Staff numbers and wages bill (FOI221121)

This Freedom of Information request asks for the number of staff working for the organisation and the wage bill

Request for information - Ref no: FOI221121

February 27, 2023

Information request

This is an information request relating to the number of staff working at the organisation. Please include the information for each of the following financial years; 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22:

The number of staff working at the organisation in each of these financial years
The total wage bill for each of these years

Please also provide me with the current headcount of staff.

If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.

If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or phone and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for.

I would prefer a response via email, but if this is not possible, I will gladly accept letters to the address below.

Our response

I confirm that Ordnance Survey does hold the information you have requested, this is set out in the table below:

Year	Headcount	Number of staff (FTE)	Salary Bill
FY 2019.20 (31/03/20)	1079	1055	£54,578k
FY 2020.21 (31/03/21)	1250	1227	£60,139k
FY 2021.22 (31/03/22)	1364	1337	£66,961k
31/12/2022	1432	1406

Next steps

Internal review

If you are unhappy with our response, you may request an internal review with our Internal Review Officer by contacting them, within two months of receipt of our final response to your request, as follows:

Internal Review Officer
Customer Service Centre
Ordnance Survey
Adanac Drive
Southampton
SO16 0AS

Please include the reference number above. You may request an internal review where you believe Ordnance Survey has:

Failed to respond to your request within the time limits (normally 20 working days)
Failed to tell you whether or not we hold the information
Failed to provide the information you have requested
Failed to explain the reasons for refusing a request
Failed to correctly apply an exemption or exception

The Internal Review Officer will not have been involved in the original decision. They will conduct an independent internal review and will inform you of the outcome of the review normally within 20 working days, but exceptionally within 40 working days, in line with the Information Commissioner’s guidance.

The Internal Review Officer will either: uphold the original decision, provide an additional explanation of the exemption/s applied or release further information, if it is considered appropriate to do so.

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