Request
Dear North London Waste Authority,
Have you used the furlough scheme?
If so can you tell me.
1. How many staff were furloughed per month?
2. Did you top up their salaries?
3. How many staff on more than £50K were furloughed?
Response
REF: ‘Freedom of Information request - Use of furlough’ – our reference 2021-118
Thank you for your information request which was received by us on Monday 26 April 2021. This request is being handled under the Environmental Information Regulations (EiR) 2004 and has been allocated the reference number 2021-118[1].
You asked if:
NLWA has used the furlough scheme? And if so,
1. How many staff were furloughed per month?
2. Did we top up their salaries?
3. How many staff on more than £50K were furloughed?
Although the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted operational services and the Authority’s waste prevention work during 2020-21, all staff were able to carry out a role, with adjustment for circumstances during the pandemic.
Therefore, NLWA did not use the furlough scheme.
Details of the impact of the pandemic are included in the cover report and 2019-20 Annual Report, publicly available on our website at: https://www.nlwa.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2021-06/03%20NLWA%20Annual%20Report.pdf
I trust this response provides the information you are looking for, but if I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me if you have additional and/or more specific requests for information.
If you are dissatisfied with this response and wish to appeal, please reply to this email or submit a complaint via our website complaints page at: https://www.nlwa.gov.uk/enquiry-form
Your request should be submitted to us within 40 working days of receipt by you of this response.
If you are still not satisfied, you have a right to appeal to the Information Commissioner: https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/email/
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
0303 123 1113
Yours sincerely,
[1] Given the nature of our activities and the fact that environmental information is interpreted quite broadly we now generally answer information requests under the Environmental Information Regulations rather than the Freedom of Information Act. Further detail is available at: http://www.ico.gov.uk/for_organisations/environmental_information.aspx
