BSCC-FOI-0425-HD: various questions about BSCC
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From:
Office of the Biometrics and Surveillance
Camera Commissioner
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
8 April 2025
To: [redacted]
Ref: BSCC-FOI-0425-HD
Dear [redacted], I write in response to an email received by our office on Thursday 3rd April 2025 in which you asked:
바카라 사이트�1) What is the primary SIC 2007 code for your organisation바카라 사이트檚 activities?
2) How many workers are directly employed by your organisation?
3) How would you classify your organisation: Private, Public, or Voluntary?
4) In which region is your workplace located?
5) Do you recognise any trade unions in your workplace? If so, please name them.
6) What was the date your latest pay settlement/agreement, came into effect?
7) what date will your next pay settlement/agreement begin?
8) In this latest settlement/agreement, what was the percentage pay increase for your lowest-paid employee?
9) In this latest settlement/agreement, what was the standard percentage pay increase?
10) What is the job title(s) and hourly rate of your lowest-paid employees?
11) Are you a living wage foundation Accredited Living Wage Employer?바카라 사이트�
Your request has been handled as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
The Commissioner is independent of, but appointed by, government. As the Commissioner바카라 사이트檚 role is currently vacant, the Office of the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner (OBSCC) has provided this response to your query in their absence. Much of the information you have requested falls under FoI exemption 21, as the information is already reasonably accessible, in which case we have linked to the 바카라 사이트 website. Please see the answers to your questions below:
1) What is the primary SIC 2007 code for your organisation바카라 사이트檚 activities?
A: FoI exemption 21 applies, as it is widely publicised that the OBSCC is an arm바카라 사이트檚-length body of the Home Office. Information related to SIC codes can be found on the ONS website.
2) How many workers are directly employed by your organisation?
A: The OBSCC team is currently made up of 7 staff members, who are all civil servants.
3) How would you classify your organisation: Private, Public, or Voluntary?
A: Public 바카라 사이트� we are an arm바카라 사이트檚-length body of the Home Office.
4) In which region is your workplace located?
A: London.
5) Do you recognise any trade unions in your workplace? If so, please name them.
A: As an arm바카라 사이트檚-length body of the Home Office, any unions that are recognised by the Civil Service.
6) What was the date your latest pay settlement/agreement, came into effect?
A: FoI exemption 21 applies as this information is publicly available, for example via this link: Civil Service Pay Remit Guidance 2024 to 2025
7) What date will your next pay settlement/agreement begin?
A: FoI exemption 21 applies, as this information is publicly available, for example via this link: 바카라 사이트 launches 2025/26 public sector pay award process
8) In this latest settlement/agreement, what was the percentage pay increase for your lowest-paid employee?
A: As answer 6 above.
9) In this latest settlement/agreement, what was the standard percentage pay increase?
A: As answer 6 above.
10) What is the job title(s) and hourly rate of your lowest-paid employees?
A:
- Job title: Executive Officer.
- Hourly rate: FoI exemption 21 applies, as the minimum/maximum pay rates for Civil Service grades are publicly available, for example via this link to a previous FoI request: Pay Bands and Structures Across Grades.
11) Are you a living wage foundation Accredited Living Wage Employer?
A: As an arm바카라 사이트檚-length body of the Home Office, we do not hold that information and would suggest you contact the Home Office direct with that question.
If you are dissatisfied with this response, you may request an independent internal review of our handling of your request by submitting a complaint within two months to the address below, quoting reference BSCC-FOI-0425-HD. If you ask for an internal review, it would be helpful if you could say why you are dissatisfied with the response.
Mark Greenhorn
14th Floor Lunar House Building
40 Wellesley Road
Croydon
CR9 2BY
e-mail: Sciencesupportfoi@homeoffice.gov.uk
As part of any internal review, our handling of your information request will be reassessed by staff who were not involved in providing you with this response. If you remain dissatisfied after this internal review, you would have a right of complaint to the Information Commissioner as established by section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act.
Kind regards,
Office of the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner
Email: enquiries@obscc.org.uk