FOI003431 FOI HR Services

This is an information request relating to council officers being given permission to work from outside the United Kingdom. By United Kingdom, I refer to Northern Ireland, England, Wales and Scotland, not including the crown dependencies.
Please include the following information, for the 2023/24, 2024/25, 2025/26 financial years:
• The number of staff, per year, given permission to work from abroad
• For each member of staff granted permission, please provide:
• their pay band
• the country they have been allowed to work from
• the length of time that they have been allowed to work for and
• the dates they were allowed to work from abroad
• The longest time a member of staff has been granted permission to work from abroad and what country they went to.
• The highest ranking officer that was allowed to work from abroad
• The current number of people working from abroad and where they are.