In-house Legal Services staffing

Please treat this as a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Could you provide your current in-house Legal Services staffing by role, with Headcount and FTE for each? A single reply line is perfect; the most recent month-end (or today, if easier) is fine

Please see the table below:

Job Title Count of Post
Assistant Lawyer 3
Corporate Insurance Officer 2
Head of Conveyancing 1
Head of Insurance 1
Land Charges Assistant 1
Land Charges Manager 1
Lawyer 7
Legal Assistant 2
Legal Proceedings & Penalty Notice Assistant 1
Legal Proceedings & Penalty Notice Officer (Prosecutor) 2
Principal Lawyer 1
Principal Legal Executive 1
Property Records Officer and Administrator 1
Senior Assistant Lawyer 1
Senior Land Charges Assistant 1
Senior Lawyer 10
Senior Legal Assistant 9
Tribunal & Mediation Officer 1
Tribunal & Mediation Support 1
Grand Total 47

Given the low totals which are included in the table above, disclosure of FTE would risk identifying the individuals and therefore disclosing their personal information.   This would therefore be a breach of the first data protection principle.  This information is therefore exempt from disclosure pursuant to section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

* Please confirm the figures are from HR/payroll (establishment/actuals).
* If any staff primarily support traded services to schools, please confirm whether they are included in the totals (or provide separately if easier)

In response to the questions above, we can confirm these figures are human resources and the staff provide services to all council services.