Human resources (HR)

  • Council Monitoring Officer

    1. Please provide the name of each Monitoring Officer, Deputy Monitoring Officer, Director of Children’s Services and Lead Member for Children’s Services since 1.1.2019, and what date were they in post? Monitoring Officer – Jan Shadbolt 01/05/2014 to 31/12/21, Andrew … Continue reading →

  • Modern Day Slavery

    Please can I request the following information. Q1. Do you as a local authority have a specialist lead/single point of contact on issues relating to modern slavery? Devon County Council (DCC) have a lead role (not specialist) for Modern Slavery … Continue reading →

  • Council Training on Extremism

     I am interested in existing policies relating to countering terrorism and extremism. In particular, how far-right extremism is countered by the organisation, with particular regard to potentially radicalising material/material that is linked to or may be considered to promote extremist … Continue reading →

  • Agency Social Worker Teams

    1. From the financial year 2018/19 to 2022/23, how many agency social work project teams were employed in children’s services? 2018/19 – 0 2019/21 – 0 2020/21 – 0 2021/22 – 3 2022/23 – 5 2. How many in adult … Continue reading →

  • Antisemitism and Islamophobia

    This is related to your council adopting any working definition of Islamophobia or Antisemitism. Please note – there are several different definitions of both antisemitism and Islamophobia in use around the country – and this FOI request covers all of … Continue reading →

  • Meetings Between Groups and the Council

    Please can you provide me with the number of meetings anyone at the council has had with the following groups in the years since January 2022: Extinction Rebellion Just Stop Oil Stonewall Stop the War Trade Union representatives (e.g. TUC, … Continue reading →

  • School Staff Suspensions

    1. Since September 2020, how many members of school staff were suspended or disciplined or dismissed after being accused of having a sexual relationship with a pupil or making unwanted advances towards a pupil? 2. 2. Please provide a breakdown … Continue reading →

  • Recruitment of external consultants

    Please provide: Total annual spend on external consultants from 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 Year Total annual spend on external consultants Breakdown of cost of external consultants listed by relevant  project 2020-21 £781,672 Devon County Council does not hold this information … Continue reading →

  • Travel Expenses

    For the financial year 2022/23 financial, please provide detail of any spending on private car hire and chauffeur services and who received these services? In relation to the Chair of the Council, there are certain events where a driver is … Continue reading →

  • Social Work Staffing

    Please can I request the following; 1a) How many qualified social workers were working on a temporary (agency) basis at the Council during the financial years 2018/19, 2019/20. 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23? Broken down, specifically: Children’s Social Services Adults’ Social … Continue reading →