Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')
As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of access to information held at the time of a request, by a Public Authority (including the Police), subject to certain limitations and exemptions.
You asked:
- How many people are employed as part of your Communications Department (by communications I mean Press, Media, Marketing and Digital teams). Can you please tell me the total number, including vacant posts.
- Can you please provide an organogram of the communications department’s structure.
- Can you please provide a breakdown of roles within the Digital Communications team and their pay brackets.
- Can you please provide a copy of your Communications Strategy & your digital communications strategy.
- Can you please provide an email address (generic or team) for the team responsible for social media?
In Response:
Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with the People Services and Communications Department of Northumbria Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by Northumbria Police.
I am able to disclose the located information to you as follows.
- Currently the force employs 26 members of staff within it’s Communications & Engagement department against a structure of 22.
- See attached
- See table below
Role |
Bottom of scale |
Top of scale |
Head of Communications & Engagement |
£56,673.00 |
£ 61,851.00 |
Creative Services Manager |
£40,038.00 |
£ 43,830.00 |
Creative Designer |
£25,602.00 |
£ 30,951.00 |
Audio Visual Designer |
£25,602.00 |
£ 28,023.00 |
Senior Printer |
£20,877.00 |
£ 22,833.00 |
Printer |
£17,942.36 |
£ 18,543.00 |
Engagement Manager |
£40,038.00 |
£ 43,830.00 |
Community Engagement Advisor |
£28,266.00 |
£ 30,951.00 |
Employee Engagement Advisor |
£28,266.00 |
£ 30,951.00 |
Digital Development Advisor |
£28,266.00 |
£ 30,951.00 |
Events & Engagement Co-ordinator |
£20,877.00 |
£ 22,833.00 |
Media & Communications Manager |
£40,038.00 |
£ 43,830.00 |
Media & Communications Advisor |
£28,266.00 |
£ 30,951.00 |
Media & Communications Advisor(OPCC) |
£28,266.00 |
£ 30,951.00 |
Media and Communications Assistant |
£17,942.36 |
£ 20,619.00 |
4 As attached
5 As the information you have requested is accessible by other means I have not provided you with a copy of the information and will rely on Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. You should therefore consider this a refusal for your request.
I have provided an explanation to this exemption below.
Section 21 (1) - Information accessible by other means
Information which is reasonably accessible to the applicant is exempt information.
A response to this point can be found on the Northumbria Police website via a simple search of Media Team.
Communications Department - 323/20
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FOI 323-20 - Point 2.pdf
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FOI 323-20 - POINT 4.pdf