FI14439

Request

  1. I was told that funding for an additional community officer was refused before I joined. Please could you tell me if this is true and if it is, please could you tell me where the funds to pay my salary were drawn from?
  2. If they were paid by DDC, please could you explain how this could be when funding for an additional officer was refused?
  3. Was the salary being paid specifically to fund the work needed for DDC to obtain the DAHA accreditation?
  4. Who approved this and please could you provide a copy of any internal correspondence, applications etc that relates to this.

Response

  1. This is incorrect.  Details are set out in the attached Authority to Recruit form.  Please note that all personal data has been redacted from these documents.  Personal data is exempt from disclosure under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act as the Council considers the names and contact details of individual members of staff to be personal data.  The names of staff working in public authorities are personal data as defined by Article 4(1) of GDPR and also Section 3 of the Data Protection Act 2018 and the release of this data would contravene the data protection principles. 
  2. No additional officer was refused.
  3. No
  4. The attached documents set out the process and reasons for creating the post.

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