Mr Alex Parsons
PAUL JOHNSON
DIRECTOR OF RESOURCES &
DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Resources Directorate
ICT and Information Governance
Council House
Manor Square,
Solihull West Midlands B91 3QB
Minicom: 0121-704-8058
Tel: 0121 704 6251
www.solihull.gov.uk
Our Ref: 3570897
Please ask for: Andy Shipway
Date: 28 June 2018
Dear Mr Parsons
Freedom of Information Act 2000
I write further to your request for information, which we received on 27 June 2018.
Our response is given below.
1.
How many people are employed to deal with FOI?
Nobody is exclusively employed to deal with FOI requests but usually they are
managed by 2 - full-time equivalents as part of their duties.
2. What is the budget for administering FOI?
There is not a specific budget.
3. Do you use case management software for FOI? If so, which one?
Yes: ManageMyRequests from icasework.
4. Do you publish a disclosure log?
No.
I hope this information is of interest and assistance. If however you are dissatisfied
with the response you have received and wish to request a review of our decision or
make a complaint about how your request has been handled you should write to the
following address or reply to the email to which this letter is attached:

Corporate Information Governance Manager
Resources Directorate
ICT and Information Governance
Council House, Manor Square
Solihull, West Midlands
B91 3QB
Your request for an internal review should be submitted to us within 40 days of
receipt by you of this response. Any requests received after this time will be
considered at the discretion of the Corporate Information Governance Manager.
If having exhausted the review process you are not content that your request or
review has been dealt with correctly, you have a further right of appeal to the
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for a decision. Generally, the ICO will not
make a decision until you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the
council. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information
Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Telephone: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545 745 (national rate). Website:
www.ico.org.uk.
Should you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely
Andy Shipway
Corporate Information Governance Manager
Information Governance Team