FOI - Expenditure on equality, diversity, and inclusivity.
Dear Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council,
I wish to make an FOI request, as set out under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please can your organisation provide the following information:
a) The number of roles in your association (expressed in numbers of FTE), that are mainly or exclusively focussed on issues of equality, diversity, or inclusivity. For example, this could include (amongst other guises) “EDI officers” or “diversity and inclusion project managers” but would not include general HR managers.
b) Either a) the pay band of each of these roles, or b) the combined total salaries for these roles. Whichever measure is more in accordance with your data preferences.
c) In the past 12 months the number of staff days across your organisation which have been committed to attending equality training programmes, whether internally run or with external consultants. (staff days = duration of the training programme multiplied by the number of staff in attendance for the course). If unable to provide please mark as N/A in your return.
Please can this information be returned to me within 20 working days.
If your organisation does not hold information in relation to any of the letters please file as N/A and provide the rest of the information that you do hold.
Yours faithfully,
Art Lightfoot
(80 Arrol House, London, SE1 6QL)
Dear Mr Lightfoot
Request for Information RFI-5493-22
Thank you for your request for information relating to Expenditure on
equality, diversity, and inclusivity. which was received on 17 November
2022.
In accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000
the council will respond to your request within 20 working days, saying
whether we have the information that you want, and if there will be any
charges.
If, for any reason, we cannot provide you with the information, we will
tell you why.
If we need to clarify your request, we will contact you again.
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so quoting the above reference number.
Yours sincerely,
Julie Noble
Assurance Team, Resources and Transformation
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council,
Civic Centre,
Darwall Street,
Walsall, WS1 1DG
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Dear Mr Lightfoot,
Request for Information RFI-5493-22
Further to your request for information Expenditure on equality,
diversity, and inclusivity. , received on 17 November 2022, I am writing
to ask for some further clarification of some aspects of your request.
In order for us to process your request as fully as possible could you
please provide the following information:
For question C of your FOI request can you please give the definition of
EDI.
There is no corporate / central oversight of EDI training and that it
would depend on the definition of EDI as this could include awareness of
conditions such as mental health, autism etc.
The Freedom of information Act 2000 allows the council 20 working days in
which to respond to requests. However, this “clock” stops should we need
to seek clarification in order to locate or identify relevant
information.
As such, your request is now on hold until we receive the clarification
requested.
If you wish to proceed with this request please send your clarification to
us, quoting the above reference number.
Please note that if we have not received your clarification within 15
working days we will close your request.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Yours sincerely,
Fahmida Maknun
Assurance Officer
Assurance Team, Resources and Transformation
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council,
Civic Centre,
Darwall Street,
Walsall, WS1 1DG
Email: [Walsall Council request email]
Service area: [1]walsall.gov.uk/ Information Governance and Assurance
Website: [2]www.walsall.gov.uk
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Dear Mr Lightfoot,
We contacted you regarding a clarification for part of your request on
25th November 2022.
Your request is on hold while you provide the clarification,
if clarification is not received within 15 working days from 25th November
2022, your request will be closed.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Many thanks,
Fahmida Maknun
Assurance Officer
From: [Walsall Council request email]
Sent: Friday, November 25, 2022 3:08 PM
To: [FOI #919219 email]
Subject: RFI-5493-22-FOI Clarification Required
Dear Mr Lightfoot,
Request for Information RFI-5493-22
Further to your request for information Expenditure on equality,
diversity, and inclusivity. , received on 17 November 2022, I am writing
to ask for some further clarification of some aspects of your request.
In order for us to process your request as fully as possible could you
please provide the following information:
For question C of your FOI request can you please give the definition of
EDI.
There is no corporate / central oversight of EDI training and that it
would depend on the definition of EDI as this could include awareness of
conditions such as mental health, autism etc.
The Freedom of information Act 2000 allows the council 20 working days in
which to respond to requests. However, this “clock” stops should we need
to seek clarification in order to locate or identify relevant
information.
As such, your request is now on hold until we receive the clarification
requested.
If you wish to proceed with this request please send your clarification to
us, quoting the above reference number.
Please note that if we have not received your clarification within 15
working days we will close your request.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Yours sincerely,
Fahmida Maknun
Assurance Officer
Assurance Team, Resources and Transformation
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council,
Civic Centre,
Darwall Street,
Walsall, WS1 1DG
Email: [Walsall Council request email]
Service area: [1]walsall.gov.uk/ Information Governance and Assurance
Website: [2]www.walsall.gov.uk
[3]http://int.walsall.gov.uk/portals/0/Comm...
Disclaimer: IF THIS EMAIL IS MARKED PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL - PLEASE
RESPECT CONFIDENTIALITY AND DO NOT SHARE OR FORWARD IT TO ANYONE ELSE
WITHOUT THE EXPRESS CONSENT OF THE AUTHOR. The information in this message
should be regarded as confidential and is intended for the addressee only
unless explicitly stated. If you have received this message in error it
must be deleted and the sender notified. The views expressed in this
message are personal and not necessarily those of Walsall MBC unless
explicitly stated. E-mails sent or received from Walsall MBC may be
intercepted and read by the Council. Interception will only occur to
ensure compliance with Council policies or procedures or regulatory
obligations, to prevent or detect crime. You should also be aware that any
email may be the subject of a request under Data Protection, Freedom of
Information or Environmental Information legislation and therefore could
be disclosed to third parties.
E-mail Security: Communication by internet email is not secure as
messages can be intercepted and read by someone else. Therefore we
strongly advise you not to email any information, which if disclosed to
unrelated third parties would be likely to cause harm or distress. If you
have an enquiry of this nature please provide a postal address to allow us
to communicate with you in a more secure way. If you want us to respond by
email you must realise that there can be no guarantee of privacy.
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Dear Mr Lightfoot,
Request for Information RFI-5493-22 Re: Expenditure on equality,
diversity, and inclusivity.
I am writing to you further to our email to you dated 25 November 2022,
where we sought additional information to allow us to process your request
for information.
I also sent a reminder on 2 December 2022, but did not receive the
required information/clarification.
Unfortunately to date we have not received the required
information/clarification to allow us to proceed with this request.
As we previously advised where we do not receive required
information/clarification within 15 working days requests for information
will be closed.
I can therefore confirm that your request for information has now been
closed.
Should you wish to proceed with this, please contact us to confirm this,
including the previously requested information/clarification and we will
be happy to proceed with your request.
If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact us and we
will be more than happy to advise.
Yours sincerely,
Fahmida Maknun
Assurance Officer
Walsall Council
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