Dear Trevor Wight,

Freedom of Information, Oxford City Council – Reference: 11266

Thank you for your email.  Your request was received on 3rd July 2022 and you will be sent a response within 20 working days (of receipt) in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000, subject to the information not being exempt or containing reference to a third party.

Due to an unprecedented volume of Freedom of Information Requests currently, it is likely that some requests may go beyond the 20 working days. We are working as hard as possible to respond in a timely manner, but we feel it is better to keep requestors informed in advance.

Yours sincerely

| Freedom of Information Team | Law & Governance | Oxford City Council | St Aldates Chambers | St Aldates | Oxford | OX1 1DS |

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Dear Trevor Wight,
 
Re: Freedom of Information Request, Oxford City Council – REF 11266
 
Further to the acknowledgement below, I can respond to your Freedom of
Information Act 2000 request received on date 2022 as follows:
 
Request:
 
1. Please provide details of all contracts awarded by Oxford Direct
Services to third party companies to promote Ethinic Minorities within
Oxford Direct Services.
 
2. Please provide details of costs of any contract awarded to promote
ethnic minorities within Oxford Direct Services.
 
3. Please provide details of any cost incurred, eg. hiring venues, for the
purpose of promoting ethnic minorities within Oxford Direct Services.
 
4. Is Oxford Direct Services currently pursuing a policy of positive
discrimination where an "ethnic minority" person will be chosen in
preference to a white British person for job opportunities or internal
promotion, even if they do not have not have the necessary qualifications
or experience?
 
5. Please provide the job title of the Oxford Direct Services  manager who
is in charge of the push to recruit more ethnic minorities within the
company.
 
Response:
 
1. Please provide details of all contracts awarded by Oxford Direct
Services to third party companies to promote Ethinic Minorities within
Oxford Direct Services.
Oxford Direct Services has not awarded any contracts to 'promote Ethnic
Minorities within Oxford Direct Services'.
 
2. Please provide details of costs of any contract awarded to promote
ethnic minorities within Oxford Direct Services.
No costs have been recorded.
 
3. Please provide details of any cost incurred, eg. hiring venues, for the
purpose of promoting ethnic minorities within Oxford Direct Services.
No costs have been recorded.
 
4. Is Oxford Direct Services currently pursuing a policy of positive
discrimination where an "ethnic minority" person will be chosen in
preference to a white British person for job opportunities or internal
promotion, even if they do not have not have the necessary qualifications
or experience?
Oxford Direct services does not have any policies related to 'positive
discrimination' for external recruitment or internal opportunities.
 
5. Please provide the job title of the Oxford Direct Services  manager who
is in charge of the push to recruit more ethnic minorities within the
company.
Oxford Direct services has a number of managers with joint responsibility
across our Human Resources and Organisational Development teams.
 
If you disagree with any part of the response to your request, you are
entitled to ask the Council for an internal review of the decision(s)
made.  You may do this by writing to the Monitoring Officer, by either
email – [email address] – or by post to Monitoring Officer, Oxford
City Council, St Aldate’s Chambers, St Aldate’s, Oxford, OX1 1DS.  After
the result of the internal review, if you remain dissatisfied, you may ask
the Information Commissioner to intervene on your behalf.  You may do this
by writing to the Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
 
| Freedom of Information Team| Law & Governance | Oxford City Council | St
Aldates Chambers | St Aldates | Oxford | OX1 1DS |
 
For any Data Protection queries please send the email directly to the
[email address] mailbox
 
 
 
Dear Trevor Wight,
 
Freedom of Information, Oxford City Council – Reference: 11266
 
Thank you for your email.  Your request was received on 3rd July 2022 and
you will be sent a response within 20 working days (of receipt) in
accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000, subject to the
information not being exempt or containing reference to a third party.
 
Due to an unprecedented volume of Freedom of Information Requests
currently, it is likely that some requests may go beyond the 20 working
days. We are working as hard as possible to respond in a timely manner,
but we feel it is better to keep requestors informed in advance.
 
Yours sincerely
 
| Freedom of Information Team | Law & Governance | Oxford City Council |
St Aldates Chambers | St Aldates | Oxford | OX1 1DS |
 
For any Data Protection queries please send the email directly to the
[1][email address] mailbox
 

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Dear Trevor Wight

Oxford City Council Freedom of Information – Reference: 11266

Please accept my sincere apologies for the delay in replying to your follow up question in relation to your Freedom of Information Act 2000 request, which we received on 10 August 2022. Our response to your question is as follows.

Request
Please provide the job title of the person ultimately responsible for the promotion of ethnic minorities in the ODS workplace (original FOI question: Please provide the job title of the Oxford Direct Services manager who is in charge of the push to recruit more ethnic minorities within the company).

Response
As set out in our response to your original request, there is no policy for “positive discrimination” regarding the recruitment or promotion of ethnic minorities. ODS does have inclusion and diversity as a core organisational value and in terms of employment encourages suitably qualified, experienced and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity.

To clarify our previous response to this question, recruitment and promotion of staff is the responsibility of individual managers across the organisation and they will act in accordance with agreed ODS policies around recruitment, employment and inclusion, diversity and equality.

If you disagree with any part of the response to your request, you are entitled to ask the Council for an internal review of the decision(s) made.  You may do this by writing to the Monitoring Officer, by either email – [email address] – or by post to Monitoring Officer, Oxford City Council, Town Hall, St Aldates, Oxford, OX1 1BX.  After the result of the internal review, if you remain dissatisfied, you may ask the Information Commissioner to intervene on your behalf.  You may do this by writing to the Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Team | Law and Governance | Oxford City Council | Town Hall | St Aldate’s | Oxford | OX1 1BX 
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