FOI release

Information relating to temporary and permanent recruitment at the GCA

Published 27 January 2023

7th Floor, The Cabot
25 Cabot Square
London E14 4QZ
Telephone: +44 (0) 207 215 6537
Email: Enquiries@GroceriesCode.gov.uk
www.gov.uk/gca

Sent by email 25 January 2023

Dear

Freedom of Information Act: Request for information on Groceries Code Adjudicator activities

Thank you for your email dated 17 January 2023 regarding temporary and permanent recruitment at the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA). In your email you asked for the following information:

Please could you provide the following information under the freedom of information act covering the last 12 months, or the most recent 12 month period recorded:

1. Has the organisation used agencies to recruit temporary/contractor staff? a. If so please confirm the total agency spend on temporary/contractor staff?? b. Please provide a breakdown of your answer to question 1a, splitting the spend by job title/specialism
2. Has the organisation used agencies to recruit permanent staff? a. If so please confirm the total agency spend on permanent staff? b. Please provide a breakdown of your answer to question 2a, splitting the spend by job title/specialism
3. The contact name of the person responsible for dealing with permanent recruitment?
4. The contact name of the person responsible for dealing with temporary/contractor recruitment?

Duty to confirm or deny whether the GCA holds the information

Under section 1(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, anyone making a request for information to the GCA, as a public authority, is entitled to be informed in writing whether it holds that information, and if so, to be supplied with it.

The GCA is a corporation sole and an independent regulator sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). The Adjudicator is appointed by BEIS. The Adjudicator is supported by a small team of staff, all of whom are seconded from public bodies. Though they are not directly and permanently employed by the GCA I have classified these people as permanent staff for the purposes of answering your questions. The GCA occasionally seeks support from temporary contractors. Accordingly, responses to your questions are as follows (numbered to match the numbering in the request above):

1. Yes. a. For the FY2021/22 (1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022) total spend was £14,013. b. The full amount (£14,013) was spent on media and communications support.
2. No. a. N/A. b. N/A.
3. Head of Operations, GCA (currently Jamie Bend) – enquiries@groceriescode.gov.uk
4. Head of Operations, GCA (currently Jamie Bend) – enquiries@groceriescode.gov.uk

Appeals Procedure

If you wish to complain about the way in which your request for information has been handled, you may seek an internal review by writing, setting out the reasons you feel your request has not been dealt with effectively, to:

The FOI Review Co-ordinator
Groceries Code Adjudicator
7th Floor
25 Cabot Square
London E14 4QZ

Alternatively you can email: enquiries@groceriescode.gov.uk

We will aim to deal with your Internal Review request within 20 working days of receipt or, if that is not possible, advise you of a date when we expect to complete the review. If you are dissatisfied with the outcome of the Internal Review you then have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioners Office. The contact address is:

Information Commissioners Office
FOI/EIR Complaints Resolution
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF

Yours sincerely,