Information Governance

I would like to request information about the work and structure of your Information Governance team and how these functions and responsibilities are carried out in your organisation. By Information Governance, I am referring to how you comply with Information Access legislation (FoIA & EIR), data protection, and records management.

I would therefore be grateful if you can provide me with the following information:

1. The total number of staff employed by your authority – the FTE (full-time equivalent)

2. The total number of FoIA & EIR requests received by your authority in your last annual monitoring period – as either a calendar or financial year, whichever is easier.

3. The total number of Subject Access Requests (SARs) received by your authority over the same period

4. The number of SAR requests received since the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on 25 May 2018.

5. Please provide information about the structure of your Information Governance team(s), and/or the relevant roles within your authority where these responsibilities lie. This should include:

- Team structure(s), job titles, role responsibilities and job descriptions;

- Pay bands for these roles – if the pay band is identified by an alphanumeric identifier (e.g. Band D, or Grade 8), please provide a table which identifies the range of salaries within these pay bands.

- Where the Information Governance function sits within your authority and the member of your Senior Management Team / Corporate Management Team / Board with overall responsibility for Information Governance.

6. Please identify where the role of Data Protection Officer (DPO) sits within your authority, to whom they report, they pay band, whether your DPO has any additional roles or responsibilities, and whether they fulfil the DPO role for any other data controller.

7. Please provide a copy of any audits or inspection reports covering FoIA, EIR , DPA and GDPR compliance from the past three years, and copies of reports referencing any restructuring or resourcing of the Information Governance functions within your authority.

If you are providing links to information published on your website, please ensure they relate to the specific information being requested.