FOI Request - Parental Leave Policy and Positive Conservation Management

Request 101002947830

Request 1:

I’m requesting information about maternity/ paternity leave policies and if you could please answer the following questions:

Q1 Does the council have a formal policy in place for maternity, paternity, adoption and kinship care for all councillors? If yes, please provide a copy.
Q2 If no, does the council have any informal arrangements in place by which it would make provisions for maternity, paternity, adoption and kinship care for all councillors?
Q3 Does the council have a formal policy in place for maternity, paternity, adoption and kinship care for councillors with a Special Responsibility Allowance? If yes, please provide a copy.
Q4 If no, does the council have any informal arrangements in place by which it would make provisions for maternity, paternity, adoption and kinship care for councillors with a Special Responsibility Allowance?

Request 2:

The number of local sites under positive conservation management is a data set released for England which can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-sites-in-positive-conservation-management--2/nature-conservation-local-sites-in-positive-conservation-management-in-england-200809-to-201819

Local Sites are sites designated locally for their substantive nature conservation importance, either for wildlife or geology. Sites in positive conservation management are defined as those sites which are being managed in order to conserve their nature conservation interest.

I am requesting information on the number of local sites under the council’s remit and the percentage of which are actively managed for conservation purposes

Response 17-01-22

Request 1: Questions 1 - 4): Under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, this information is not held. 

Request 2:

One site matches this description: the Wards Wildlife site in Elgin.