Working From Home - Freedom of information requests

Title or Description: Working From Home
FOI Number: 486
Date Received: 13/05/2022
Type of Request: FOI
Request or Question: Q1. During the month of April 2022, how many council employees were working from home, and what percentage of the office based workforce does this represent?Q2. Between 1st and 30th April 2022, how many desk bookings were made across the council's office buildings and, on average, how many desk bookings were there a day during this month?Q3. How many desks were available for use in the month April 2022 across the council's office buildings?Q4. What was the maximum number of office staff who could theoretically work in the office on any given day in April 2022?
Q5. What was the total number of office staff who worked in your council's offices each day prior to the pandemic?
Please provide this data in an excel sheet attachment, and not in a PDF attachment.
Response: Q1. Unfortunately Scottish Borders Council do not hold the information you have requested. Therefore we give notice under s17 of FOI(S)A 2002 and declare that the information is not held.

Q2. Bookable desks are only available at Newtown St Boswells Offices – 247 bookings total,
Mean average number of desks booked daily was 11.6.

Q3. Bookable desks are only available at Newtown St Boswells Offices - 27 Desks total available

Q4. At Newtown St Boswells Offices, there was 27 bookable desks and up to maybe about 25 additional staff in using desks more permanently. 52 in total approximately.

Q5. Unfortunately Scottish Borders Council do not hold the information you have requested. Therefore we give notice under s17 of FOI(S)A 2002 and declare that the information is not held.