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Friday 11 April 2025
Salisbury Foundation Trust

FOI_8283

Internal Reference Number: FOI_8283

Date Request Received: 12/11/2024 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 13/11/2024 00:00:00

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Request Summary: SFT Staffing and remote / hybrid workers

Request Category: Media






 
Question Number 1:
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I would like to request the following information from your organisation:

Staff Count: Could you please provide the current total number of staff employed by the trust? (please could this be broken down by each year from 2019 to 2024)
 
Answer To Question 1:
2019 4,593
2020 4,835
2021 4,746
2022 4,923
2023 5,141
2024 5,634
 
Question Number 2:
Remote/Hybrid Workers: How many staff members are currently designated as remote or hybrid workers? (please could this be broken down by each year from 2019 to 2024)
 
Answer To Question 2:
Information not held
 
Question Number 3:
How many days per week are hybrid employees allowed to work from home?
 
Answer To Question 3:
Varies according to role and department
 
Question Number 4:
Remote Working Policy: I would appreciate it if you could share a copy of the remote working policy implemented within the organisation.
 
Answer To Question 4:
Please see attached

To accompany this answer to question 4 please also see the documents listed below:

 appendix-a-home_working-agreement FOI 8283.docx
 appendix-b-it-equipment-request-form FOI 8283.docx
 appendix-c-health-and-safety-and-security-self-assessment FOI 8283.docx
 home-working-policy-final-january-2023 FOI 8283.pdf
 
Question Number 5:
How long has this been the policy and has it changed since the pandemic?
 
Answer To Question 5:
18 Months, yes
 
Question Number 6:
Monitoring Work Hours: How do you ensure that remote or hybrid workers fulfil their full contractual hours?
 
Answer To Question 6:
This is the responsibility of the line manager.
 
Question Number 7:
Laptop Purchases in 2024: In the year 2024 so far, how many new laptops have been procured specifically for remote or hybrid working?
 
Answer To Question 7:
None, all laptops are a fundamental part of someone's role and not specifically for remote or hybrid working.
 
Question Number 8:
Cost of Laptop Purchases: What has been the total cost associated with the procurement of these laptops in 2024 so far?
 
Answer To Question 8:
N/A
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