Long Term Temporary Employees

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Dear Oxford City Council,

Please provide the following information for all personnel currently working for both Oxford City Council (OCC) and Oxford Direct Services (ODS) that are not on a permanent contract:

1. Job title and number of weeks each person has been working in a non-permanent capacity.
2. Provide the contract status of each person, i.e., :
(a) Fixed-term contract employees employed directly by OCC or ODS?
(b) Freelance, self-employed consultants contracted to work with OCC or ODS for a specified project?
(c) Fixed-term contract employees employed to work with OCC or ODS via agencies?
(d)Temporary employees (without a fixed contract length) employed to work with OCC or ODS via agencies?
(e) Any other type of employment arrangement?

3. Where staff are employed via an agency please provide the name of the employment agency.

4. For any person who has been working for either OCC or ODS more than 52 weeks, please provide details of work history, i.e., the different job titles each person may have held during that time.

Yours faithfully,

Kate Sharma

Dear Ms.Sharma,

Freedom of Information, Oxford City Council – Reference: FOI11943

Thank you for your email. Your request was received on 11.04.2023 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

Freedom of Information Officer

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Dear Ms.Sharma,

Re: Freedom of Information Request, Oxford City Council – Reference: 11943

We would like to inform you that Oxford Direct Services , as of 1st April 2023, are responsible for handling their own Freedom of Information requests.

Please direct your enquiry to Oxford Direct Services, by email, to [email address], to be able to obtain information from ODS with regards to your request.

We will only be provide responses related to Oxford City Council employees.

Yours sincerely,

Freedom of Information Officer

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Dear Freedom Of Information,

Thank you for the update. Please provide information for Oxford City Council.

Yours sincerely,

Kate Sharma

FOI 11943.xlsx

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FOI11943 Final Response.pdf

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Dear Ms.Sharma,

Freedom of Information, Oxford City Council – Reference: FOI11943

Further to the acknowledgement below, please see attached a copy of the response to your Freedom of Information Act 2000 request.

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 [email address] – or by post to Monitoring Officer, Oxford City Council, Town Hall, St Aldate’s, Oxford, OX1 1BX 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 Officer

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Dear Oxford City Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Oxford City Council's handling of my FOI request 'Long Term Temporary Employees'.

I am not happy with your response of 05 May 2023. You have presented the information in a confusing and meaningless way in an attempt to hide the facts. Please provide an explicit definition of the "Employee Roles" and "Agency Roles" used in the spreadsheet provided.

Referencing a previous FOI request, it seems you had no such qualms in invoking Section 40:

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/a...

I would suggest you reconsider the original FOI request and provide information in the format requested. When you have numerous staff on temporary contracts for periods of over 346 weeks I think it is in the public interest to see where OUR money is going.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/l...

Yours faithfully,

Kate Sharma

Dear Kate Sharma

Thank you for your email received on 9 May 2023 requesting a review of the Council's handling of your Freedom of Information request reference 11943.

An officer has been assigned to conduct the review of this matter and will aim to provide you with a response within 20 working days, subject to any delays caused by additional requirements such as consultation with third parties or the relevant information being of high volume. We will let you know if we need additional time to complete our review.

Yours sincerely

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FOI 11943 Data.xlsx

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IR Response ref 11943.pdf

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Dear Kate Sharma

Oxford City Council Freedom of Information – Reference: 11943

Please find attached a response to your internal review request received on 9 May 2023.

Yours sincerely

Information Governance Officer

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Dear Oxford City Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Oxford City Council's handling of my FOI request 'Long Term Temporary Employees'.

Thank you for your response of 07 June 2023.

1. I do not believe that the Homes for Ukraine Senior Rematching Officer has been employed for 235 weeks and that this information is incorrect.

2. If you will not provide job history / job titles, I would like you to provide just the number of different jobs each of the temporary staff may have undertaken and the number of weeks in each position. I believe that this is a legitimate request. From the information, you have provided, as an example, having an agency worker in a role for 346 weeks (almost 7 years) seems totally unjustifiable. I, therefore, think it makes sense to know if that person has been in that role continuously for 346 weeks or has been employed in other positions.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/l...

Yours faithfully,

Kate Sharma

Dear Kate Sharma

Thank you for your email received on 12 June 2023 requesting a review of the Council's handling of your Freedom of Information request reference 11943.

Yours sincerely

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IR Response ref 11943 11.07.23.pdf

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Dear Kate Sharma

Oxford City Council Freedom of Information – Reference: 11943

Please find attached a response to your internal review request received on 12 June 2023.

Yours sincerely

Information Governance Officer

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Dear Oxford City Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Oxford City Council's handling of my FOI request 'Long Term Temporary Employees'.

Regarding your follow up information I must once again request clarification for the information you have provided as it is unclear.

Please provide information in a spreadsheet format.
In Column 1 list all temporary positions of people CURRENTLY employed by Oxford City Council.
In column 2 list the number of weeks that the position in column 1 has been employed in that capacity.

Please provide the same data set for Oxford Direct Services.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/l...

Yours faithfully,

Kate Sharma

Dear Kate Sharma

Oxford City Council Freedom of Information – Reference: 11943

Thank you for your email received on 12 July 2023. We are seeking the clarification you have requested for the Oxford City Council data provided and will respond to you as soon as possible.

Data set for Oxford Direct Services: unfortunately the Council does not hold the information you require, since this function is managed by Oxford Direct Services, who, as of 1st April 2023, are responsible for handling their own Freedom of Information requests. Please redirect your enquiry to Oxford Direct Services, by email, to [email address], as they will be better placed to answer your request.

Yours sincerely

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FOI 11943 follow up data 20.07.23.xlsx

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Dear Kate Sharma

Freedom of Information Request, Oxford City Council – Reference: 11943

Thank you for your email requesting clarification to our response to your internal review request received on 12 July 2023. Please find attached data for Oxford City Council which sets out the following:

Tab 1 - Fixed term contracts - roles, total number of weeks individual has been at the council in all roles, number of weeks in latest/current role
Tab 2 - Agency staff - roles, total number of weeks individual has been at the council in all roles, number of weeks in latest/current role

Roles where the individual has had previous roles at the council have been highlighted in bold. There are 14 staff members on Fixed Term contracts in this position, not 15 as our previous response stated. Please accept my apologies for this error.

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 [email address] – or by post to Monitoring Officer, Oxford City Council, Town Hall, St Aldate’s, Oxford, OX1 1BX. 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

Information Governance Officer

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Dear Freedom Of Information,

Thank you for your response of 20 July 2023 and the revised spreadsheet. The information is presented in a clear, unambiguous and professional format. It is frustrating that it took so many internal reviews to gain access to this data. I'm not sure if you are just being lazy with your responses or are actually trying very hard not to make the information publicly available?

Yours sincerely,

Kate Sharma

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