Free private health treatment

Summary

The requester asked for a list of Manx Utilities Authority employees receiving free private health treatment, but the authority could not provide specific names or grades. Instead, they disclosed that 27 staff members receive this benefit under legacy contracts from the former Manx Electricity Authority.

Key Facts

• The authority does not hold the specific details requested regarding individual workers, grades, or areas of employment.
• 27 members of staff currently receive private health benefits funded by Manx Utilities.
• These benefits are part of individual personal contracts offered by the former Manx Electricity Authority (MEA) prior to the merger.
• The affected staff are primarily employed within the Electric or Corporate functions of the business.
• The response was issued on 13 December 2021 following a request received on 29 November 2021.

Data Disclosed

• 27
• 2021-11-29
• 2021-12-13
• 2022-01-12
• 2116457

Original Request

Please provide a list of all workers in the employment of the Manx Utilities Authority, by grade description and areas of employment, including workers at senior management level, who receive free private health treatment for themselves and their families.

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Manx Utilities PO Box 177, Douglas Isle of Man, IM99 1PS

e: enquiries@manxutilities.im t: 01624 687687 www.manxutilities.im

Our ref: 2116457 13 December 2021

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 29 November 2021 and which states:

"Please provide a list of all workers in the employment of the Manx Utilities Authority, by grade description and areas of employment, including workers at senior management level, who receive free private health treatment for themselves and their families."

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the public authority does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find the information that you have requested as we do not hold the detail as requested.

However, to provide further advice and assistance we are able to confirm there are currently 27 members of staff that receive private health benefit funded by Manx Utilities as part of their terms of employment. These staff are all employed on individual personal contracts, such contracts were offered by the former Manx Electricity Authority (MEA) prior to the merger to form the Manx Utilities Authority. By definition, these contracts are not subject to the standard Manx Utilities grading, but as ex-MEA staff, the individuals are primarily employed within the Electric or Corporate functions of the business.

Please quote the reference number 2116457 in any future communications.

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I will now close your request as of this date.