Policy officers currently employed by the Council

1. The total number of political assistants/researchers currently employed by your Council. These may be staff allocated to assist different councillor political groups.

2. The total number of policy officers currently employed by your Council.

3. The total number of scrutiny officers/scrutiny co-ordinators employed by your Council to administer Council committees.

4. The total number of committee clerks (other than scrutiny officers/scrutiny co-ordinators) employed by your Council to administer Council committees.

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

1. There are no designated political assistants/researchers

2. 1 Policy Officer

3. 3 Scrutiny Officers and 1 Statutory Scrutiny Officer

4. The council does not have specific roles for committee clerks. The functions of clerks are fulfilled by Democratic Services. There are 7 roles in the Democratic Services team