Disclosure Log

Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 24 March 2025

Dear ***** *****,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REFERENCE FOI/5591

Thank you for your request for information relating to Social workers.

We are now able to provide the following information:

1. How many social workers did you employ as of February 2025 payroll Please give your response as a headcount number (i.e. not as FTE)

727 Social Workers and Practice Consultants

2. Of these employees, how many have you paid or reimbursed their Social Work England registration fee of £90 for the 2024/25 registration period Please give your response as a headcount number (i.e. not as FTE)

0 - We do not pay the Social Care England registrations - the employees must pay this themselves.

3. A copy of any council policy/procedural note on the payment/reimbursement of the Social Work England registration fee.

Whilst we do not have direct involvement with fees, please see link for social care policies held for Nottinghamshire county Council - https://nottinghamshireadults.trixonline.co.uk/

Notes on question 2:
If you paid/reimbursed all your social workers their registration fee for 2024/25, please enter the same headcount number as for question 1.
If you did not pay or reimburse any social workers their registration fee for 2024/5, please enter 0 as your response to question 2.

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/5591 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