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:
- HR Manager/Reward and Benefits Manager's name and email address?
- No of permanent staff employed by the Constabulary?
- What staff benefits portal do you currently offer employees/when does the contract expire?
- What salary sacrifice schemes do staff have access to?
- Do you offer staff access to a telephone/face to face employee assistance programme?
- If face to face counselling is available what is the current spend on this?
In Response:
Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with both the People Services and Finance Departments 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.
1 Northumbria Police do not have a specific Reward and Benefits Manager.
Any queries can be directed to the below address
People Services Department
Newcastle City Centre Police Station
Forth Banks
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE1 3PH
2 As at 03 Mar 2020 there were 4940.56 full time equivalents (FTE) staff including Police Officers and Police Staff.
3 We do not have a benefits portal.
4 There are currently 2 salary sacrifice schemes, the Childcare scheme and cycle to work scheme.
5 Yes all staff can access our Employee Assistance Programme, either telephone or face to face.
6 No information held. Face to face counselling is not costed separately from other work. However in order to assist I can provide the following.
In terms of costs for 2019/20;
Northumbria Police have an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) with a 3rd party provider for which it pays £25,000 pa. This is a fixed fee that cover both telephone or face to face sessions.
In addition the third party supplier provides a counsellor on the contract for £36,000pa, however the role is not part of the EAP and we do not hold information on how much of this cost relates to face to face counselling.