John Gallacher
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
12 October 2021
Our Ref: 335
Dear Mr Gallacher
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 – Request for Information
Thank you for your email which was received by Borders College on 30 September 2021 requesting
information about:
1. Please provide the total number of current support staff by headcount as of today’s date,
along with FTE numbers.
2.
Please split down into the number of support staff who are permanent, fixed-term, temporary
or agency and please also separately advise on how many as at Sept 2021 are term-time.
Borders College Response
The information you requested is provided below.
1.
164 headcount, 126.44 FTE
2.
Permanent 141
Temporary, fixed term 23
Of the above 28 are Term time
Copyright
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 (for example, by making multiple copies, publishing or otherwise distributing the
information to other individuals and the public). The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (Consequential
Modifications) Order 2004 ensured that Section 50 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (“CDPA”) applies to
the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (“FOISA”).
Breach of copyright law is an actionable offence and the Col ege expressly reserves its rights and remedies available
to it pursuant to the CDPA and common law. Further information on copyright is available at the following website:
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/copy.htm
Your right to seek a review
If you are dissatisfied with the way in which the Col ege has dealt with your request, you have the right to require us to
review our actions and decisions. To request a review, please contact the Vice Principal (Finance and Corporate
Services), Borders Col ege, Scottish Borders Campus, Nether Road, Galashiels, TD1 3HE or e-mail:
xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx within 40 working days. The review wil be conducted by another member of the Executive
Team. Please provide your name, contact address/email and your reason for requesting a review. Your request must
be in a recordable format (letter, email, audio tape, etc). You wil receive a full response within 20 working days of its
receipt.
If you are dissatisfied with how we have handled your request for review you may ask the Scottish Information
Commissioner to review our decision. You must submit your complaint to the Commissioner within six months of
receiving the response to review letter. The Commissioner’s Office may be contacted as follows:
Online Appeal Service:
Website:
www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal
By post:
The Scottish Information Commissioner
Kinburn Castle
Doubledykes Road
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9DS
Telephone: 01334 464610
Fax: 01334 464611
E-mail:
xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
An appeal, on a point of law, to the Court of Session may be made against a decision by the Commissioner.”
Further information
For further information on our Freedom of Information procedures please refer to
http:/ www.borderscollege.ac.uk/downloads/freedom_of_information_procedureoctober2018.pdf
Al complaints regarding requests for information wil be handled in accordance with this procedure.
Yours sincerely
Mrs Hazel Robertson
Vice Principal Finance and Corporate Resources
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