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Dear Veronika Prikrylova,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your request for information received on the 16th June 2022.
We have considered your request and enclose the following information –

Travel Expenses

1. What is the authority’s policy in relation to travel expenses,
including a breakdown of how the mileage rate is calculated?

Answer:

Mileage rate of 45p per mile for employees, irrespective of car engine
size or fuel type. In the case of motorcycles 24p per mile is the rate
paid per all mileage.

In order to help the Council meet its sustainable development agenda, a
payment of 5p per passenger per business mile, up to the maximum of the
seating capacity of the vehicle, is paid for employees using their cars on
Council business. The passengers must be other employees on Council
business.

2. Does the authority operate a different policy in relation to travel
expenses for domiciliary care workers?

Answer:

The Authority does not operate a different policy in relation to travel
expenses for domiciliary workers.  

We supply this information based on your original request. If this is not
what you wanted or if you feel we have not fully understood your request,
please do not hesitate to contact me to clarify your exact requirements.

If you have any queries or concerns or are in any way dissatisfied with
the handling of your request, please contact [1][Caerphilly County Borough Council request email].

Yours sincerely

Uned Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth Gorfforaethol | Corporate Information
Governance Unit
Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Caerffili | Caerphilly County Borough Council

Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations
2004

You have the right to appeal against our decision.
If you wish to appeal please set out If you are unhappy with that decision
in writing your grounds of appeal you have the right to appeal to:
and send to:
 
Corporate Information Governance
Unit Information Commissioner’s Office –
Caerphilly County Borough Council, Wales
Penallta House 2nd Floor, Churchill House
Tredomen Park Churchill Way
Hengoed. CF82 7PG Cardiff CF10 2HH

Appeals will be determined by an Tel: 0330 414 6421
appropriate senior officer.
Website: [2]www.ico.org.uk

Email: [3][email address]

Re-use of information without permission may infringe the Copyright,
Designs and Patents Act 1988. Re-use can include, but is not limited to,
making multiple copies, publishing and issuing copies of the information
to a wider audience. If you would like to re-use copyright material owned
by Caerphilly County Borough Council, please contact us. Authorisation to
re-use copyright material not owned by this Authority should be sought
directly from the copyright owner.

How we will use your information

Caerphilly County Borough Council will process your request, the
information relevant to your request, your identity and contact details
for the purposes of providing you with a response.  A copy of your request
and your response will be kept for 3 years.  Some requests and responses
may be kept longer but this will be in an anonymised form.  

Your request including your identity and contact details will be
distributed to relevant service areas and elected members who may either
hold the information you have requested or are involved in the processing
of requests.  Other organisations and individuals who may be affected by
the disclosure of the information you have requested may be consulted
prior to a decision being made on the disclosure.

If you have made a complaint to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO)
or others in relation to the processing of your request, copies of your
request, response and any additional correspondence between you and
Caerphilly County Borough Council in relevant to your request may be
shared with them.

You have a number of rights in relation to your information including the
right of access to information we hold about you and the right of
complaint if you are unhappy with the way that we have handled your
request or your information.

For further information on how we process your information and your rights
please click the following link:

[4]https://www.caerphilly.gov.uk/Caerphilly...

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