FOI request (FOIR-509017997)

Council Staff Abroad

Requested Wed 19 April 2023
Responded Thu 04 May 2023

This is an information request relating to council officers being given permission to work from outside the United Kingdom. By United Kingdom I refer to Northern Ireland, England, Wales and Scotland, not including the crown dependencies.

Please include the following information:

1. The number of employees currently with permission to work outside of the United Kingdom.

2. The number of employees who were given permission to work outside of the United Kingdom in the 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23 financial years.

3. If possible, for each employee given permission, please provide their pay band, and the country which they were provided permission to work from.

Response

Hastings Borough Council holds no recorded information in respect of this request.

Any permission would have been given by the employees Assistant Director/Head of Service based on the needs of the department and whether it would be detrimental to the delivery of services.