I would like to make an application under the Freedom of Information Act for the following information which I have broken down into a series of separate questions.

1. How much direct cash funding has your local authority received from Sustrans (and/or Sustrans Scotland) in the last three financial years? Please give a breakdown for each financial year up until April 6, 2021. Please state if Sustrans is managing funding from the national Government or a transport authority (or any other authority) over those three financial years (making clear whether that is separate to the “direct cash funding” in the first part of the question).
£0

2.
a) How many staff have been “seconded” to your local authority by Sustrans/Sustrans Scotland in the last three financial years? If possible, please state the length of those secondments, the days per working week and whether those secondments are continuing to this day.
Two staff working as Active Travel Officers in our My Journey Team, one Full Time the other 0.5fte this was under a contract which Sustrans won; the contract ended in March 2020. In addition we have had an intern from Sustrans in the past, funded by Sustrans.

b) Can you give the cost the council contributed to such secondments for each financial year. If that is shared with Sustrans can you let me know how much Sustrans contributed (again, for each financial year)?
The intern was funded by Sustrans and we do not know the cost. The contract for 1.5FTE cost:
2017/18: £55,000
2018/19: £81,600
2019/20: £83,222

c) Can you say what projects they have worked on for each financial year?
As part of the My Journey Behaviour Change team they supported schools and businesses, working with the My Journey Team arranging events and visiting schools/businesses to help them plan their journeys and encourage sustainable and active travel.

3. Have any Sustrans/Sustrans Scotland employees who were seconded to the council then been subsequently employed full time by your local authority in the last three financial years? How many for each financial year? If possible, can you say what role (if any) they have taken?
In 2020 the contract ended and the roles were taken in-house. One member of staff was TUPE’d into the My Journey team and is still with us, the other (0.5 fte) left before the end of the contract.