SOLACE Enterprises
Dear Sir or Madam,
Please provide information on when the Consultancy Solace
Enterprises has been used since 1997 by Kensington and Chelsea Council for:
1. Recommending Senior Management for posts within K&C Council.
2. Salary scales for Senior Management within K&C Council.
3. Detail the salary level for the management position before Solace Enterprises became involved and the salary level after their recommendations were made and taken up for 1 and 2 above.
4.Detail which positions have been filled as a result of
recommendations by Solace Enterprises.
5. Detail the positions where salary changes took place on the recommendation by Solace Enterprises but the personnel did not change.
Yours faithfully,
T. Morgan
Dear Mr Morgan
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REF: 2009-061
I am writing to confirm that we received your information request on
29/01/2009. For your information and future communications your request
has been allocated the reference number FOI2009-061. Please quote this
reference in any future correspondence.
We will consider your request and respond in accordance with the
requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Our duty is to
respond promptly or at least within 20 working days.
Yours sincerely
Robin
Robin Yu
Information Protection Assistant
FOIA Team, Business Protection Unit
Information Systems Division (ISD)
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
The Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 7NX
Tel: 020 7938 8226
Web: [1]http://www.rbkc.gov.uk
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http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/
Dear Sir/Madam
Thank you for your recent request for information.
We do not have complete records going back to 1997. However, from the
records we do hold, I can confirm that the Royal Borough of Kensington and
Chelsea has not used Solace Enterprises from 1997 to date for the purposes
you describe.
I trust this has satisfied your request. Should you be unhappy with the
handling of your request, the Council has an internal complaints process.
Complaints are reviewed by the Town Clerk and Chief Executive or his
nominee. A form is available from our website to lodge your complaint
[1]www.rbkc.gov.uk/yourcouncil/freedomofinformation/foicomplaintform.pdf.
Please contact us if you do not have website access and we can provide you
with a copy of the form. Following this review, should you still be
unhappy with how your information request has been handled, you have a
further right of appeal to the Information Commissioner who is responsible
for ensuring compliance with the FOI Act.
Sally Bazeley
Personnel Adviser
Policy, Systems, Payroll and Pensions Team
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
020 7361 2844
[2][email address]
Dear Sir or Madam,
Thank you for your response. You say that Kensington and Chelsea Council have not used SOLACE for the mentioned purposes. Please inform me of what services your Council has procured SOLACE for.
Yours sincerely,
T. Morgan
Dear Mr Morgan
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REF: 2009-113
I refer to your email of 20/02/2009 following up our response to your
Freedom of Information Act request regarding SOLACE Enterprises. We are
processing this request as a new Freedom of Information Act request.
For your information and future communications your request has been
allocated the reference number FOI2009-113. Please quote this reference in
any future correspondence.
We will consider your request and respond in accordance with the
requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Our duty is to
respond promptly or at least within 20 working days.
Yours sincerely
Robin
Robin Yu
Information Protection Assistant
FOIA Team, Business Protection Unit
Information Systems Division (ISD)
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
The Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 7NX
Tel: 020 7938 8226
Web: [1]http://www.rbkc.gov.uk
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1. http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/
http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/
Dear Mr Morgan,
My colleague Sally Bazeley responded to your original request about SOLACE
enterprises on 20 February (Ref: 2009-061). Your subsequent request for
information emailed to Ms Bazeley on 20 February is being treated as a new
Freedom of Information Act request.
The reference for your new request is 2009-113 and the deadline is 20
March although we will endeavour to respond as soon as we are able to.
Yours sincerely
Robin
Robin Yu
Information Protection Assistant
FOIA Team, Business Protection Unit
Information Systems Division (ISD)
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
The Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 7NX
Tel: 020 7938 8226
Web: [1]http://www.rbkc.gov.uk
Dear Sir/Madam
Thank you for your recent request for information regarding Solace Enterprises.
As I mentioned in my original response we do not have complete records going back to 1997. However, from the records we do hold, I can confirm that the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has used Solace Enterprises for seven training events and two conferences. In 2004 a consultant was engaged
in relation to a Best Value Review.
I trust this has satisfied your request. Should you be unhappy with the handling of your request, the Council has an internal complaints process. Complaints are reviewed by the Town Clerk and Chief Executive or his nominee. A form is available from our website to lodge your complaint
www.rbkc.gov.uk/yourcouncil/freedomofinf.... Please contact us if you do not have website access and we can provide you with a copy of the form. Following this review, should you still be unhappy with how your information request has been handled, you have a further right
of appeal to the Information Commissioner who is responsible for ensuring compliance with the FOI Act.
Sally Bazeley
Personnel Adviser
Policy, Systems, Payroll and Pensions Team
Royal Borough of Kensington and ChelseaSalocae
020 7361 2844
[email address]
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