Redundancies & Early Retirements 2023

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Dear Oxford City Council,

For the calendar year 2023 please provide the following information:

1. How many staff applied for redundancy/early retirement
2. How many staff had their redundancy/early retirement applications refused?
3. How many staff have been made redundant?
4. How many were voluntary redundancies?
5. How many were compulsory redundancies?
7. What criteria were used for accepting or refusing redundancy/early retirement?
8. How many employees were offered payments and terms over and above the statutory minimum and if any, provide an explanation as to why additional payments were made.

Where applicable, please make clear if staff involved were corporate or non corporate staff.

Yours faithfully,

Jeff Baxter

Freedom of Information Team, Oxford City Council

Dear Jeff Baxter

Freedom of Information Request, Oxford City Council - Reference:
FOI2024/00018

Thank you for your email. Your request was received on 2 January 2024 and
you will be sent a response by 30th January 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.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Team | Law and Governance | Oxford City Council |
Town Hall | St Aldate's | Oxford | OX1 1BX

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Dear Jeff Baxter

Please find attached a response to your request for information received
on 2 January.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Officer

Freedom of Information Team | Law and Governance | Oxford City Council |
Town Hall | St Aldate's | Oxford | OX1 1BX

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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 'Redundancies & Early Retirements 2023'.

You have answered Questions 1 to 3 by using "0".

You have answered Questions 4 to 8 using "NA". In the context of your response, what does "NA" mean, i.e., 0, not applicable, not available, or something else.

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

Yours faithfully,

Jeff Baxter

Freedom of Information Team, Oxford City Council

Dear Jeff Baxter

The questions 4-8 are non-applicable.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Officer

Freedom of Information Team | Law and Governance | Oxford City Council |
Town Hall | St Aldate's | Oxford | OX1 1BX

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Dear Freedom of Information Team,

Thank you for clarification. Not sure why you just didn't use the same convention as used in response to Q1 to Q3, i.e., "0".

Yours sincerely,

Jeff Baxter