FOI - Expenditure on equality, diversity, and inclusivity.
Dear Cherwell District Council,
I wish to make an FOI request, as set out under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please can your organisation provide in Excel CSV format, 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).
d) The contractual cost of any consultants hired, in the past twelve months, to provide any external training or advice on issues of diversity, equality, or inclusivity.
e) In the past twelve months, the number of staff days committed to attending conferences relating mainly or exclusively to matters of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. (duration of conference multiplied by the number of staff in attendance).
f) The costs of attending these conferences.
g) Membership costs the organisation pays for participation in equality charters such as the Stonewall Equality Champions, or Diversity and Inclusion Workplace champions.
Please can this information be returned to me, via email, ([email address]) within 20 working days.
The most desirable csv layout would be the letter (a-g) in column A and then the information you hold in column B. If your organisation does not hold information in relation to any of the letters please file as N/A.
Yours faithfully,
Robert Bates
([Personally Identifiable Information removed])
Good evening,
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request dated 12/09/2022.
Please can we ask that you use our standard form to make your request. This can be located on our website at https://www.cherwell.gov.uk/info/5/your-....
Please see heading Freedom of Information (FOI) Act for more information and for a link to our Freedom of Information Request form.
Kind regards
Information Governance Officer
Information Governance Team
Law and Governance
Cherwell District Council
Bodicote House
Bodicote
Banbury
Oxfordshire. OX15 4AA
Dear Rob Bates,
We write to acknowledge receipt of your Freedom of Information request
dated 12^th September 2022 made under Freedom of Information Act 2000. We
received your request on 12^th September 2022.
The Council apologises for the delay in acknowledging and responding to
your request. We normally process requests under [REGIME] within 20
working days, please be assured that every effort is being put in to
ensure that the Council responds to requests in a timely manner.
In your request, you asked for:
Please can your organisation provide in Excel CSV format, 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).
d) The contractual cost of any consultants hired, in the past twelve
months, to provide any external training or advice on issues of diversity,
equality, or inclusivity.
e) In the past twelve months, the number of staff days committed to
attending conferences relating mainly or exclusively to matters of
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. (duration of conference multiplied by
the number of staff in attendance).
f) The costs of attending these conferences.
g) Membership costs the organisation pays for participation in
equality charters such as the Stonewall Equality Champions, or Diversity
and Inclusion Workplace champions.
Please can this information be returned to me, via email,
([1][email address]) within 20 working days.
We expect to provide a response by 26^th July 2023.
Please be aware that, in certain circumstances, the law allows us to
charge a fee in order to deal with your request depending on the
complexity of your request. We will advise you as soon as possible of
this.
If we cannot meet your request, we will inform you of the reasons why,
subject to any legal or regulatory restrictions by 26^th July 2023.
If you have any questions on the status of your request, please contact
Information Governance at [2][email address].
Kind regards,
Information Governance Officer
Law and Governance
Cherwell District Council
Bodicote House
Bodicote
Banbury
Oxfordshire. OX15 4AA
[3]www.cherwell.gov.uk
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