Disclosure Log - Human Resources

Employee absenteeism / sickness

Reference

805.7

Date Responded

19/01/2011

Response Type

Full Disclosure

Request

I was wondering if you are able to provide me with information regarding your employee absenteeism/sickness, specifically the figures for the levels of absenteeism in your organisation for the past 2 years (e.g. 2008/9 & 2009/10) as well as both the total head count of employees and the total number of FTE's for the same years?

Additionally, I'm not sure if you are able to provide me with the same information above but for school based staff?

Response

Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

Further to your email of 5 January, we are now in a position to respond to your enquiry regarding employee absenteeism/sickness. We have answered your enquiry below.

Year 2008/09	HEADCOUNT	AVG_FTE	WDL_FTE
Schools	24111	17737.63	133961.34
Non Schools	16335	12342.95	133594.68
Year 2009/10	HEADCOUNT	AVG_FTE	WDL_FTE
Schools	23943	17703.69	125456.69
Non Schools	16452	12580.65	131505.54
N.B. WDL FTE is Working Days Lost due to absence as a Full Time Equivalent

Attachments

None

Reference	805.33
Date Responded	24/01/2011
Response Type	Full Disclosure
Request	What does it cost the Local Authority on average to advertise one Children’s Services social work vacancy?
Response	Access to Information under the Freedom of Information (2000) Thank you for your email dated 10 January 2011, in which you request disclosure of information under the provisions of the above Act; we are now in a position to respond. What does it cost the local Authority, on average, to advertise one Children's Services social work vacancy? The average cost is £282.88. This figure was derived by taking the number of vacancies advertised from June 2010 and dividing by the amount spent on vacancies. Please note that a majority of our vacancies are posted on the Internet only, so do not appear in any publications, at a cost of £19 per vacancy. In addition to this when we do advertise in publications, the cost of each advertisement varies significantly as more than one post can be highlighted in a single advertisement.
Attachments	None

Reference	805.20
Date Responded	02/02/2011
Response Type	Full Disclosure
Request	Broken down by every financial year since 2007/2008: (i) Please state all cases of your authority employing/rehiring a former employee as a external consultant, whether through the former employee's firm or directly employing the individual as a consultant. (ii) Please state how much was paid in each case
Response	*Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000* Further to your email dated 6^th January 2011, in which you request the disclosure of information under the provisions of the above Act, we are now in a position to respond. *Broken down by every financial year since 2007/2008:* (i) Please state all cases of your authority employing/rehiring a former employee as a external consultant, whether through the former employee's firm or directly employing the individual as a consultant. *(ii) Please state how much was paid in each case.* Please see the attached document in response to your request.
Attachments	Response (pdf)

Reference	805.86
Date Responded	07/02/2011
Response Type	Partial disclosure, partial refusal under Section 12(1)
Request	1. In the financial year to date, how many employees received redundancy payments in the following bands: a) £100,000 - £150,000 b) £150,000 - £200,000 c) £200,000 - £250,000 d) £250,000 - £300,000 e) £300,000 - £350,000 f) £350,000 - £400,000 g) £400,000 - £450,000 h) £450,000 - £500,000 i) over £500,000 2. What has been the highest multiple of salary paid out by the council to an employee made redundant? What was the salary and what was the final pay out?
Response	Request for Information under the Freedom of Information (2000) Thank you for your email dated 26 January 2011, in which you request disclosure of information under the provisions of the above Act; we are now in a position to respond. 1. In the financial year to date, how many employees received redundancy payments in the following bands: a) £100,000 - £150,000 b) £150,000 - £200,000 c) £200,000 - £250,000 d) £250,000 - £300,000 e) £300,000 - £350,000 f) £350,000 - £400,000 g) £400,000 - £450,000 h) £450,000 - £500,000 i) over £500,000 No employees received redundancy payments over £100,000 in the period 1 April 2010 to 26 January 2011. 2. *What has been the highest multiple of salary paid out by the council to an employee made redundant? What was the salary and what was the final pay out?* Redundancy Payments are calculated using weeks pay not annual salary therefore the highest multiple of weeks pay paid out was 64.9 during the period specified above. The week's pay was £1,337.73 and the final payout was £86,818.68. Please note that we have not included school staff within these results as to do so would involve collating data from different sources to work out the final redundancy payouts. Therefore to collate this information would incur a commitment of resources in excess of the limit of £450 set by the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004 (SI No. 3244 of 2004), which equates to 18 hours of work. Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act provides that a public authority is not obliged to comply with a request where to do so would exceed such a limit.
Attachments	None

Reference	805.47
Date Responded	07/02/2011
Response Type	Partial disclosure, partial refusal under section 12(1)
Request	1) The total number of departing employees that have signed compromise agreements with the council in each of the past five years. 2) The total amount of money paid out in each case 3) If it is not possible to provide an answer to 2), please confirm the total amount paid out in each year, and the single largest amount over the five years. 4) If it is not possible to provide an answer to 3), please confirm the total paid out over the five years.
Response	*Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000* Further to your email dated 10^th February 2011, in which you request the disclosure of information under the provisions of the above Act, we are now in a position to respond. 1)The total number of departing employees that have signed compromise agreements with the council in each of the past five years. 2)The total amount of money paid out in each case 3) If it is not possible to provide an answer to 2), please confirm the total amount paid out in each year, and the single largest amount over the five years. 4) If it is not possible to provide an answer to 3), please confirm the total paid out over the five years. We have been informed by our legal department that to retrieve the information requested before 2007 would entail a manual trawl of files. Before 2007 these type of files were not centrally recorded. To collate this information would incur a commitment of resources in excess of the limit of £450 set by the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004 (SI No. 3244 of 2004), which equates to 18 hours of work. Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act provides that a public authority is not obliged to comply with a request where to do so would exceed such a limit. We can provide information for the total amount of compromise agreements and total sum paid for the years 2007/08 to 2009/10: 1) 20 4) 07/08 – 6 agreements - £128319.68 08/09 – 7 agreements - £352982.48 09/10 - 7 agreements - £152413.40
Attachments	None

Reference	805.130
Date Responded	07/02/2011
Response Type	Full disclosure
Request	Since 1.4.09 to 31.12.10 how much money has your council spent directly employing somebody where the majority of their job relates to the use of Twitter, or spent using consultants on “Twitter” including the setting up of sites or on training staff to use this medium? For each item of spend please state how much was spent and what it was spent on.
Response	*Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000* Further to your email dated 4^th February 2011, in which you request the disclosure of information under the provisions of the above Act, we are now in a position to respond. Since 1.4.09 to 31.12.10 how much money has your council spent directly employing somebody where the majority of their job relates to the use of Twitter, or spent using consultants on “Twitter” including the setting up of sites or on training staff to use this medium? None For each item of spend please state how much was spent and what it was spent on. N/A
Attachments	None

Reference	805.88
Date Responded	11/02/2011
Response Type	Full disclosure
Request	1. Does the council specifically employ an individual or individuals to ensure the authority is meeting its responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010. If so could you please provide the job titles of these individuals. Can you please state how long they have been working at the council. 2. Could the council please provide a full list of Equality and Diversity impact assessments (or similar) which it has carried out as a response to the Equality Act 2010. These assessments could look at existing council policies and or services and or employment practices or they could be looking at new innovations and or procedures and or plans. In each case can you provide the full title of the assessment, the date it was published and or completed and the cost of carrying it out. Please do include details of assessments that are ongoing. It is likely some of these assessments may have been carried out prior to 2010. 3. Could you please supply copies of all the aforementioned equality and diversity assessments or similar. 4. Could the council please provide copies of all written instructions on diversity and or equality and or inclusiveness issued to staff and which have either been created in response to and or feature information about the Equality Act 2010. The material will include but not be limited to guidance on the appropriate use of language and behaviour in the workplace.
Response	Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) Thank you for your email dated 26 January 2011, in which you request disclosure of information under the provisions of the above Act; we are now in a position to respond. 1. Does the council specifically employ an individual or individuals to ensure the authority is meeting its responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010. If so could you please provide the job titles of these individuals. Can you please state how long they have been working at the council. From April 2011, there will be two post holders specifically employed to support the County Council in its duties to meet the Equality Act. These are the Senior Policy Officer: Equality and Cohesion (post has been in place for 7 years), and the Equality and Diversity Policy Officer (this post has evolved from Equal Opportunities Assistant post established in 1988). 2. Could the council please provide a full list of Equality and Diversity impact assessments (or similar) which it has carried out as a response to the Equality Act 2010. These assessments could look at existing council policies and or services and or employment practices or they could be looking at new innovations and or procedures and or plans. In each case can you provide the full title of the assessment, the date it was published and or completed and the cost of carrying it out. Please do include details of assessments that are ongoing. It is likely some of these assessments may have been carried out prior to 2010. Service Date completed Cost Red Rose Runner Service December 2010 c£54.00 (staff time) (Dial a ride service) Concessionary Travel Scheme Due April 2011 TBC Funding adult social care services Due April 2011 TBC 3. Could you please supply copies of all the aforementioned equality and diversity assessments or similar. Please see attached. 4. Could the council please provide copies of all written instructions on diversity and or equality and or inclusiveness issued to staff and which have either been created in response to and or feature information about the Equality Act 2010. The material will include but not be limited to guidance on the appropriate use of language and behaviour in the workplace. All equality and diversity documentation is housed on the County Council's equality and diversity website pages. Please see: http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/web/?siteid=5580&pageid=30516&e=e
Attachments	Red Rose Runner Equality Impact Assessment (word)

Reference	805.116
Date Responded	01/03/2011
Response Type	Full Disclosure
Request	For 2010: a) How many redundancies were made last year? b) How many people aged 50 or over were made redundant ? For 2011: a) How many redundancies have been made this year so far? b) How many people aged 50 or over were made redundant ?
Response	Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Further to your request for information made under the provisions of the above Act, we are now in a position to provide you with a response. For 2010: a) How many redundancies were made last year? b) How many people aged 50 or over were made redundant ? There were 525 redundancies made in 2010, with 410 employee's aged 50 or over. For 2011: a) How many redundancies have been made this year so far? b) How many people aged 50 or over were made redundant? From 1 January to 31 January 2011, there have been 44 redundancies, 29 of those were aged 50 or over. Please note, the above figures include both compulsory and voluntary redundancies as they are not recorded separately and are for the whole of LCC including schools.
Attachments	None

Reference	805.182
Date Responded	15/03/2011
Response Type	Refusal under Section 12(1)
Request	Under the Freedom of Information Act, please can you tell me how many new staff posts your council has created since 1st May 2010? (Please note, just for the sake of clarity, that I am only interested in NEWLY-CREATED posts, not cases where staff have left and their vacancy has been filled.) Please provide the job title and salary / banding in each newly-created post. In each case, please also indicate whether the post has been filled or is still vacant. Finally, please could you provide me with a headcount for the total number of staff employed by your council on 1st May 2010 and 1st February 2011.
Response	Access to Information under the Freedom of Information (2000) Please can you tell me how many new staff posts your council has created since 1st May 2010? (Please note, just for the sake of clarity, that I am only interested in NEWLY-CREATED posts, not cases where staff have left and their vacancy has been filled.) I have been informed by our Human Resources department that Lancashire County Council is unable to define between newly created posts which are additional to the current establishment (i.e. actual 'new posts') and those created temporarily or through current restructures taking place throughout the council. To provide you with an accurate figure I would have to contact each manager of all posts identified in the report to establish if it is actually a newly created post as defined in your original request. As such, to provide you with an accurate figure of newly created posts, it is most likely that it would exceed the £450 limit (equivalent to 18 hours of work), and thus would be refused under Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act.
Attachments	None

Reference	805.172
Date Responded	18/03/2011
Response Type	Partial disclosure, partial refusal under section 12(1)
Request	The number of WTE (Whole Time Equivalent) who work in Internal Audit Risk Management School Governor Support I require this information as at: March 2009 (or any time in 2009); March 2010 (or any time in 2010), and what the workforce plan WTE figure is for either 2011 or thereafter.
Response	Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Thank you for your email dated 16 February 2011 in which you request disclosure of information under the provisions of the above act, we are now in a position to respond. The number of WTE (Whole Time Equivalent) who work in: Internal Audit 31/3/2009 = 24.94 fte 31/3/2010 = 25.86 fte Risk Management The County Council does not have a specific risk management department/establishment therefore to collate this information it would be necessary to contact each department and ask how many staff work in this role. This would incur a commitment of resources in excess of the limit of £450 set by the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004 (SI No. 3244 of 2004), which equates to 18 hours of work. Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act provides that a public authority is not obliged to comply with a request where to do so would exceed such a limit. School Governor Support 34.58 for 31/03/09 38.11 for 31/3/ 10 It is important to note that the majority of the Governor Services staffing establishment is employed to deliver a traded clerking and governor training and development service. I require this information as at: March 2009 (or any time in 2009), March 2010 (or any time in 2010), and what the workforce plan WTE figure is for either 2011 or thereafter. I am unable to provide a projected figures for 2011 due to current budgetary constraints and measures being taken at the moment.
Attachments	None

Reference	805.285
Date Responded	04/04/2011
Response Type	Full disclosure
Request	1.How many Qualified Social Workers vacancies have there been in the last 12 months? 2.How many Qualified Social Workers vacancies have been filled in the last 12 months?
Response	*Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000* Further to your email dated 14^th March 2011, in which you request the disclosure of information under the provisions of the above Act, we are now in a position to respond. 1.How many Qualified Social Workers vacancies have there been in the last 12 months? 170 2.How many Qualified Social Workers vacancies have been filled in the last 12 months? 135
Attachments	None

Reference	805.763
Date Responded	11/07/2011
Response Type	Full Disclosure
Request	Can you tell me how many full-time and/or part-time union officials are employed by Lancashire County Council
Response	Access to Information under the Freedom of Information (2000) Further to your email of 1 July, in which you request the disclosure of information regarding Union representatives, I am now in a position to respond. Non schools Trade Union secondments : There are 4 officers seconded fulltime to perform Trade Union duties – 3 to UNISON and 1 to GMB. The total annual salaries for the secondments is £91,036. In addition there is one further secondment to UNISON that is funded by UNISON making 5 secondments in total. Schools: NASUWT – 2.9 FTE staff, totalling £105,584 NUT – 3 FTE staff, totalling £118.797 ATL – 2.4 FTE, totalling £95,993 ASCL – 0.5 FTE, totalling £27,152 NAHT – 0.5 FTE, totalling £16,826 UNISON – 2.0 FTE, totalling £38,349 UNITE – 1.0 FTE, totalling £28,461 I trust my response is to your satisfaction, but if you have any additional queries, please do not hesitate to contact me directly.
Attachments	None

Reference	805.842
Date Responded	22/08/2011
Response Type	Full Disclosure
Request	Do you offer HR support to schools and/or academies, on a traded basis? If so, please provide the following information for the 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12 financial years: (a) The number of schools and/or academies that purchased your HR service in (b) The annual charge(s) for your traded HR service (c) The revenue generated from your traded HR service (d) The number of FTE staff employed as part of your traded HR service
Response	Access to Information under the Freedom of Information (2000) Further to your email of, we are now in a position to respond to your enquiry regarding HR support for schools. Please find below the information you requested. 2009/10: Number of Schools = 613 Number of Academies = Nil Annual Charges: Primary = £113 per employment contract Secondary = £129 per employment contract Special = £175 per employment contract Revenue generated = £3,387,968 Number of FTE is very difficult to quantify (as staff deal with other non school work) 2010/11 Number of Schools = 610 Number of Academies = Nil Annual Charges: Primary = £115 per employment contract Secondary = £131 per employment contract Special = £178 per employment contract Revenue generated = £3,312,021 Number of FTE is very difficult to quantify(as staff deal with other non school work) 2011/12: Number of Schools = 608 Number of Academies = 3 Annual Charges: Primary = £115 per employment contract Secondary = £131 per employment contract Special = £178 per employment contract Revenue generated = £3,082,434 Number of FTE is very difficult to quantify (as staff deal with other non school work) We trust that you are satisfied with the information provided. If you have any queries regarding our response, or you require any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Attachments	None.

Reference	805.308
Date Responded	12/04/2011
Response Type	Full Disclosure
Request	I would like to know the answer for the following question: how many workers were signed off sick or number of man hours lost due to stress or depression from 01/01/2009 – 31/12/2010 or latest annual figures available.
Response	Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Further to your email of 21 March, we are now in a position to respond to your enquiry regarding staff figures relating to stress and depression. Please see the information below. 01/01/09 – 31/10/12 Lost hours = 50953 No of employees = 2487
Attachments	None

Reference	805.339
Date Responded	19/04/2011
Response Type	Full Disclosure
Request	· The current A) full time equivalent, and B) total headcount staffing complement of the authority · The projected A) full time equivalent, and B) total headcount staffing complement of the authority at the end of the financial years 2011-2012, 2012-13 and 2013-14. · The number of planned A) full-time equivalent and B) actual post reductions within the direct employ of the authority in the financial years 2011-12, 2012-13, and 2013-14. · The number of A) voluntary and B) compulsory redundancies predicted from within the direct employ of the authority in the financial years 2011-12, 2012-13, and 2013-14. · Any correspondence between the Chief Executive or Finance Director and the Leader of the authority pertaining to predicted employee reductions or redundancies in the same years.
Response	Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I refer to your request for information made under the provisions of the above Act. After having made enquiries with the relevant Department I am now in a position to provide you with a response. 1. The current A) full time equivalent, and B) total headcount staffing complement of the authority 38,201 LCC non-casual headcount. 29,121.24 LCC full-time equivalent. 2. The projected A) full time equivalent, and B) total headcount staffing complement of the authority at the end of the financial years 2011-2012, 2012-13 and 2013-14. I can confirm that Lancashire County Council does not hold the information you have requested, as we are not able to predict figures for the future. 3. The number of planned A) full-time equivalent and B) actual post reductions within the direct employ of the authority in the financial years 2011-12, 2012-13, and 2013-14. As above. 4. The number of A) voluntary and B) compulsory redundancies predicted from within the direct employ of the authority in the financial years 2011-12, 2012-13, and 2013-14. As Q2. 5. Any correspondence between the Chief Executive or Finance Director and the Leader of the authority pertaining to predicted employee reductions or redundancies in the same years. I can confirm that there has been no correspondence between the Chief Executive or Finance Director and the Leader of the authority relating to predicted employee reductions or redundancies.
Attachments	None

Reference	805.457
Date Responded	05/05/2011
Response Type	Partial disclosure, partial refusal under section 12(1)
Request	How many employees of the County Council have been required to retire on the 1 July 2011 because they had reached or exceeded the age of 65? How many from each Directorate if any?
Response	Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I refer to your request for information made under the provisions of the above Act. After having made enquiries with the relevant Department I am now in a position to provide you with a response. How many employees of the County Council have been required to retire on the 1 July 2011 because they had reached or exceeded the age of 65? 121 employees have been written to with a 1 July 2011 retirement date. How many from each Directorate if any? 76 – Adults and Community Service 34 – Children and Young People 4 – Environment 2 – Office of the Chief Executive 5 – Resources
Attachments	None

Reference	805.491
Date Responded	10/05/2011
Response Type	Full Disclosure
Request	How many Lancashire County Council employees have been given a compulsory retirement date? How many of those employees have been through an appeal process and have had the date rescinded? How many employees have had a compulsory retirement date and are returning to work for the council after one month? Has the council ring fenced any positions for employees facing compulsory retirement to return?
Response	Access to Information under the Freedom of Information (2000) Thank you for your letter dated 4^th May 2011, in which you request disclosure of information under the provisions of the above Act; I am now in a position to respond. · *How many Lancashire County Council employees have been given a compulsory retirement date?* 194 · *How many of those employees have been through an appeal process and have had the date rescinded?* 18 employees have appealed- 2 retirements have been delayed · *How many employees have had a compulsory retirement date and are returning to work for the council after one month?* None · *Has the council ringfenced any positions for employees facing compulsory retirement to return?* No If you have any queries regarding my response, or you require any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Attachments	None

Reference	805.520
Date Responded	09/06/2011
Response Type	Full Disclosure
Request	I would be grateful if you could send me a list of all senior management who work on secondment from a private sector company. I would be grateful for the name and job title of each senior member of staff, along with the name of the private sector company that they are employed by. It would also be helpful if you could inform me how much the council pays in each case for the services of the senior member of staff.
Response	Access to Information under the Freedom of Information (2000) I refer to your request for information made under the provisions of the above Act. After having made enquiries with the relevant Departments, I am now in a position to provide you with a response. · I would be grateful if you could send me a list of all senior management who work on secondment from a private sector company. · I would be grateful for the name and job title of each senior member of staff, along with the name of the private sector company that they are employed by. · It would also be helpful if you could inform me how much the council pays in each case for the services of the senior member of staff. I can confirm that Lancashire County Council has not employed any Senior Management that have been seconded from a Private Sector Company. I trust the above is useful.
Attachments	None

Reference	805.589
Date Responded	03/08/2011
Response Type	Full Disclosure
Request	1) Can you tell me the names, positions and salaries of the executive team at LCC for each of the past five years? (I realise the structure of this team may have changed in recent years, so an explanation of how, when and what changes were made would also help). 2) The full amount claimed in allowances for each of the individuals per year year, per individual for the past five years? 3) The dates and percentages of pay rises, if any, in all of the above salaries in the past five years?
Response	Access to Information under the Freedom of Information (2000) Further to your email, dated 24 May, in which you request the disclosure of information regarding Executive salaries and allowances, I am now in a position to respond. Please accept my apologies for the delay in providing this information. The attached document shows the information you have requested for the years 2007/08 to 2011/12 inclusive. Please note that the Chief Executive's allowances for the year 2009/10 included relocation costs and a Returning Officer fee due to local elections. I trust my response is to your satisfaction, but in the event that you have any additional queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Attachments	Chief Executives Salary and Expenses (pdf)

Reference	805.880
Date Responded	10/08/2011
Response Type	Full Disclosure
Request	• The total number of qualified social workers currently supplied through recruitment agencies, analysed by children’s Services and Adult Services. • An organogram showing the Social Services Department within the Council
Response	Access to Information under the Freedom of Information (2000) Thank you for your email dated 1 August 2011, in which you request disclosure of information under the provisions of the above Act; we are now in a position to respond. *• The total number of qualified social workers currently supplied through recruitment agencies, analysed by children’s Services and Adult Services* As at 3 August 2011, within the Adult and Community Services Directorate there were: 10 agency social workers · 2 with Adult Social Care (these members are due to finish within weeks following the completion of the service restructure) · 8 with Mental Health (which are used as they are cheaper than using agency nurses as social workers can act as care coordinators) The Children and Young People Directorate had no agency social workers. *• An organogram showing the Social Services Department within the Council* Please find attached a structure chart for Adult and Community Services and a responsibilities wheel for the Directorate for Children and Young People. Due to recent restructures within the council these are the only documents we hold on the Children and Adult Social Services structures. I trust my response is to your satisfaction, however if you have any queries or you require any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Attachments	Children and Young People Directorate (Pdf) Adult and Community Services Directorate (pdf)

Reference	805.862
Date Responded	10/08/2011
Response Type	Full Disclosure
Request	Please could you let me know how many of the people currently receiving a pension from the local government pension scheme you administer are being paid £50,000 per year or more, and and how many are being paid £100,000 per year or more (in both cases before tax or other deductions)?
Response	Access to Information under the Freedom of Information (2000) I am writing in relation to your Freedom of Information request made on 29 July 2011, as I am now in a position to respond. There are 17 ex Lancashire County Council employees receiving a Lancashire County Pension Fund annual pension in excess of £50k, none of which are in excess of £100k.
Attachments	None

Reference	805.846
Date Responded	15/08/2011
Response Type	Full Disclosure
Request	I would like to know what level of funding HIV social care is receiving from the council in 2011/12, plus figures for the past three financial years.
Response	Access to Information under the Freedom of Information (2000) Further to your email of 25 July, we are now in a position to respond to your enquiry regarding funding for HIV social care. Our social services are split into two directorates; Children and Young People directorate (CYP) and Adult and Community Services directorate (ACS). I can confirm that, in relation in children, we have no dedicated funding regarding HIV. Please see attached for our budget regarding adults. We trust that you are satisfied with the information provided. If you have any queries regarding our response, or you require any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Attachments	Budget (pdf)

Reference	805.859
Date Responded	23/08/2011
Response Type	Full Disclosure
Request	- A list of all the job positions for which your local authority has carried out a CRB check, in the year 2010-11 (as a result of your position as a Criminal Records Bureau 'registered body'). - A list of all the volunteer positions for which your local authority has carried out a CRB check, in the year 2010-11. I am assuming that this information will be easily extracted from your CRB check database. If this is not the case - please send me any information you have about this subject, in whatever form it is held. For example - you may have a list of all the local authority positions for which, according to your policy, a CRB check is required. Or you may have data from the year before.
Response	Access to Information under the Freedom of Information (2000) I refer to your request for information made under the provisions of the above Act. After having made enquiries with the relevant Department, I am now in a position to provide you with a response. · A list of all the job positions for which your local authority has carried out a CRB check, in the year 2010-11 (as a result of your position as a Criminal Records Bureau 'registered body'). · A list of all the volunteer positions for which your local authority has carried out a CRB check, in the year 2010-11. Please see the attachment to this email which details the information you have requested. I trust the above is useful.
Attachments	List of Posts (excel)

Human Resources

Employee absenteeism / sickness

Average cost for the Local Authority to advertise 1 Children's Service social work vacancy

Employing / rehiring a former employee as a external consultant

Redundancy Payments

Compromise Agreements

Employment of staff for use of Twitter

Equality Act 2000

County Council Redundancies in 2010 and 2011

Number of posts created

Employees working in Risk Management, Internal Audit and School Governor Support

Social Worker Vacancies

Stress and Depression

Staff numbers and redundancies

Staff required to retire on 1 July 2011

Compulsory Retirement

Number of employees and salary bill

Managers who work on secondment from other organisations

Number of sick days taken

Compromise Agreements

Number of full and part time union officials employed by the County Council

Executive team salaries and expenses

Number of social workers employed through recruitment agencies

Local Government Pension Scheme

Financial Funding for HIV Social Care

Council Employed Carers Complaints

HR support offered to schools

CRB checked posts

Staff employed to manage waste collection / disposal

Amount paid in redundancy and voluntary severance

Amount council spends on temporary staff

Council redundancies

PAYE System

Council redundancies

Reference	805.947
Date Responded	25/08/2011
Response Type	Full Disclosure
Request	1. How many contract monitoring staff who inspect services for vulnerable children and adults have been cut in a) the last year, and b) the last six months. Please give the answer in numbers, as opposed to a percentage. Also please provide the total number of those staff at the start of the period and at the end of the period in each case. 2. How many contract monitoring staff who inspect services for vulnerable children and adults does the council plan to cut in the next a) two years b) one year c) six months. Vulnerable children and adults would include the elderly, the very young, adults and children with disabilities, learning disabilities or mental health issues, and patients in hospitals.
Response	Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Further to your email dated 16^th August 2011, in which you request the disclosure of information under the provisions of the above Act, we are now in a position to respond. 1. How many contract monitoring staff who inspect services for vulnerable children and adults have been cut in a) the last year, and - 0 b) the last six months. - 2 Please give the answer in numbers, as opposed to a percentage. Also please provide the total number of those staff at the start of the period and at the end of the period in each case. 19 at start of period, 17 at end of period. 2. How many contract monitoring staff who inspect services for vulnerable children and adults does the council plan to cut in the next a) two years - 0 b) one year - 0 c) six months. - 0 Vulnerable children and adults would include the elderly, the very young, adults and children with disabilities, learning disabilities or mental health issues, and patients in hospitals.
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Reference	805.882
Date Responded	01/09/2011
Response Type	Full Disclosure
Request	The total amount paid in redundancy and voluntary severance in the past 12 months by Lancashire County Council. The total number of people who have taken redundancy and voluntary severance in the past 12 months by Lancashire County Council. The amount of the highest single sum paid in redundancy and voluntary severance in the past 12 months by Lancashire County Council.
Response	Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I refer to your request for information made under the provisions of the above Act. After having made enquiries with the relevant Departments I am now in a position to provide you with a response. · The total amount paid in redundancy and voluntary severance in the past 12 months by Lancashire County Council. · The total number of people who have taken redundancy and voluntary severance in the past 12 months by Lancashire County Council. The County Council must make savings of £179.1m over the three financial years 2011/12 to 2013/14, equivalent to a 25% reduction in its budget (excluding schools). Since the 1^st April 2010, in terms of non school employees, 1111 staff have taken voluntary redundancy at a cost of £28.017m. However, the annual saving that the County Council will make is £26.268m, meaning that the voluntary redundancy cost will be paid back in 1.067 years. Since the 1^st April 2010, in relation to school employees, 139 school staff have taken voluntary redundancy at a cost of £0.830m. However, the saving that the schools will make annually is £1.312m, meaning that the voluntary redundancy cost will be paid back in less than a year - 0.63 years. · The amount of the highest single sum paid in redundancy and voluntary severance in the past 12 months by Lancashire County Council. Redundancy Payments are calculated using weekly pay not annual salary therefore the highest multiple of weeks pay paid out was 64.9 during the period specified above. The week's pay was £1,337.73 and the final payout was £86,818.68.
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Reference	805.1150
Date Responded	14/11/2011
Response Type	Full Disclosure
Request	Total spend on temporary staff including consultants, interims and other non-permanent resource. Total hours on temporary staff including consultants, interims and other non-permanent resource. Please provide a full list of staff provided for the same period by job title, equivalent council grade (if applicable) and pay rate to the candidate.
Response	Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Further to your email dated 28^th September, in which you request the disclosure of information under the provisions of the above Act, we are now in a position to respond. Please see the attached document in response.
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Reference	805.1314
Date Responded	16/11/2011
Response Type	Full Disclosure
Request	Could you please let me know the following information about your local authority: For 2010: a) How many redundancies were made last year? b) How many people aged up to 29 were made redundant? c) How many people aged 30-39 were made redundant? d) How many people aged 40-49 were made redundant? e) How many people aged 50-59 were made redundant? f) How many people aged 60 or above were made redundant? For 2011: a) How many redundancies have been made this year so far (i.e. up to November 3)? b) How many people aged up to 29 were made redundant? c) How many people aged 30-39 were made redundant? d) How many people aged 40-49 were made redundant? e) How many people aged 50-59 were made redundant? f) How many people aged 60 or above were made redundant?
Response	Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Thank you for your email dated 3 November 2011, in which you request disclosure of information under the provisions of the above Act; we are now in a position to respond. Could you please let me know the following information about your local authority: For 2010: a) How many redundancies were made last year? 526 b) How many people aged up to 29 were made redundant? 6 c) How many people aged 30-39 were made redundant? 26 d) How many people aged 40-49 were made redundant? 79 e) How many people aged 50-59 were made redundant? 264 f) How many people aged 60 or above were made redundant? 151 For 2011: a) How many redundancies have been made this year so far (i.e. up to November 3)? 1326 b) How many people aged up to 29 were made redundant? 48 c) How many people aged 30-39 were made redundant? 151 d) How many people aged 40-49 were made redundant? 257 e) How many people aged 50-59 were made redundant? 580 f) How many people aged 60 or above were made redundant? 290
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Reference	805.1478
Date Responded	05/12/2011
Response Type	Partial disclosure, some information not held
Request	How many staff were paid via the PAYE system last month?
Response	Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Thank you for your email dated 1 December 2011, in which you request disclosure of information under the provisions of the above Act; we are now in a position to respond. How many staff were paid via the PAYE system last month? Number of employee's paid on LCC payroll in November 2011 was 45,149.
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Reference	805.1542
Date Responded	20/12/2011
Response Type	Partial disclosure, some information not held
Request	1. How many staff have been made redundant or are projected to be made redundant by the Council in the following years: 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2014/15? 2. What is the council's total budget in the following years: 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13 (projected), 2014/15 (projected)? 3. Is the Council closing any of the following services in the period 2010/11 - 2014/15? Please give details/the total number closed if possible swimming pools/leisure centres Sure Start centres libraries any other services you are able to provide details on
Response	Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Further to your email of 15 December, we are now in a position to respond to your enquiry. How many staff have been made redundant or are projected to be made redundant by the Council in the following years: 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2014/15? 2010 to 2011 - 768 2011 to 30^th Nov - 706 The above includes "severance" as a reason for leaving along with the general reason "redundancy" which includes voluntary and compulsory. We put in place a voluntary redundancy programme and between 1 January 2011 and October 2011. We do not hold information regarding projected redundancy figures. What is the council's total budget in the following years: 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13 (projected), 2014/15 (projected)? 2010/11 – See attached document named 'Annual Report 2010/11' which details the information requested. Regarding future budgets, rather than our usual annual budget process, we have taken the unprecedented step of setting the budget for the next three years (2011-2014). We intend to save £179.1m from our revenue budget over the next three years, with new investment totalling £218.5m in the next four years. Further information about this can be found by clicking here. Is the Council closing any of the following services in the period 2010/11 - 2014/15? Please give details/the total number closed if possible: Swimming pools/leisure centres, Sure Start centres, Libraries. Swimming pools and leisure centres are a district council function and as such you should direct your enquiry to them. We can confirm that there are no planned closures of any of the libraries in Lancashire. We can also confirm that there have been no closures of Sure Start centres, nor are there any plans to do so in the future.
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