Re: previous reference number 1126625

Summary

The requester asked for anonymised details of special leave exceeding 5 days granted to teachers and senior leadership at the Department of Education, Sport and Culture over the last three years. The authority responded by providing a full dataset of 26 leave instances, including dates, durations, and reasons, totaling 1664.5 days.

Key Facts

• The request specifically targeted teachers and senior leadership teams regarding special leave requests.
• The Department of Education, Sport and Culture provided anonymised data covering the period from June 2016 to June 2020.
• A total of 26 separate leave instances were recorded in the response.
• The cumulative duration of all granted special leave was 1664.5 days.
• Reasons for leave included 'Other Reason', 'Carer/compassionate leave', 'Urgent personal circumstances', and 'Bereavement'.
• The longest single leave period recorded was 260 days for 'Other Personal Circumstances'.

Data Disclosed

• 1664.5
• 26
• 260
• 195
• 2020-02-06
• 2020-03-05
• 1169449
• 1126625
• 06/06/2016
• 01/06/2020
• 5 days

Original Request

Please could I have anonymised details of any leave of absence of beyond 5 days that has been granted by any authorised officials at the DESC. I would like this information over the last 3 years.

Data Tables (1)

Data Tables (reformatted)

Full Response Text

Corporate Services division Department of Education, Sport and Culture Hamilton House Peel Road, Douglas IM1 5EZ Telephone: (01624) 685808
Website: www.gov.im/dec Email: dec@foi.gov.im
Our ref: 1169449 5 March 2020

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 6 February 2020 and which states:

"Please could I have anonymised details of any leave of absence of beyond 5 days that has been granted by any authorised officials at the DESC. I would like this information over the last 3 years."

In order to identify and locate the information that you asked for, we needed to clarify who this leave of absence relates to and if it is specifically for special leave requests. You advised: “This request relates specifically to teachers, including members of the senior leadership teams, and in particular the information relates to special leave requests.” Our response to your request is as follows: I have enclosed copies of the information that is being released to you.

Please quote the reference number 1169449 in any future communications.

Your right to request a review

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1. Whether we have responded to your request for information in accordance with Part 2 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015; or
2. Whether we are justified in refusing to give you the information requested.
   In response to an application for review, the Information Commissioner may, at any time, attempt to resolve a matter by negotiation, conciliation, mediation or another form of alternative dispute resolution and will have regard to any outcome of this in making any subsequent decision. More detailed information on your right to a review can be found on the Information Commissioner’s website at www.inforights.im. Should you have any queries concerning this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Further information about freedom of information requests can be found at www.gov.im/foi.

I will now close your request as of this date.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Coordinator

Special Leave Granted over the past three years to Teachers/Lecturers

Reason Start Date End Date Days Other Reason 06/06/2016 05/06/2017 195 Other Reason 01/09/2016 31/07/2017 190 Other Reason 01/09/2016 31/08/2017 195 Carer/compassionate leave 31/03/2017 07/04/2017 6 Other Reason 24/04/2017 31/05/2017 26 Other Reason 12/06/2017 21/07/2017 29 Other Reason 23/06/2017 30/06/2017 6 Other Reason 23/06/2017 30/06/2017 6 Carer/compassionate leave 30/06/2017 14/07/2017 10 Other Reason 01/09/2017 31/08/2018 195 Other Reason 01/09/2017 31/08/2018 195 Carer/compassionate leave 04/09/2017 15/09/2017 10 Other Reason 11/12/2017 14/12/2017 8 Carer/compassionate leave 08/01/2018 19/01/2018 10 Carer/compassionate leave 10/01/2018 24/01/2018 10 Other Reason 15/01/2018 22/01/2018 6 Carer/compassionate leave 05/03/2018 16/03/2018 10 Carer/compassionate leave 09/07/2018 20/07/2018 10 Urgent personal circumstances 01/09/2018 31/08/2019 195 Other Personal Circumstances
01/09/2018 31/08/2019 260 Carer/compassionate leave 27/09/2018 05/10/2018 7 Other Personal Circumstances
05/11/2018 12/11/2018 6 Other Personal Circumstances
07/12/2018 14/12/2018 6 Bereavement
28/01/2019 13/02/2019 13 Bereavement
21/06/2019 28/06/2019 6 Bereavement
02/09/2019 13/09/2019 10 Bereavement
04/11/2019 06/12/2019 24.5 Other Personal Circumstances
01/01/2020 01/06/2020 20 Total Days 1664.5