Number of times a registrar has not attended a wedding for each of the last 5 years
Case reference FOI2024/01164
Received 4 July 2024
Published 25 July 2024
Request
I would like to know number of times per year a registrar has not attended a wedding booked in with the council for each of the last 5 years.
I would also like to know the root cause of the non show (e.g. illness, process failure etc).
I would also like to know the number of times a year the emergency on call registrar has had to attend a wedding because the initial registrar was not able to attend over each of the last 5 years.
Response
I would like to know number of times per year a registrar has not attended a wedding booked in with the council for each of the last 5 years.
A) 2024 – One
2023 – One
2022 – Zero
2021 – One
2020 – Zero
I would also like to know the root cause of the non-show (e.g. illness, process failure etc.).
A) 2024 – Process failure
2023 – Process failure
2022 – N/A
2021 – Process failure
2020 – N/A
I would also like to know the number of times a year the emergency on call registrar has had to attend a wedding because the initial registrar was not able to attend over each of the last 5 years.
A) The Service Area have advised they do not record this information. The team have a process in place where another team member or manager can cover any unforeseen events where the initial registrar is unable to attend.
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