Disclosure Log

Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 22 May 2025

Dear ***** *****, 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REFERENCE FOI/5781

Thank you for your request for information relating to Impact of ending WFH for Council Employees.

We are now able to provide the following information:

1. The number of people the council currently employs

7588 headcount (6000 FTE)

2. The percentage of employees (either exactly as an approximate) who work from home (WFH) each day

No Information held or recorded

3. In terms of accommodation, the ratio of desks-to-staff the council currently provides. For instance, is it six desks for every 10 members of staff

Approx. 4:10

4. In square meters, the approximate additional office space the council would need to provide in order accommodate 100 of employees working in the office.

460 m2 (4.6m2 per person in accordance with Regulation 10 of the Workplace Regulations of 1992)

5. In square meters, the approximate additional office space the council would need to purchase lease in order accommodate 100 of employees working in the office

As per Q4

6. In terms of running costs (power, water, insurances, taxes, security etc) the approximate additional annual cost to the council of providing office space for 100 of staff to work in the office each day - running costs vary considerably depending on the building used.

No Information held or recorded

7. Assuming services would not be cut to fund the additional costs, the approximate increase which would need to be made to individual council tax bills to pay for the annual running costs of this additional office space.

No Information held or recorded

In terms of productivity, has the council any data to suggest employees who WFH are less productive, more productive as productive as employees who are office-based. If so, please share this data.

No Information held or recorded

We trust this now satisfies your request and that you find this information to be helpful, however if you are unhappy with the way in which your request has been handled, then please email us at [email protected] quoting the reference FOI/5781 and we will be happy to review your request

For future reference, Nottinghamshire County Council regularly publishes previous FOI requests and answers on its website, under Disclosure logs, that may provide details relating to your query. (see link) Your privacy: we use your personal information such as name and address so that we can comply with our legal obligations to respond to FOI requests.  For further details about the use of information about you, please see the information handling privacy notice on our website at https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/media/4323566/informationgovernanceandinformationrightsprivacynotice.pdf

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review.   Requests should be submitted within 40 working days of the date of receipt of the response to your original request and should be addressed to: Complaints and Information Team, Nottinghamshire County Council, County Hall, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 7QP or [email protected].

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, WILMSLOW, SK9 5AF or