Freedom of information response

1. Data should be compiled up to 15th Sept 2022 or the nearest whole month (either end of October 2022 or beginning of Sept 2022). Please state the date used in your results. Run as of 30/09/2022
2. Data should encompass the entire Councils workforce to include temps, contractors, part time and full-time employees. Please see table above.  We have 16 temps in a Managerial role, we are unable to report whether they live within or outside the Thurrock Council boundaries as we do not hold this information.
3. Data should only contain Thurrock Employees who hold or have held positions equal to Manager/Section Heads/Department Heads up to the Chief Executive Officer Lyn Carpenter at the time of the report date.
4. The resultant set should show the data as:
   
   1. No of employees who meet the above criteria (1 to 3) that live within the Thurrock Council boundaries. As Above
   2. No of Employees who meet the above criteria (1 to 3) that live outside the Thurrock Council boundaries. As Above
   3. Same again as (a) and (b) , but the employees need to be grouped by their civil servants pay grade structure.

Please see below:

We are unable to provide an exact number for question 4c above as:

• There is a low number involved.
• The release of this information could identify individuals which would constitute their personal data under the Data Protection Act
• There is no prior expectation on the part of these individuals that their personal information would be published in the wider public domain under the FOI Act
• Personal data of any other person is exempt under section 40 (2) of the Data Protection Act.

However in the interests of transparency we are able to provide this information to you categorised as fewer than 5 to give you an indication of the figures

1. 4. A pay grade "key" should be provided explaining the different grades with Thurrock Council. Each grade should show min and max pay allowable for each grade. Please see the following web link: Pay scales 2022/23 | Working for the council | Thurrock Council
   5. The resultant data set should be provided in excel spreadsheet format. Only a small amount of data so provided above.

You are free to use any information supplied to you for your own use, including non-commercial research purposes.  However, any other type of re-use, for example, by publishing the information or issuing copies to the public will require the permission of the copyright owner.

Where the copyright is owned by Thurrock Council, you must apply to the Council to re-use the information.  Please email information.matters@thurrock.gov.uk if you wish to re-use the information you have been supplied. For information where the copyright is owned by another person or organisation, you must apply to the copyright owner to obtain their permission.

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which the council have managed your FOI request you can pursue an Internal Review by contacting us using the above email address. Your request will be considered by a senior member of the Information Management Team who will update you with the outcome of the review. 

If you remain unhappy following the outcome of your Internal Review you may wish to refer your case to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and details of this organisation can be found at www.ico.org.uk . Please be advised that the ICO will not consider your case until they have confirmation that you have already been through the Internal Review stage with the council.