FOI request (FOI229649)

Sexual Harassment - Councillors

Requested Wed 13 December 2017
Responded  Wed 13 December 2017

1. How many sexual harassment complaints/allegations have been made about councillors to your council in the last five financial years 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17.

2. Of these complaints, how many were made against men and how many against women. Please give this figure for each individual financial year above.

3. Please provide a total figure of how many individual men and how many individual women have had complaints about them in the above five financial years.

4. What was the overall outcome of each of the complaints detailed in questions 1 & 2 e.g. disciplinary, sacking, warning etc.

Response

Hastings Borough Council has had no sexual harassment complaints/allegations made about councillors to our council in the last five financial years 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17.