
Staff headcount (disaggregated by grade) for the past year
The number of fixed-term contracts, open-ended and permanent contracts for
the past year, with a breakdown by grade.
The number of individual providing hourly-paid work for the College in the
past year
Undergraduate supervisors headcount for the past year (aggregated)
Supervisors headcount for the past year disaggregated by staff category
(UTO, postdoc, CTO, graduate students)
Pay rates for hourly-paid work (DoSing, supervisions, admission
interviews)
Pay awards made to staff in the past 3 years
An example of a DoS letter of appointment
An example of a contract for a College Tutor
An example of a contract for a College Junior Research Fellow
An example of contract for a College Teaching Officer
Please provide an index of relating documents.
If you are to invoke Section 43 to withhold information in relation to any
of these questions please note you must provide details of the exact FOIA
exemption, details of who would be prejudiced by this information, and a
public interest test justifying a conclusion with arguments for and
against the release of the information.
If you are to invoke Section 12 to withhold information in relation to any
of these questions please provide details of how locating, retrieving and
extracting this information would exceed the appropriate limit of £450 as
set out in the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate
Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004. Please also be aware of your duty under
section 16 (1) of the Act to advise and assist me in narrowing my request
to bring it within the appropriate limit.
Thank you very much for your assistance with this request. If you would
like any clarification on the information I have asked for, please don’t
hesitate to get in touch.
In its guidance the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said that the
requirement to respond 'promptly' and the requirement to respond no later
than 20 working days were to be considered as separate obligations. Public
bodies should be able to justify why it took them as long as 20 days to
respond to requests in cases where they do not act more promptly than that
"long stop" deadline. I look forward to receiving your response in the
next 20 working days. If you are unable to provide a response in the next
20 working days please provide an updated timeline by the deadline
08/07/22.
Yours faithfully,
Secretary Cambridge UCU
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Dear Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge,
Many thanks for your responses to the submitted FOI request. These were gratefully received. After discussion with some members of our UCU branch, I wanted to follow up for further clarification on:
1. "Pay awards made to staff in the past 3 years This is commercially sensitive data"
It does not appear clear or straightforward that this is commercially sensitive data. This appears to be information of broader public relevance. UCEA publishes the pay awards they agree with UCU, for example, so it is not clear why this would be commercially sensitive in the case of Lucy Cavendish.
Please can you clearly demonstrate why this would fulfill the requirements for non provision on the basis of commercially sensitive data, or provide this data.
2. "Pay rates for hourly-paid work (DoSing, supervisions, admission interviews). These are not paid on an hourly basis." Thank you for clarifying. If this work is not paid hourly, please can the College provide us the piecework rates?
Yours faithfully,
Tom Hobson
Dear Tom Hobson
I acknowledge receipt of your request for further clarification on the
points in your email, below, and will consult within the College so that
we and reply to them.
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint, you should write to me, at the
address below.
If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure provided by the College. The Information Commissioner can be
contacted at:
The Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
[1]lucy logo COL.jpg
Ms Alison A Vinnicombe | Registrar, FOI Officer & Fellow
Lucy Cavendish College, Lady Margaret Road, Cambridge, CB3 0BU
T. 01223 339240 E. [2][Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge request email] W. [3]www.lucy-cav.cam.ac.uk
Lucy Cavendish College Registered Charity No: 1137875
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From: Tom Hobson <[FOI #872502 email]>
Sent: 26 July 2022 12:06
To: LCC Freedom of Information Officer <[Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge request email]>
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - Employees, Pay and Contracts
at Lucy Cavendish
Dear Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge,
Many thanks for your responses to the submitted FOI request. These were
gratefully received. After discussion with some members of our UCU branch,
I wanted to follow up for further clarification on:
1. "Pay awards made to staff in the past 3 years This is commercially
sensitive data"
It does not appear clear or straightforward that this is commercially
sensitive data. This appears to be information of broader public
relevance. UCEA publishes the pay awards they agree with UCU, for example,
so it is not clear why this would be commercially sensitive in the case of
Lucy Cavendish.
Please can you clearly demonstrate why this would fulfill the requirements
for non provision on the basis of commercially sensitive data, or provide
this data.
2. "Pay rates for hourly-paid work (DoSing, supervisions, admission
interviews). These are not paid on an hourly basis." Thank you for
clarifying. If this work is not paid hourly, please can the College
provide us the piecework rates?
Yours faithfully,
Tom Hobson
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To: Tom Hobson
By email: [1][FOI #872502 email]
Dear Tom Hobson
Our ref: f2022-013
Further to your request for clarification, below, I am respoding on behalf
of Lucy Cavendish College as follows:
1. "Pay awards made to staff in the past 3 years This is commercially
sensitive data"
It does not appear clear or straightforward that this is commercially
sensitive data. This appears to be information of broader public
relevance. UCEA publishes the pay awards they agree with UCU, for example,
so it is not clear why this would be commercially sensitive in the case of
Lucy Cavendish.
Please can you clearly demonstrate why this would fulfill the requirements
for non provision on the basis of commercially sensitive data, or provide
this data.
Pay awards are specific to the College and as it operates in a competitive
environment for attracting and retaining staff we consider their
disclosure could have an effect upon the College’s competitive position
which might prejudice its commercial interests.
2. "Pay rates for hourly-paid work (DoSing, supervisions, admission
interviews). These are not paid on an hourly basis." Thank you for
clarifying. If this work is not paid hourly, please can the College
provide us the piecework rates?
In the same way, disclosure of specific rates of pay could also prejudice
the College’s commercial interests so we would not release these. The
intercollegiate recharge rate for supervisions is published and is
available [2]intercollegiate_re-charge_rates_for_supervisions_2022-23.pdf
(cam.ac.uk).
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint, you should write to me, at the Lucy
Cavendish College address below.
If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure provided by the College. The Information Commissioner can be
contacted at:
The Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Kind regards
Alison Vinnicombe
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Ms Alison A Vinnicombe | Freedom of Information Officer
Lucy Cavendish College, Lady Margaret Road, Cambridge, CB3 0BU
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From: Tom Hobson <[FOI #872502 email]>
Sent: 26 July 2022 12:06
To: LCC Freedom of Information Officer <[Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge request email]>
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - Employees, Pay and Contracts
at Lucy Cavendish
Dear Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge,
Many thanks for your responses to the submitted FOI request. These were
gratefully received. After discussion with some members of our UCU branch,
I wanted to follow up for further clarification on:
1. "Pay awards made to staff in the past 3 years This is commercially
sensitive data"
It does not appear clear or straightforward that this is commercially
sensitive data. This appears to be information of broader public
relevance. UCEA publishes the pay awards they agree with UCU, for example,
so it is not clear why this would be commercially sensitive in the case of
Lucy Cavendish.
Please can you clearly demonstrate why this would fulfill the requirements
for non provision on the basis of commercially sensitive data, or provide
this data.
2. "Pay rates for hourly-paid work (DoSing, supervisions, admission
interviews). These are not paid on an hourly basis." Thank you for
clarifying. If this work is not paid hourly, please can the College
provide us the piecework rates?
Yours faithfully,
Tom Hobson
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