Resourcing Question

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Dear Sirs,

I’m grateful for the information you recently provided. I have a couple of further questions these being:

1. (a) How many staff are employed to work on accountancy matters at this time?

(b) How many external staff from other public sector bodies provide accountancy support services at this time and is their support at cost?

(c) How many staff are employed to work on legal matters at this time?

(d) How many staff from other public bodies provide legal support services at this time and is their support at cost?

2. Please provide information on the total external legal spend by law firm, the number of matters and, where possible*, a basic description of the type of issue, in each of the following calendar years:

(a) 2017-2018
(b) 2018-2019
(c) 2019-2020 (up to 31.12.2019)

3. In respect of the contracts where spend has been above the relevant procurement threshold please provide the reference of the OJEU tender process or framework used.

Yours faithfully,

Raj

* I see that has been possible with other public bodies, although I’m just interested in a flavour of the types of issue encountered rather than confidential detail.

Information Requests SCR,

Dear Raj,

Thank you for your email requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Apologies for the delay in acknowledging your request.

You should expect to receive a further reply from the Sheffield City Region (SCR) Executive Team within 20 working days from the day when your request was originally received by the SCR.

If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact me quoting reference number SCRFOI2020/02.

Kind regards,

Claire James
Senior Governance & Compliance Manager
Sheffield City Region Executive Team

T: 0114 220 3402
www.sheffieldcityregion.org.uk
Twitter: @SheffCityRegion
11 Broad Street West, Sheffield S1 1BQ

   

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Information Requests SCR,

Dear Raj,

I am conscious that the deadline for your request is coming up. We are experiencing disruption to our business activities at present as I'm sure you'll understand. We take our FOI obligations very seriously and acknowledge that statutory timescales are still applicable during this extraordinary period however, we would ask that you bear with us at this time and be reassured that we will respond to your request as soon as we can.

Kind regards,

Claire James
Senior Governance & Compliance Manager
Sheffield City Region Executive Team

T: 0114 220 3402
www.sheffieldcityregion.org.uk
Twitter: @SheffCityRegion
11 Broad Street West, Sheffield S1 1BQ

   

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