Salary.

Waiting for an internal review by Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council of their handling of this request.

francis: of the family hanney

Dear Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council,

I require transparency and full disclosure regarding the following questions I am as king...

Who is responsible and dictates the salaries of the executive branch of Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council?

How are the large sums justified?

And what exactly does each member of the executive branch do on a daily basis from start of the business day to the end?

Yours faithfully,

Minister Francis.

FOI Team, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request received today, 29th January, 2020. We are generally required by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to provide you with a response promptly, and within no more than 20 working days of receipt of a request, which will be on or before 26th February 2020. If we require any clarification or further details we will contact you as soon as possible, if this is the case then the timescale for response specified above may be subject to change. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact this team.

FOI Team
[Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council request email]

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Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw ffeiliau a drosglwyddir gydag ef yn gyfrinachol ac at ddefnydd yr unigolyn neu'r corff y cyfeiriwyd hwy atynt yn unig. Os ydych wedi derbyn yr e-bost hwn mewn camgymeriad, dylech hysbysu'r person a anfonodd yr e-bost ar unwaith. Hefyd, sylwer nad oes unrhyw sicrwydd nad yw'r e-bost hwn neu unrhyw ymgysylltiad yn rhydd o firws ac nad yw chwaith wedi'i ryng-gipio na'i newid.

Os na fydd yr e-bost a/neu ei gynnwys wedi ei fwriadu ar eich cyfer chi neu eich sefydliad, peidiwch ag agor unrhyw ddogfennau a allai fod yn atodedig a rhowch wybod i anfonwr yr e-bost yn unol â hynny, gan gadarnhau y byddwch yn dileu'r e-bost ar unwaith ynghyd ag unrhyw ddogfennau atodedig a rhoi cadarnhad nad oes un o'r dogfennau wedi'u hagor.

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FOI Team, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

Dear Sir,

I refer to your Freedom of Information request of the 29th January 2020. Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council’s answers to your questions are set out below:

Please see link below that refers to the Members Remuneration Report for 2018/2019 which is included on the Council's website:
https://www.npt.gov.uk/media/7019/scheme...
which explains the basis behind the determination of the figures.

The Executive comprises 10 members at present and the following link will identify which portfolio they have responsibility for:
https://democracy.npt.gov.uk/mgCommittee...

If you are dissatisfied with the response to your request, under the Authority's FOI Policy, you may appeal in writing setting out the reasons why you think the decision is erroneous, to the Authority's Monitoring Officer at the following address:-

Head of Legal Services & Monitoring Officer Civic Centre Port Talbot
SA13 1PJ
FOI Team
[Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council request email]

In the event that you appeal and are dissatisfied with that response, you may then appeal direct to the Information Commissioner, whose address is:

Wycliffe House,
Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
SK9 5AF.

Yours faithfully
FOI Team
[Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council request email]

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francis: of the family hanney

Dear FOI Team,

What is the name of the staff member replying to my correspondence?

I require you to address me as Minister Francis not Sir.

The prior questions asked where not answered so here they are again...

I require transparency and full disclosure regarding the following questions I am as king...

Who is responsible and dictates the salaries of the executive branch of Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council? What are the full names?

How are the large salary sums justified? When there are so many cuts and council tax rates rising, also people literally living and dying on the streets, how can such excessively high salaries be morally justified? Surely public servants serve the public and not themselves. Public servants should be on national minimum wage as that is what the government says most should be on.

I believe that an independent public enquiry needs to thoroughly investigate this matter as these funds could be used in a far better way to better benefit the many rather than benefiting an extravagantly overpaid few.

I find it unacceptable and most offensive given that most people with family find it hard to make ends meet not in a weekly but a daily basis to keep a roof over they're head and put food in they're childrens bellies. This has to be remedied immediately as the inequality is criminal.

Yours sincerely,

Minister Francis.

FOI Team, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

Good afternoon,

The response was forwarded to you by the Council’s Freedom of Information Request officers, with the information having been provided by the Head of Legal Services and the Council’s Monitoring Officer, the details of which have been provided previously The information as to whom sets the salaries of the executive branch of the Council is as set out in the link attached to you.

For clarity, the remuneration of the executive branch is determined by the Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales, which is an organisation created by the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011. They are an independent body, established by the Welsh Government who have responsibility for setting the salary that executive members (and general members) are able to claim. Upon visiting the website https://gov.wales/independent-remunerati... you will be able to identify the members of the panel and the appropriate contact details.

The Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales provides members of the public the opportunity to comment on the setting of salaries on an annual basis and therefore you may wish to direct such commentary to that organisation and they can be taken into account as part of decision making.

In the event that you are dissatisfied with this response, you may appeal direct to the Information Commissioner, whose address is:

Wycliffe House,
Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
SK9 5AF.

Kind regards
FOI Team
[Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council request email]

We welcome correspondence in Welsh and will deal with Welsh and English correspondence to the same standards and timescales.
Croesewir gohebiaeth yn y Gymraeg a byddwn yn ymdrin â gohebiaeth Gymraeg a Saesneg i’r un safonau ac amserlenni

This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately. Please note also that there is no guarantee that this email or any attachment is virus free or has not been intercepted or amended.

In the event that this email and/or its contents are not intended for you or your organisation, please do not open any documents that may be attached and advise the sender of the email accordingly, confirming that you shall forthwith delete the email together with any documents attached and provide confirmation that none of the documents have been opened.

Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw ffeiliau a drosglwyddir gydag ef yn gyfrinachol ac at ddefnydd yr unigolyn neu'r corff y cyfeiriwyd hwy atynt yn unig. Os ydych wedi derbyn yr e-bost hwn mewn camgymeriad, dylech hysbysu'r person a anfonodd yr e-bost ar unwaith. Hefyd, sylwer nad oes unrhyw sicrwydd nad yw'r e-bost hwn neu unrhyw ymgysylltiad yn rhydd o firws ac nad yw chwaith wedi'i ryng-gipio na'i newid.

Os na fydd yr e-bost a/neu ei gynnwys wedi ei fwriadu ar eich cyfer chi neu eich sefydliad, peidiwch ag agor unrhyw ddogfennau a allai fod yn atodedig a rhowch wybod i anfonwr yr e-bost yn unol â hynny, gan gadarnhau y byddwch yn dileu'r e-bost ar unwaith ynghyd ag unrhyw ddogfennau atodedig a rhoi cadarnhad nad oes un o'r dogfennau wedi'u hagor.

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francis: of the family hanney

Dear FOI Team,

Again the questions have not been answered

Very suspicious indeed.

Yours sincerely,

Minister Francis.

francis: of the family hanney

Dear FOI Team,

Would you not agree that there is great inequality and the salaries aren't morally justifiable?
Do you not have an opinion on these issues or is it simply OK to just tow the line even though you know in your heart and soul there is something very wrong?
If all public servants salaries were capped at £35k annually that would free up billions that could and should be used to benefit the people of this country... Especially the vulnerable and homeless.
Surely you agree? Who of good conscious wouldn't!!!

Yours sincerely,

Minister Francis.