FOI Request - Councillor Support

Request 101003788318

1. The total number of political assistants/researchers currently employed by your Council. These may be staff allocated to assist different councillor political groups.

2. The total number of policy officers currently employed by your Council.

3. The total number of scrutiny officers/scrutiny co-ordinators employed by your Council to administer Council committees.

4. The total number of committee clerks (other than scrutiny officers/scrutiny co-ordinators) employed by your Council to administer Council committees.

Response 10-06-2025

1. None

2. Some individual departments have policy officers but there are none employed to assist elected members specifically.

3. We do not have scrutiny officers as such, however officers from Legal Services attend some meetings to assist with legal queries.

4. 3 x FTE Committee Services Officer and 1 x Democratic Services Manager