Dear Jermaine Agyapong,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 (FOIA) - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

The City of London (CoL) acknowledges receipt of your request for information of 21 March 2023.

Public authorities are required to respond to requests within the statutory timescale of 20 working days beginning from the first working day after they receive a request. The Act does not always require public authorities to disclose the information which they hold.

The FOIA applies to the CoL as a local authority, police authority and port health authority. The CoL is the local and police authority for the "Square Mile", ie the historic City of London, and not for London as a whole. Please see the following page containing a link to a map (City of London - Interactive Mapping), which shows the local authority area covered by the CoL:
https://www.mapping.cityoflondon.gov.uk/...

The CoL does have some functions, including Port Health Authority functions, which extend beyond the City boundary. For further information please see: www.cityoflondon.gov.uk.

Yours sincerely,

Information Officer
Comptroller & City Solicitor's Department
City of London
Tel: 020-7332 1243
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk

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Dear Jermaine Agyapong,

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 (FOIA) - INFORMATION REQUEST

 

Following your request for information on 21st March and our
acknowledgement on the same date, the City of London (CoL) responds as
follows:

 

1)      Do you provide parking within walking distance of Council
buildings for your staff? 

 If yes,  a) free, b) subsidised, c) staff have to pay normal/public
parking rates

 

Not specifically for staff, just the parking that members of the public
use.

 

2)      If you only provide parking to some staff can you please list
their roles/job titles?

 

Not applicable

 

3)      Do you provide pool cars?

If yes, a) free,  b) subsidised, c) full charges

 

Yes, Full Charges

 

4)      Do you provide pool bicycles?

 If yes, a) free,  b) subsidised, c) full charges

 

Not applicable

 

5)      Do you provide parking permits for your staff?

 If yes,  a) free, b) subsidised, c) staff have to pay normal/public
permit rates

 

Not applicable

  

6)      If you only provide permits to some staff can you please list
their roles/job titles?

 

Not applicable

 

7)      Do you have a cycle to work scheme? If yes, what does this entail?
HR / Payroll

 

What is Cycle To Work?

 

‘Cycle To Work’ is a government initiative which offers the most
cost-effective way of getting new cycling equipment. The scheme is run
through participating employers, meaning you do not have to pay tax or
national insurance on these products – saving up to 42%! The reduced cost
is then simply deducted from your payslip over an agreed period.

 

The conditions of the scheme requires that the bike is used mainly (at
least 50% of use) for 'qualifying journeys', ie commuting to work, or in
the course of work. Anyone joining the scheme will have to meet this
condition.

 

What does the scheme offer?

Staff can get bikes (including e-bikes) and/or accessories up to £3000.
Once the application is approved, the voucher can be used at Halfords,
Tredz (online retailer) or at a participating independent cycle shop.
Visit the website below for a map of participating bike shops in your
area.

 

8)      Do you have a car user milage scheme? If yes, what does this
entail? HR / Payroll

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Yes, The intention of the scheme is to enable employees who are required
to use their own motor vehicles for City of London Corporation business to
be appropriately reimbursed.

 

Chief Officers are responsible for ensuring that journeys made under this
scheme are both necessary and by the most efficient route and means.

 

9)      Do you have a lift share scheme? If yes, what does this entail?

 

No applicable

  

10)     Do you provide a season ticket loan scheme for staff? If yes, is
it interest free? HR / Payroll

 

Yes, Employees may apply for an Annual Season Ticket Loan from the City of
London Corporation to cover their journey between home and the workplace.
The City of London Corporation does not charge interest on the loan.

  

11)     Do you provide a car purchase loan scheme for staff? If yes, is it
interest free? HR / Payroll

  

Yes, Interest is charged (The rate of interest is subject to change and
the rate charged will be the specified rate at the time the loan is
given).

 

We hope this response is of some assistance.

 

If you wish to make a complaint about the way the CoL has managed your
enquiry, please make your complaint in writing to email address;
[1]mailto:[email address]. For a link to the CoL’s
FOI complaints procedure, please visit the following page:
[2]http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Feedback, at the end of which is located
the FOI complaints procedure. If, having used the CoL’s FOI Complaints
Procedure, you are still dissatisfied, you may request the Information
Commissioner to investigate. Please contact: Information Commissioner,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Telephone:
(01625) 545700.  Website: [3]http://www.ico.org.uk/.

 

The FOIA applies to the CoL as a local authority, police authority and
port health authority; and to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
(GSMD), which it manages. Subject to any other statutory provisions
requiring the CoL to disclose information, release of information outside
the scope of the Act is subject to the discretion of the CoL.

 

The CoL holds the copyright in this communication. Its supply does not
give a right to re-use in a way that would infringe that copyright, for
example, by making copies, publishing and issuing copies to the public or
to any other person. Brief extracts of any of the material may be
reproduced under the fair dealing provisions of the Copyright, Designs and
Patents Act 1988 (sections 29 and 30) for the purposes of research for
non-commercial purposes, private study, criticism, review and news
reporting, subject to an acknowledgement of the copyright owner.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Access to Information Network Representative

City Procurement

Chamberlain’s Department

City of London

 

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