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FOI 85 - Request about pay grades

Updated 2 February 2022

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Our ref: FOI21/22-085

Date: 01/11/2021

Dear

1. Re: Freedom of Information Act 2000

Thank you for your Email of 9th October 2021 in which you requested from the Insolvency Service information pertaining to staff pay scales by location.

Your request has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

I can confirm the agency holds the information that you have requested, and I have provided answers to your questions below:

You asked:

I have a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act which I have outlined below and would be grateful if you could respond to.

  1. Please provide the names of the towns/cities in the UK where your organisation has offices.

  2. Please confirm if your organisation‘s pay scales/ranges for staff vary based on location within the UK, e.g. the payment of a London weighting.

  3. If your organisation’s pay scales/ranges for staff vary based on location, please provide your organisation’s pay sales/ranges including the amount paid by staff band and location.

Our Response:

1.1 Please provide the names of the towns/cities in the UK where your organisation has offices.

Answer: The Insolvency Service has offices in the following towns and cities:

Birkenhead

Birmingham

Blackpool

Brighton

Bristol

Cambridge

Cardiff

Chatham

Croydon

Edinburgh

Exeter

Ipswich

Leeds

London

Manchester

Newcastle

Nottingham

Plymouth

Reading

Southampton

Southend

Watford

1.2 Please confirm if your organisation‘s pay scales/ranges for staff vary based on location within the UK, e.g. the payment of a London weighting.

Answer: The Insolvency Service does not apply London Weighting to its rates of pay but does have separate pay scales for staff located in London to those located Nationally.

1.3 If your organisation’s pay scales/ranges for staff vary based on location, please provide your organisation’s pay sales/ranges including the amount paid by staff band and location.

Answer: Please find attached a document detailing the current Insolvency Service pay grades and ranges for both London and National staff at grades AA through to G6.

If you are not satisfied with the response we have provided you and would like us to reconsider our decision by way of an internal review (IR), please contact our Information Rights Team at [email protected] or by post at:

Information Rights Team
The Insolvency Service
3rd Floor
Cannon House
18 Priory Queensway
Birmingham
B4 6FD
United Kingdom

You also have the right to contact the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) if you wish for them to investigate any complaint you may have in regards to our handling of your request. However, please note that the ICO is likely to expect an IR to have been completed in the first instance.

Kind regards

Information Rights Team

The Insolvency Service

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Official receivers and the Adjudicator are Data Controllers in respect of personal data processed by the Insolvency Service. For the details about how personal data is processed by the agency, please see the full Insolvency Service Personal Information Charter here: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/insolvency-service/about/personal-information-charter

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