FOI Disclosure Log

Customer Request Details

27 December 2018

. Please would you forward me the staffing structure of your following departments:

Finance Department § Legal Department § HR Department § Facilities Department § Procurement Department § Social Services Department § Housing Department - both generic and non-generic (if applicable) § I.T Department § Maintenance/Property Services Department § Strategy Department § Marketing Department § Policy & Communications Department

Please can you also advise:

§ What the total spend on Temporary/Interim staff has been in the last twelve months

§ Which/if any recruitment consultancies have been used to provide these staff

East Herts Council Response

31 December 2018

Thank you for your request for information, this has now been processed and the information that we hold is enclosed.

Please would you forward me the staffing structure of your following departments.

? Finance Department Please see attached chart

? Legal Department Please see attached chart

? HR Department There is no Structure chart held for this service

? Facilities Department Are covered under finance

? Procurement Department Are Covered under finance

? Social Services Department We have no such department

? Housing Department - both generic and non-generic (if applicable) Please see attached chart

? I.T Department IT is provided as part of a shared service by Stevenage borough council please contact SBC for details

? Maintenance/Property Services Department Are covered under finance

? Strategy Department We have no such department

? Marketing Department We have no such department

? Policy & Communications Department Please see attached chart

Please can you also advise:

? What the total spend on Temporary/Interim staff has been in the last twelve months

? Which/if any recruitment consultancies have been used to provide these staff

The total spend on the our agency nominal code from Oct 17 to Oct 18 is £ 1,353,046.66

The list of companies used for the same period are as follows:

Baltimore Consulting Group

Buckingham Futures Ltd

Fore Street Employment Agency

G2 Recruitment Solutions Ltd

HRGO Recruitment Ltd/AC Appointments

MAS Environmental Ltd

Matchtec

Morgan Hunt UK Ltd

Oyster Partnership

Park Avenue Recruitment

Reed Specialist Recruitment

Sellick Partnership (Legal) Ltd

Tracy Clarke Tree Consultancy Ltd

Venn Group Ltd

Vivid Resourcing Ltd

If you have any queries or complaint about the processing of your request please do not hesitate to contact me.

Alternatively for more information on the Freedom of Information Act contact the Information Commissioner at:

Information Commissioners Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Telephone 0303 123 1113

https://ico.org.uk/

It is important that you include the above FOI reference number on all correspondence related to this request.

Thank you for your request.

Customer

08 January 2019

Hi,

Can you please also send me the structure for the Environmental Health and
Council Tax departments?

Thanks again,

Robert

On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 11:13 AM [email protected] <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Thank you for your request for information, this has now been processed
> and the information that we hold is enclosed.
>
> Please would you forward me the staffing structure of your following
> departments.
>
>
>
> ? Finance Department Please see attached chart
>
> ? Legal Department Please see attached chart
>
> ? HR Department There is no Structure chart held for this service
>
> ? Facilities Department Are covered under finance
>
> ? Procurement Department Are Covered under finance
>
> ? Social Services Department We have no such department
>
> ? Housing Department - both generic and non-generic (if applicable) Please
> see attached chart
>
> ? I.T Department IT is provided as part of a shared service by Stevenage
> borough council please contact SBC for details
>
> ? Maintenance/Property Services Department Are covered under finance
>
> ? Strategy Department We have no such department
>
> ? Marketing Department We have no such department
>
> ? Policy & Communications Department Please see attached chart
>
>
>
> Please can you also advise:
>
>
>
> ? What the total spend on Temporary/Interim staff has been in the last
> twelve months
>
> ? Which/if any recruitment consultancies have been used to provide these
> staff
>
>
> The total spend on the our agency nominal code from Oct 17 to Oct 18 is �
> 1,353,046.66
>
>
>
> The list of companies used for the same period are as follows:
>
>
>
> Baltimore Consulting Group
>
> Buckingham Futures Ltd
>
> Fore Street Employment Agency
>
> G2 Recruitment Solutions Ltd
>
> HRGO Recruitment Ltd/AC Appointments
>
> MAS Environmental Ltd
>
> Matchtec
>
> Morgan Hunt UK Ltd
>
> Oyster Partnership
>
> Park Avenue Recruitment
>
> Reed Specialist Recruitment
>
> Sellick Partnership (Legal) Ltd
>
> Tracy Clarke Tree Consultancy Ltd
>
> Venn Group Ltd
>
> Vivid Resourcing Ltd
>
> If you have any queries or complaint about the processing of your request
> please do not hesitate to contact me.
>
>
>
> Alternatively for more information on the Freedom of Information Act
> contact the Information Commissioner at:
>
> Information Commissioners Office
> Wycliffe House
> Water Lane
> Wilmslow
> Cheshire
> SK9 5AF
>
> Telephone 0303 123 1113
>
> https://ico.org.uk/
>
>
>
> It is important that you include the above FOI reference number on all
> correspondence related to this request.
>
>
>
> Thank you for your request.
>
>
> *Information Management Team*
> *East Herts Council*
> *www.eastherts.gov.uk *
> *Telephone: +44 (0)1279 655261*
> *Wallfields, Pegs Lane, Hertford, SG13 8EQ.*
>
> *Please note: Information released under the Freedom of Information Act
> may also be published on our website, along with details of the intitial
> request.
>

East Herts Council Response

15 January 2019

Thank you for your request for information, this has now been processed and the information that we hold is enclosed.

Environmental health chart attached.

R&B structure is as follows:

It should be noted that this is a shared service between East Herts and Stevenage and numbers reflect full time equivalents hence why some numbers are not whole numbers

Head of the shared service.
Manager x1
Assistant manager x1
Seniors x2.5
Revenue Officers x 18.2
Admin officer x1