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Dear Oxford City Council,

Q1. During the month of April 2022, how many council employees were working from home, and what percentage of the office based workforce does this represent?

Q2. Between 1st and 30th April 2022, how many desk bookings were made across the council's office buildings and, on average, how many desk bookings were there a day during this month?

Q3. How many desks were available for use in the month April 2022 across the council's office buildings?

Q4. What was the maximum number of office staff who could theoretically work in the office on any given day in April 2022?

Q5. What was the total number of office staff who worked in your council's offices each day prior to the pandemic?

Please provide this data in an excel sheet attachment, and not in a PDF attachment.

Yours faithfully,

Janet Eastham

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freedomofinformation, Oxford City Council

Dear Jane Eastham

Oxford City Council – Reference: FOI 11134

Thank you for your email below. Your request was received on 13 May 2022 and you will be sent a response within 20 working days (of receipt) in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000/ Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR), 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

Elizabeth Godin | Information Governance Manager | Law and Governance | SAC 3.8 | Oxford City Council | St Aldates Chambers | 109-113 St. Aldate's | Oxford | OX1 1DS 
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Dear Janet Eastham

 

Oxford City Council – Reference: 11134

 

Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding to your Freedom of
Information Act 2000 request. Further to the acknowledgement below, I can
respond to your request received on 13 May 2022 as follows:

 

Request

Q1. During the month of April 2022, how many council employees were
working from home, and what percentage of the office based workforce does
this represent?

 

Q2. Between 1st and 30th April 2022, how many desk bookings were made
across the council's office buildings and, on average, how many desk
bookings were there a day during this month?

 

Q3. How many desks were available for use in the month April 2022 across
the council's office buildings?

 

Q4. What was the maximum number of office staff who could theoretically
work in the office on any given day in April 2022?

 

Q5. What was the total number of office staff who worked in your council's
offices each day prior to the pandemic?

 

Response

Q1. During the month of April 2022, how many council employees were
working from home, and what percentage of the office based workforce does
this represent?

 

We do not have the data available for this question

 

Q2. Between 1st and 30th April 2022, how many desk bookings were made
across the council's office buildings and, on average, how many desk
bookings were there a day during this month?

 

There were 793 desks bookings made, which based on working days was an
average of 52.86 per day. Please not there was no data available for w/c
18th April

 

Q3. How many desks were available for use in the month April 2022 across
the council's office buildings?

 

Based on 19 working days and a daily desk available at 99, there was 1,881
desks available during April

 

Q4. What was the maximum number of office staff who could theoretically
work in the office on any given day in April 2022?

 

There is 99 desks but with meeting and collaboration space there is a
daily capacity of 180 who can be in the office at any one given time.

 

Q5. What was the total number of office staff who worked in your council's
offices each day prior to the pandemic?

 

We do not have data on this as we did not have a desk booking system, but
there was a capacity limit of 500.

 

 

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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 and Governance | SAC 3.8 | Oxford City
Council | St Aldates Chambers | 109-113 St. Aldate's | Oxford | OX1 1DS

Website: www.oxford.gov.uk | Follow us on Twitter:
www.twitter.com/OxfordCity | Like us on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/OxfordCityCouncil

 

 

 

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