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Refuse workers: FoI

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Dear council team

I am looking for the number of refuse workers in your local authority area. Could you please provide the FTE number of staff employed to work in the following financial years – April 2017/18, April 18/19, April 19/20, April 20/21 and April 21/22?

As well as the number of council staff employed to collect bins and recycling, could you tell me how many agency staff your local authority has employed in the years specified.

Finally could you tell me the cost to the council of employing these agency staff.

I'm making this request under freedom of information legislation, so look forward to the response within 20 working days. Please do not hestitate to contact me if you need any clarifications. You can also call me on [phone number removed].

Yours faithfully,

Karin Goodwin

North Ayrshire Council

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Dear Karin Goodwin

Thank you for your correspondence which was received by North Ayrshire
Council, requesting information.

North Ayrshire Council acknowledges receipt of your request and will
respond to you within 20 working days as required by the Freedom of
Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (please note day 1 of your request is the
first working day after receipt of your request). We will contact you if
we require any further information or clarification from you.

If your request is regarding information which is considered environmental
information the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004
(EISR) will also apply. Both EISR and FOISA provide similar rights to
access information and place requirements on the Council to consider
requests and to provide information.

The Council will now consider your request and identify any relevant
records held. Please note, should your request relate to environmental
information in terms of Section 7 of the Regulations (complex or
voluminous requests), the Council may extend the timescale to 40 working
days. We will write to you as soon as possible after receipt of your
request to advise if this is the case.

The information supplied in your request will only be accessed by North
Ayrshire Council staff and will be retained for the purposes of processing
your request for information and related purposes and for statistical and
audit purposes. The information will be held by North Ayrshire Council in
accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 2018.

Yours sincerely

FOI Co-ordinator

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Dear Ms Goodwin,

Thank you for your request for information dated 27 April 2022 which was
received by North Ayrshire Council on 27 April 2022. The Council has
considered your request and we require further information before we can
continue. Please can you provide:

Please see attached document.

Until we receive the above, we will consider the information request to be
suspended and the statutory timescale to respond will re-commence once in
receipt of the information.

Your right to seek a review. Should you be dissatisfied with the way North
Ayrshire Council is handling your request you have the right to request a
review.

Should you wish to do this, you should explain why you wish a review to be
carried out and should be made within 40 working days of receipt of this
response. We will then reply within 20 working days of receipt and
employees not involved in your original request will undertake the review.
If you are not satisfied with the result of the review you then have the
right to make a formal complaint to the Scottish Information Commissioner
at http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal.

Any request for a review should be made in writing to:

FOI / EIR Manager
Cunninghame House
Irvine
Ayrshire

KA12 8EE

Email : [email address]

The supply of documents under the terms of the Freedom of Information
(Scotland) Act 2002 does not give the applicant or whoever receives the
information any right to re-use it in such a way that might infringe the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This includes making multiple
copies, publishing or otherwise distributing the information to other
individuals and the public.

While efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of this information,
its accuracy is not warranted. In particular, the Council accepts no
liability for onward sale or transfer of this information to any third
party and for any reliance placed on such information by you or by a third
party.

Yours sincerely

Samantha Alexander

Freedom of Information Co-ordinator

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Dear Karin Goodwin

Thank you for your request for information dated 27th April 2022 which was
received by North Ayrshire Council. The Council has considered your
request and we require further information before we can continue. 

Please see attached document for clarification. 

Until we receive the above, we will consider the information request to be
suspended and the statutory timescale to respond will re-commence once in
receipt of the information.

Your right to seek a review. Should you be dissatisfied with the way North
Ayrshire Council is handling your request you have the right to request a
review.

Should you wish to do this, you should explain why you wish a review to be
carried out and should be made within 40 working days of receipt of this
response. We will then reply within 20 working days of receipt and
employees not involved in your original request will undertake the review.
If you are not satisfied with the result of the review you then have the
right to make a formal complaint to the Scottish Information Commissioner
at http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal.

Any request for a review should be made in writing to:

FOI / EIR Manager
Information Governance
Cunninghame House
Irvine
Ayrshire
KA12 8EE

Email : [email address]

The supply of documents under the terms of the Freedom of Information
(Scotland) Act 2002 does not give the applicant or whoever receives the
information any right to re-use it in such a way that might infringe the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This includes making multiple
copies, publishing or otherwise distributing the information to other
individuals and the public.

While efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of this information,
its accuracy is not warranted. In particular, the Council accepts no
liability for onward sale or transfer of this information to any third
party and for any reliance placed on such information by you or by a third
party.

Yours sincerely

Jessica McCallum
Freedom of Information Co-ordinator

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Dear Karin Goodwin

Thank you for your request for information dated 27th April 2022 which was
received by North Ayrshire Council.

North Ayrshire Council require clarification to proceed with your request,
an email was sent to you on 27^th April 2022 and a reminder on 13^th May
2022. As North Ayrshire Council have not heard from you within the 40
working day timescale, we are now closing your case. Please se attached
document.  

Yours sincerely

Jessica McCallum

Freedom of Information Co-ordinator

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