Dear Sir/Madam

Thank you for your request for information about :

Legal Roles

Received on 05/11/2018

This request has been formally logged in our FOI management system and has been assigned the reference REQ06319.
You should receive a reply to your request within the statutory time limit of 20 working days.

Please remember to quote the reference number REQ06319 in any future communications.

Yours sincerely,
Information Management

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Dear Mr South

Please find below a response to your recent request, under the Freedom of
Information Act, for information concerning legal roles within Newport
City Council.

Q1: How many solicitors does the Council employ?

24

The Law Society also publishes details of solicitors online and you can
find this for us at
[1]http://solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk/orga...
. However, some solicitors can choose not to say who they work for so it
will not always tell you every solicitor in an organisation.

Q2: How many legal advisors does the council employ (a role which requires
giving or advising on the law)?

27

Q3: How many solicitor jobs have been advertised  internally and
externally in the past 2 years?

Internally – 1

Externally - 5

Q4: How many legal jobs have been advertised internally and externally in
the past two years?

Internally - 3

Externally - 7

Q5: Also how were the roles advertised?

The adverts would be placed on the Council’s job page. 
[2]www.newport.gov.uk/jobs

Q6: Can these figures be broken down to departments?

The council operates a centralised legal function, therefore all of the
above were recruitments within the Law 7 Regulation Service Area.

I trust this information answers your request. However, if you have any
queries about this information or you are unhappy with the service you
have received in relation to your request and wish to make a complaint or
request a review of our decision, please contact me.

In the event you are not content with the outcome of any complaint, you
may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. 
Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the
Council’s complaint procedure.  The Information Commissioner can be
contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water
Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely

Erica Gibson

Erica Gibson

Arweinydd Tîm - Datblygu Busnes / Team Leader - Business Development  

Pobl a Newid Busnes / People & Business Change

Cyngor Dinas Casnewydd / Newport City Council

01633 210470

[3][email address]

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