Oxford City Council - Total Cost of Furlough
Dear Oxford City Council,
1. How many Oxford City Council employees were furloughed each month from March 2020 to the end of September 2021.
2. For each month please list the departments within Oxford City Council that employees were furloughed.
3. How much money was received from the Government each month and how much did Oxford City Council contribute each month to top up furlough payments (please include pension contributions).
4. What was the total contributions for furlough payments from both the Government and Oxford City Council.
Please present information in Excel spreadsheet in a clear and unambiguous manner.
Yours faithfully,
Carrie Janssen
Dear Carrie Janssen,
Oxford City Council – Reference: 10446
Thank you for your email below. Your request was received on 3rd October 2021 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.
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Joyce Fagan
Information Governance Requests Officer
Joyce Fagan | Information Governance Requests Officer | Oxford City Council | Law and Governance | St. Aldate's Chambers | Oxford | OX1 1DS |
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Dear Ms Janssen
Oxford City Council Reference: 10446
Further to the email below, I can respond to your Freedom of Information Act 2000 request received on 3rd October 2021 as follows:
Please see attached.
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, St Aldate's Chambers, St Aldate's, Oxford, OX1 1DS. 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,
Joyce Fagan
Information Governance Requests Officer
Joyce Fagan | Information Governance Requests Officer | Oxford City Council | Law and Governance | St. Aldate's Chambers | Oxford | OX1 1DS |
Email: [email address] T: 01865 252 425
My working days are Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays
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Dear freedomofinformation,
Thank you for your reply of 21 October 2021.
As far as I am aware Oxford City Council has around 750 employees and 90 to 95% are currently working from home. Oxford City Council had a working from home scheme in place before the covid pandemic.
With so many employees able to work from home why was it necessary to furlough so many people?
Yours sincerely,
Carrie Janssen
Dear Ms Janssen,
Thank you for your email below. Please be advised that this has been passed to the relevant department to respond to as a follow on question.
Yours sincerely,
Joyce Fagan
Information Governance Requests Officer
Joyce Fagan | Information Governance Requests Officer | Oxford City Council | Law and Governance | St. Aldate's Chambers | Oxford | OX1 1DS |
Email: [email address]
Stop the virus from spreading. Keep Oxford safe.
Follow the guidance: Clean hands. Wear a face mask. Keep your distance. Get tested if you have symptoms.
Dear freedomofinformation,
Dear Ms Fagan,
Please confirm as to what department / job title you forwarded my request for information to?
Please confirm as to how the relevant department that you forwarded my request to will respond? Will it be via the WhatDoTheyKNow forum?
Yours sincerely,
Carrie Janssen
Dear Carrie Janssen,
10446 Follow on question.
Please find below reply to your follow on question.
At the start of the first lock down homeworking rates were therefore much
lower than they are currently. The homeworking policy in place was a
hybrid model whereby staff were required to be in the office for the
majority of working week and some staff are unable to carry out their
duties from home.
The highest number of employees furloughed in one month at the beginning
of the pandemic was 66 and was generally significantly less. Every case of
furlough was carefully considered and 66 employees represents less than
10% of the workforce.
Yours sincerely,
Joyce Fagan
Information Governance Requests Officer
Joyce Fagan | Information Governance Requests Officer | Oxford City
Council | Law and Governance | St. Aldate's Chambers | Oxford | OX1 1DS |
Stop the virus from spreading. Keep Oxford safe.
Follow the guidance: Clean hands. Wear a face mask. Keep your distance.
Get tested if you have symptoms.
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