Dear Art,

Thank you for your information request dated 17 Nov 2022 (received by
Angus Health and Social Care Partnership that same day).  

If we are unable to provide you with a response within 20 working days, we
will advise you of this in writing. 

Please refer to the information below which explains your right to
complain if you are unhappy with how the Partnership is dealing with your
request. 

If you have any queries, please contact Paul Feltham (Information Manager,
Angus Health and Social Care Partnership) at 01307 492341 or e-mail
[1][Angus Integration Joint Board request email]  

Yours sincerely 

Paul Feltham

Information Manager

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 

ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2004 

INSPIRE (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2009 

Your Right to Request a Review by Angus Health and Social Care
Partnership 

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which the Partnership has dealt
with your request for information under any of the above statutory
instruments, you have a right to ask the Partnership to review its actions
and/or decisions regarding your request. If you wish to do this, you
should make your request to the Chief Officer, Angus Health and Social
Care Partnership, Angus House, Orchardbank Business Park, Forfar DD8 1AN
or e-mail [2][email address] within 40 working days.  

Your request must:                      

1.   be in writing (or recordable format);  

2.   give your name and address for correspondence;  

3.   give details of the information which you originally requested from
the council;  and  

4.   give the reasons why you are dissatisfied with the way in which your
application for information has been dealt with.  

Your application for review will then be considered by the Partnership’s
review panel.  The review panel will write to you informing you of its
decision not later than 20 working days after receipt of your request for
a review. The review panel will also provide you with a statement of its
reasons for arriving at the decision it has made. 

Your Right to Complain to the Scottish Information Commissioner: 

If you are dissatisfied with a decision of the Partnership’s review panel
(or where the review panel has not provided you with a response), you have
the right to apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a decision
as to whether your request for information has been dealt with by the
Partnership in accordance with the above statutory instruments. 

Your application to the Scottish Information Commissioner must: 

·         be in a recordable format (letter, e-mail, audio tape etc);  

·         give your name and address for correspondence.  

·         give details of the request for information which you originally
requested from Angus Health and Social Care Partnership; 

·         give details of why you were dissatisfied with the Partnership’s
response to your original request; 

·         give details of why you were dissatisfied with the decision of
the Partnership’s review panel. 

In the case of an EIR or FOI request your application to the Scottish
Information Commissioner must be made within 6 months of receipt of the
decision of the Partnership’s review panel (or within 6 months of the date
that the review panel should have responded).  No such time limit applies
under the INSPIRE (Scotland) 2009 Regulations. 

The Scottish Information Commissioner can be contacted at:- 

Scottish Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes Road, St
Andrews, Fife, KY16 9BS; Telephone - 01334 464610; Fax - 01334 464611;
Email - [3][email address]) 

This message is strictly confidential. If you have received this in error,
please inform the sender and remove it from your system. If received in
error you may not copy, print, forward or use it or any attachment in any
way. This message is not capable of creating a legal contract or a binding
representation and does not represent the views of Angus Council. Emails
may be monitored for security and network management reasons. Messages
containing inappropriate content may be intercepted. Angus Council does
not accept any liability for any harm that may be caused to the recipient
system or data on it by this message or any attachment.

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Dear Art,

Request for Information 

Thank you for your request for information dated 17 Nov 2022 (received by
Angus Health and Social Care Partnership on the same day) which has been
passed to me for attention. 

You have requested the following information and I have provided our
response in bold type. 

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.

The IJB does not directly employ any staff in its own right. All staff are
employed through either Angus Council or NHS Tayside.

Under Section 10 of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014
a Chief Officer for the IJB has to be appointed and the employing partner
has to formally second the officer to the IJB. The Chief Officer is
regarded as an employee of the IJB although their current employment is
with NHS Tayside.

In compiling responses to information requests we invariably use
information which is routinely published on the [1]Partnership’s website
or through its [2]Publication Scheme.  If you require further information
please first check that the information you want is not routinely
published as any such information is exempt from release in terms of
Section 25 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 or Regulation
6(1)(b) of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004. 

I hope that this information is of some help to you.  Please note that the
information contained in this reply is believed to be accurate as at
today’s date (unless otherwise indicated) but no warranty is given. 
Further, Angus Health and Social Care Partnership does not accept
liability for any loss, injury or damage which arises from the use of the
information contained in this reply either by you or by any other party. 
Please refer to the information set out in the Appendix which explains
your right to complain if you are unhappy with how the Partnership has
dealt with your request. 

If you have any queries, please contact Paul Feltham (Information Manager,
Angus Health and Social Care Partnership) at 01307 492341 or e-mail
[3][Angus Integration Joint Board request email]   

Yours sincerely 

Paul Feltham 

Information Manager 

APPENDIX 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 

ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2004 

INSPIRE (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2009 

Your Right to Complain to Angus Health and Social Care Partnership 

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which the Partnership has dealt
with your request for information under any of the above statutory
instruments, you have a right to ask the Partnership to review its actions
and/or decisions regarding your request. If you wish to do this, you
should make your request to the Chief Officer, Angus Health and Social
Care Partnership, Angus House, Orchardbank Business Park, Forfar DD8 1AN
or e-mail [4][email address] within 40 working days.  

Your request must: 

·       be in writing (or recordable format);  

·       give your name and address for correspondence;  

·       give details of the information which you originally requested
from the Partnership;  and  

·       give the reasons why you are dissatisfied with the way in which
your application for information has been dealt with.  

Your application for review will then be considered by the Partnership’s
review panel.  The review panel will write to you informing you of its
decision not later than 20 working days after receipt of your request for
a review. The review panel will also provide you with a statement of its
reasons for arriving at the decision it has made. 

Your Right to Complain to the Scottish Information Commissioner: 

If you are dissatisfied with a decision of the Partnership’s review panel
(or where the review panel has not provided you with a response), you have
the right to apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a decision
as to whether your request for information has been dealt with by the
Partnership in accordance with the above statutory instruments. 

Your application to the Scottish Information Commissioner must: 

·         be in a recordable format (letter, e-mail, audio tape etc);  

·         give your name and address for correspondence.  

·         give details of the request for information which you originally
requested from Angus Health and Social Care Partnership; 

·         give details of why you were dissatisfied with the Partnership’s
response to your original request; 

·         give details of why you were dissatisfied with the decision of
the Partnership’s review panel. 

In the case of an EIR or FOI request your application to the Scottish
Information Commissioner must be made within 6 months of receipt of the
decision of the Partnership’s review panel (or within 6 months of the date
that the review panel should have responded).  No such time limit applies
under the INSPIRE (Scotland) 2009 Regulations. 

The Scottish Information Commissioner can be contacted at:- 

Scottish Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes Road, St
Andrews, Fife, KY16 9BS; Telephone - 01334 464610; Fax - 01334 464611;
Email - [5][email address]) 

This message is strictly confidential. If you have received this in error,
please inform the sender and remove it from your system. If received in
error you may not copy, print, forward or use it or any attachment in any
way. This message is not capable of creating a legal contract or a binding
representation and does not represent the views of Angus Council. Emails
may be monitored for security and network management reasons. Messages
containing inappropriate content may be intercepted. Angus Council does
not accept any liability for any harm that may be caused to the recipient
system or data on it by this message or any attachment.

References

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3. mailto:[Angus Integration Joint Board request email]
4. mailto:[email address]
5. mailto:[email address]