Pakistanis heritage citizens and employees

Dear Karamat Iqbal

 

Freedom of Information request – Ref 3539

 

Thank you for your request for information about Pakistani heritage
citizens and employees, which we received on 4 April.  Your request is
being considered under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOIA) and we will aim to provide you with a response by 4 May.

 

For your information, the Act defines a number of exemptions which may
prevent release of the information you have requested.  If this is the
case you will be advised of any considerations, subsequent decisions and
your rights of appeal. There may also be a fee payable for this
information; this will be considered and you will be informed if a fee is
payable.

 

You will be free to copy, distribute, transmit, adapt or otherwise exploit
any information disclosed to you providing that you do so in accordance
with the conditions which can be found on the council’s website at 
[1]http://www.solihull.gov.uk/about/copyrig....

Advice on the Freedom of Information Act is available from the Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9
5AF, telephone: 01625 545 700, website: [2]http://www.ico.gov.uk.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Joanne Summerill

Information Governance Assistant

Corporate Performance, Policy and Information Division

Tel: 0121 704 6169

Email: [3][email address]

 

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Dear Karamat Iqbal

 

Freedom of Information request – Ref 3539

 

I am writing further to your request for information about Pakistani
heritage citizens and employees, which was received on 4 April.  The
answers to your questions are as follows.

 

1.     Data on Pakistani heritage citizens within the local authority  as
a percentage of the overall population

 

The latest available figures are in the ONS Mid 2009 Population Estimate. 
The figures for Pakistani citizens are 4,300 people equating to 2.1% of
the borough population.

    

     2. Data on Pakistani heritage employees of the local authority – 
numbers, as a percentage of the overall council workforce and by grade and
department, including schools

   

Please see the attached spreadsheet.

 

     3. Details of any Positive Action programmes to address Pakistani
underrepresentation in the workforce, if any, and the impact of such
programmes which may have run in the past.

    

There are no positive action schemes as detailed in question 3.

 

     4. Number of Pakistani heritage elected members and as a percentage
of the overall

 

None, 0%.

 

You will be free to copy, distribute, transmit, adapt or otherwise exploit
any information disclosed to you providing that you do so in accordance
with the conditions which can be found on the council’s website
[1]http://www.solihull.gov.uk/about/copyrig....

 

I hope this information is of interest and assistance.  If however you are
dissatisfied with the response you have received and wish to request a
review of our decision or make a complaint about how your request has been
handled you should write to the Corporate Information Governance Manager,
PO Box 18, Council House, Solihull, West Midlands B91 9QS or email
[2][Solihull Borough Council request email].

 

Your request for an internal review should be submitted to us within 40
working days of receipt by you of this response.  Any requests received
after this time will be considered at the discretion of the Corporate
Information Governance Manager.

 

If having exhausted the review process you are not content that your
request or review has been dealt with correctly, you have a further right
of appeal to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for a decision. 
Generally, the ICO will not make a decision until you have exhausted the
complaints procedure provided by the Council.  The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF, telephone: 01625 545 700, website:
[3]http://www.ico.gov.uk.

 

Should you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact
me.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

 

Joanne Summerill

Information Governance Assistant

Corporate Performance, Policy and Information Division

Tel: 0121 704 6169

Email: [4][email address]

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