Freedom of Information Team
Oxford City Council
Email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xx
24 April 2024
Dear Zara Alam
Freedom of Information Request, Oxford City Council – Reference:
FOI2024/00366
Further to our acknowledgement, we can confirm that Oxford City Council can advise as follows in
response to your Freedom of Information Request received on 26 March:
Request
1. How many British Muslim employees have you recruited? Please provide figures for every
calendar year since 2014.
2. What is the average length of service?
Please note that the data may not be accurate-we can only present data for officers who chose to
provide this information.
Officers are not required to inform the organisation of their religious beliefs.
Number of
Average length of service in
Year Staff
Years
2014
11
10
2015
10
11.5
2016
17
8.1
2017
15
8.9
2018
14
10.2
2019
12
11.5
2020
14
10.2
2021
16
8.5
2022
12
10.8
2023
13
10
3. How many British Muslims have you employed in communications/media/management
roles since 2014?
With regards to this question, it is unfortunately the case that we believe a section 40(2) exemption
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to apply. This covers personal third-party data where
disclosure would breach the Data Protection Act 1998’s principles concerning personal information.
Due to small numbers who shared their religious beliefs (less than 5) disclosure of this information
would allow for the individual staff members to be identified and, given the personal nature of the
information, disclosure of this information would not constitute fair processing of the staff member’s
personal data, and would thus breach the first data protection principle (personal information must
be fairly and lawfully processed).
We hope the information we provided for other questions is of assistance to you.
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
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xx – 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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