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Council officers being given permission to work from outside the United Kingdom (FOI/4783)

Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 27 September 2024

Dear *****

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI/00004783

Thank you for your email of 16 September 2024 where you requested information about council officers being given permission to work from outside the United Kingdom.

The information you requested is:

This is an information request relating to council officers being given permission to work from outside the United Kingdom. By the United Kingdom, I refer to Northern Ireland, England, Wales and Scotland, not including the crown dependencies.
Please include the following information for the following financial years, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24 :
 
  • The number of employees currently with permission to work outside of the United Kingdom – 1.  No employees have long-term permission wo work from abroad, in all instances detailed in this response employees have been granted exceptional permission to work abroad for a maximum of 60 days in any tax year.
  • The number of employees who were given permission to work outside of the United Kingdom in the 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24 financial years – We only hold data for September 2023 onwards.  For 2023/24 8 employees.
  • If possible, for each employee given permission, please provide their pay band, and the country which they were provided permission to work from
 
Pay bandCountry
Grade 3 - £23,500 to £24,294Bulgaria
Grade 4 - £24,702 to £27,334Holland
Grade 5 - £27,803 to £31,364Malawi
Grade 4 - £24,702 to £27,334Cyprus
Hay Band B - £36,648 to £41,418Chile
Grade 5 - £27,803 to £31,364Republic of Ireland
Grade 4 - £24,702 to £27,334Poland
Grade 4 - £24,702 to £27,334Cyprus

            None of the employees in the above table have long-term permission wo work from abroad, in all instances detailed employees have been granted exceptional permission to work abroad for a maximum of 60 days in any tax year.

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.  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 Manager, 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 https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/foi-and-eir-complaints/.

Yours sincerely

Colin Sawers
Information Case Officer | Customers, Complaints and Information
Chief Executive"s Department | Nottinghamshire County Council
County Hall | Loughborough Road | West Bridgford | NOTTINGHAM | NG2 7QP
Tel: (0115) 977 3714