Ethnicity of Staff

Dear Raj Mandair

Oxford City Council – Reference: FOI 11133

Thank you for your email/letter below/attached. Your request was received on 13 May 2022 and you will be sent a response within 20 working days (of receipt) in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000/ Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR), subject to the information not being exempt or containing reference to a third party.

Due to an unprecedented volume of Freedom of Information Requests currently, it is likely that some requests may go beyond the 20 working days, we are working as hard as possible to respond in a timely manner, but we feel it is better to keep requestors informed in advance.

Yours sincerely

Elizabeth Godin | Information Governance Manager | Law and Governance | SAC 3.8 | Oxford City Council | St Aldates Chambers | 109-113 St. Aldate's | Oxford | OX1 1DS
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Dear Raj Mandair,

Freedom of Information, Oxford City Council – Reference: 11133

Please accept my apologies for the delay to your Freedom of Information
Act 2000 request. Further to the acknowledgement below, I can respond to
your request received on 13 May 2022 as follows:

Request

How many ethnic minorities work in Oxford City Council and Oxford Direct
Services?

What proportion of staff in OCC and ODS are BME?

What's the proportion of BME staff by paygrade?

Where I have listed BME or ethnic minority, I would be grateful if you
could provide me with a breakdown of ethnicity where possible.

Response

Oxford Direct Services do not hold the information on staff that you have
requested.

Oxford City Council’s latest published data is as 31 March 2021. Please
refer to the Annual Workforce Equalities Report on our [1]website. The
responses below relate to staff at Oxford City Council only.

If you disagree with any part of the response to your request, you are
entitled to ask the Council for an internal review of the decision(s)
made.  You may do this by writing to the Monitoring Officer, by either
email – [2][email address] – or by post to Monitoring Officer, Oxford
City Council, St Aldate’s Chambers, St Aldate’s, Oxford, OX1 1DS.  After
the result of the internal review, if you remain dissatisfied, you may ask
the Information Commissioner to intervene on your behalf.  You may do this
by writing to the Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Team | Law and Governance | SAC 3.8 | Oxford City
Council | St Aldates Chambers | 109-113 St. Aldate's | Oxford | OX1 1DS 

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Dear Raj Mandair

Oxford City Council Freedom of Information – Reference: 11133

Please accept our sincere apologies for the delay in replying to your email below. Our response is attached.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Team | Law and Governance | Oxford City Council | Town Hall | St Aldate’s | Oxford | OX1 1BX 
Website: www.oxford.gov.uk | Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/OxfordCity | Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/OxfordCityCouncil

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