Payments to Directors/CEOs

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Dear Midlothian Council,

I am writing to you to request the following information.

1) During 2020, how many council employees were placed on furlough. If this number changed over time, please provide a breakdown of when the changes took place and what they were.
1a) Please provide the conditions of the furlough (i.e. 100% wage with 80% furlough and remaining 20% topped up by the local authority)

2) During 2020, the number of employees of council-owned ALEOs who were placed on furlough with a breakdown by ALEO. If this number changed over time, please provide a breakdown of when the changes took place and what they were.

3) For 2020, a monthly breakdown of the number of council employees made redundant
3a) For 2018 and 2019, the total number of council employees made redundant per year.

4) For the financial years 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, and the forthcoming financial year 2020/21, please provide the following information.
4a) The salary of the five highest-paid council employees, their name and role, date of joining the council, and details of any bonus payment.
4b) For the financial years 2019/20 and 2020/21, an indication as to whether any planned or approved bonus payments have been paid in full or not accepted by the top five highest-paid council employees (if relevant)

Yours faithfully,
Conor Matchett

Midlothian Council Enquiries, Midlothian Council

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Dear FOI Officer,

I am writing to you to request an update on my FOI request which I was due to have a response on yesterday, but am yet to receive one.

Yours sincerely,

Conor Matchett

Midlothian Council Enquiries, Midlothian Council

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Hazel Kerr, Midlothian Council

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Hi Conor

 

I refer to your FOI as set out below and have provided a response
attached. Apologies for the delay in response.  

 

1)      During 2020, how many council employees were placed on furlough.
If this number changed over time, please provide a breakdown of when the
changes took place and what they were. 1a) Please provide the conditions
of the furlough (i.e. 100% wage with 80% furlough and remaining 20% topped
up by the local authority) 2) During 2020, the number of employees of
council-owned ALEOs who were placed on furlough with a breakdown by ALEO.
If this number changed over time, please provide a breakdown of when the
changes took place and what they were. 3) For 2020, a monthly breakdown of
the number of council employees made redundant 3a) For 2018 and 2019, the
total number of council employees made redundant per year. 4) For the
financial years 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, and the forthcoming financial
year 2020/21, please provide the following information. 4a) The salary of
the five highest-paid council employees, their name and role, date of
joining the council, and details of any bonus payment. 4b) For the
financial years 2019/20 and 2020/21, an indication as to whether any
planned or approved bonus payments have been paid in full or not accepted
by the top five highest-paid council employees (if relevant).

 

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which Midlothian Council has dealt with his/her request for information
under section 1(1) of the FOISA, by virtue of section 20 of the FOISA, may
require Midlothian Council to review its actions and/or decisions in
relation to that request.  Details of Midlothian Council's complaints
procedure under the FOISA are set out in the section outlined as follows:

Midlothian Council’s Complaints Procedure under the FOISA:

An applicant who is dissatisfied with the way in which Midlothian Council
has dealt with his/her request for information under section 1(1) of the
FOISA, may, by virtue of Section 20 of the FOISA, require Midlothian
Council to review its actions and/or decisions in relation to that
request.

If you wish Midlothian Council to review its actions and/or decisions with
respect to your request for information, you should write to the Director,
Corporate Resources or other official whose name is printed at the top of
this letter.  That official will arrange for your application for review
to be considered.  Thereafter he will write to you informing you of the
decision by not later than twenty working days after receipt of your
request requiring that a review be made.  By virtue of Section 21 of the
FOISA, you will be provided with a statement of reasons for arriving at
the decision made.

Your request for review should reach Midlothian Council within 40 working
days.

Requests for review must be in writing (or in another form which has some
permanency and is capable of being used for subsequent reference e.g.
audio/video tape recording). You must:-

·         state your name and address for correspondence;

·         give details of the information which you originally requested
from Midlothian Council; and

·         state the reasons why you are dissatisfied with the way in which
your application for information has been dealt with.

Your Right to Complain to the Scottish Information Commissioner:

Under Section 47 of the FOISA, a person who is dissatisfied with the
outcome of their request for review by the Council may apply to the
Scottish Information Commissioner to determine whether their request (or
any part of it) has been properly dealt with.

An application to the Scottish Information Commissioner must be made in
writing (or in another form having some permanency eg an audio/video tape
recording) within six months of receipt of a Section 21 Notice by the
applicant.  The applicant must specify:-

 

a)            his/her name and address for correspondence;

b)            the request for information to which the requirement for
review by Midlothian Council related;

c)            the matter which gave rise to the applicant’s
dissatisfaction with the way in which Midlothian Council dealt with their
original request; and

d)                  the matter which gives rise to the applicant’s
dissatisfaction relating to the review by Midlothian Council.

 

The Scottish Information Commissioner can be contacted at:-

Scottish Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes Road, St
Andrews, Fife, KY16 9DS

(Telephone – 01334 464610; Fax -  01334 464611; Email –
[1][email address])

 

 

Hazel Kerr

 

Lead Performance and Improvement Officer

Business Applications

Resources

Midlothian Council

 

 

 

Hazel Kerr

 

Lead Performance and Improvement Officer

Business Applications

Resources

Midlothian Council

[2][email address]

0131 271 3471

 

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