This is a request for information on local authority trading companies/ arms-length organisations (LATCs/ AMLOs) under the Freedom of Information Act.
1, Please could you list any local authority trading companies and/or arms-length organisations owned (partly or wholly) by the council
2. Name the principal activity of each entity
3. Do they employ staff? If so, what is the headcount?
4. Do you wholly or partly own them? If you jointly own the entity, please list the other owners
5. What year were they founded?
6.How many staff were TUPE’d over on setting up the company?
7. If you hold the information, please could you supply the pay grading structure for the companies? Do the LATCs/ AMLOs participate in the local government pension scheme? If you do not hold this information, please could you pass on the relevant Foi email addresses for the companies so that they can be contacted directly.
Please could you use the attached spreadsheet to respond. We are grateful for your help.
It has the following headings:
COUNCIL NAME:
Arms length organisations/ trading companies belonging to council
Principal activity
Employ staff? Y/N
Current headcount
Wholly-owned? Y/N
Jointly-owned? Y/N
Other owners if relevant
Year founded
No. of TUPE'd staff when started trading
Is pay grading structure included? Y/N
Are staff in the local authority pension scheme Y/N?
Email address for direct FoI requests