Relocation benefits awarded

Summary

The requester asked for 10-year spending data on various relocation and recruitment benefits for the Department of Education, Sport and Culture. The authority responded that it does not hold information prior to the 2014-2017 period and could not provide specific figures for interview travel costs, limiting the response to the 2017-2024 fiscal years.

Key Facts

• The Department of Education, Sport and Culture does not hold information regarding relocation benefits prior to the 2014-2017 period.
• The provided response covers fiscal years from 2017-2018 to 2023-2024.
• Specific data on costs for facilitating travel to interviews could not be found after reasonable steps.
• The authority referred the general relocation spending question to the response regarding moving costs and relocation packages.
• The request was received on 27 March 2024 and the outcome was issued on 24 April 2024.

Data Disclosed

• 2014-2017
• 2017-2018
• 2023-2024
• 27 March 2024
• 24 April 2024
• 10 years

Exemptions Cited

• Information not held
• Information cannot be found after taking reasonable steps

Original Request

How much money has been spent in the last 10 years relocating people to the IoM to work for the Department of Education, Sport and Culture? *It is understood that the financial year, ending April 2024, has not yet finished and as such the response time may need to be increased to account for this fact.* How much has been spent facilitating people to travel to interviews in the last 10 years up to and including financial year ending 2024? And, how many individuals benefitted? How much money has been spent on things like moving costs ie the relocation packages, payments for visiting, removal and storage etc, in the last 10 years up to and including financial year ending 2024 ? And, how many individuals benefitted? How much money has been spent on 'golden hello' type bonuses ie recruitment and retention payments, in the last 10 years up to and including financial year ending 2024? And, how many individuals have benefitted? How much money has been spend on NI holidays ie refunds on national insurance contributions, in the last 10 years up to and including financial year ending 2024? And, how many individuals benefitted? How much money has been spent on housing allowances over the past 10 years up to and including financial year ending 2024 ? And, how many people have benefitted? How much money has been spent on the departments student loan scheme, paying back loans for fees, in the last 10 years up to and including financial year ending 2024? And, how many individuals have benefitted? How much money has been spent on subject shortage allowances over the past 10 years up to and including financial year ending 2024? How much money has been spent on advertising jobs available within the the Department of Education, Sport and Culture over the past 10 years up to and including financial year ending 2024? Out of the total number of people that have benefitted from at least one of the above mentioned benefits, how many are still employed by the the Department of Education, Sport and Culture.

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Full Response Text

Policy, Strategy and Governance Division Department of Education, Sport and Culture Thie Slieau Whallian Foxdale Road St Johns IM4 3AS Telephone: (01624) 685808 Website: www.gov.im/dec Email: dec@foi.gov.im Our ref: 3774297 24th April 2024
Dear ###, We write further to your request, received 27 March 2024, which states: "How much money has been spent in the last 10 years relocating people to the IoM to work for the Department of Education, Sport and Culture? It is understood that the financial year, ending April 2024, has not yet finished and as such the response time may need to be increased to account for this fact. How much has been spent facilitating people to travel to interviews in the last 10 years up to and including financial year ending 2024? And, how many individuals benefitted? How much money has been spent on things like moving costs ie the relocation packages, payments for visiting, removal and storage etc, in the last 10 years up to and including financial year ending 2024 ? And, how many individuals benefitted?
How much money has been spent on 'golden hello' type bonuses ie recruitment and retention payments, in the last 10 years up to and including financial year ending 2024? And, how many individuals have benefitted? How much money has been spend on NI holidays ie refunds on national insurance contributions, in the last 10 years up to and including financial year ending 2024? And, how many individuals benefitted? How much money has been spent on housing allowances over the past 10 years up to and including financial year ending 2024 ? And, how many people have benefitted? How much money has been spent on the departments student loan scheme, paying back loans for fees, in the last 10 years up to and including financial year ending 2024? And, how many individuals have benefitted? How much money has been spent on subject shortage allowances over the past 10 years up to and including financial year ending 2024? How much money has been spent on advertising jobs available within the the Department of Education, Sport and Culture over the past 10 years up to and including financial year ending 2024? Out of the total number of people that have benefitted from at least one of the above mentioned benefits, how many are still employed by the the Department of Education, Sport and Culture." Our response to your request is follows: 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. Specifically, information relating to pre 2014- 2017. The information detailed below relates to the fiscal years 2017-2018 to 2023- 2024.
1) How much money has been spent in the last 10 years relocating people to the IoM to work for the Department of Education, Sport and Culture? Please see our response to question three for the information held. 2) How much has been spent facilitating people to travel to interviews in the last 10 years up to and including financial year ending 2024? And, how many individuals benefitted? 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. By way of advice and assistance the amount spent on facilitating individuals to travel to interviews is included within the relocation expenses total and is not held in separate format.
3) How much money has been spent on things like moving costs ie the relocation packages, payments for visiting, removal and storage etc, in the last 10 years up to and including financial year ending 2024 ? And, how many individuals benefitted?
£129,215.80
91 staff members. 4) How much money has been spent on 'golden hello' type bonuses ie recruitment and retention payments, in the last 10 years up to and including financial year ending 2024? And, how many individuals have benefitted? £258,000.00 74 staff members.
5) How much money has been spend on NI holidays ie refunds on national insurance contributions, in the last 10 years up to and including financial year ending 2024? And, how many individuals benefitted? 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.
6) How much money has been spent on housing allowances over the past 10 years up to and including financial year ending 2024? And, how many people have benefitted? £404,532.33 95 staff members. 7) How much money has been spent on the departments student loan scheme, paying back loans for fees, in the last 10 years up to and including financial year ending 2024? And, how many individuals have benefitted? The total amount of Loans forgiven by the Department is £176,385.00 28 staff members benefitted.
8) How much money has been spent on subject shortage allowances over the past 10 years up to and including financial year ending 2024? £108,992.00 9) How much money has been spent on advertising jobs available within the the Department of Education, Sport and Culture over the past 10 years up to and including financial year ending 2024? 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. 10) Out of the total number of people that have benefitted from at least one of the above mentioned benefits, how many are still employed by the Department of Education, Sport and Culture. 124 staff members that benefitted from one or more of the above benefits are currently employed by the Department of Education, Sport and Culture.
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