Thank you for your recent request for information. Please find attached an acknowledgement for this request.

How we will use your information

Caerphilly County Borough Council will process your request, the information relevant to your request, your identity and contact details for the purposes of providing you with a response. A copy of your request and your response will be kept for 3 years. Some requests and responses may be kept longer but this will be in an anonymised form.

Your request including your identity and contact details will be distributed to relevant service areas and elected members who may either hold the information you have requested or are involved in the processing of requests. Other organisations and individuals who may be affected by the disclosure of the information you have requested may be consulted prior to a decision being made on the disclosure.

If you have made a complaint to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) or others in relation to the processing of your request, copies of your request, response and any additional correspondence between you and Caerphilly County Borough Council in relevant to your request may be shared with them.

You have a number of rights in relation to your information including the right of access to information we hold about you and the right of complaint if you are unhappy with the way that we have handled your request or your information.

For further information on how we process your information and your rights please click the following link:

http://www.caerphilly.gov.uk/My-Council/...

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Dear Alex Parsons
 
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST
 
Thank you for your request for information received on 26th June. We have
considered your request and enclose the following information -
 
1. How many people are employed to deal with FOI?
 
One full time post deals with FOI in the central team, but also spends
time working on other information governance matters from time to time.
 
Other Information Governance Officers are involved in some FOI requests as
the need arises.
 
Across Council Service Areas, other officers are involved in collating
information to respond to FOI requests, undertaking third party
consultations, and identifying any exemptions to be considered by the
Council's Exemption Panel.
 
Exemption Panel meets once per week and is advised by a senior solicitor
on a rota basis, so there is some time allocated by Legal Services to deal
with FOI requests.
 
In the event of an appeal, an FOI request will be re-looked at by an
appropriate senior officer, usually a Head of Service, Director or
sometimes the Chief Executive.
 
2. What is the budget for administering FOI?
 
There is no budget specifically for administering FOI, as it falls within
the overall Central Services budget which covers information governance,
mail service, typing and records management for the Council.
 
3. Do you use case management software for FOI? If so, which one?
 
Internally developed database using Microsoft Access
 
4. Do you publish a disclosure log?
 
No
 
We supply this information based on your original request.  If this is not
what you wanted or if you feel we have not fully understood your request
please do not hesitate to contact me to clarify your exact requirements.
 
If you have any queries or concerns or are in any way dissatisfied with
the handling of your request please contact [1][Caerphilly County Borough Council request email].
 
Yours sincerely
 
JOANNE JONES
Corporate Information Governance Manager
 
 
 

Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations
2004
 
You have the right to appeal against our decision.

If you wish to appeal please set If you are unhappy with that decision you
out in writing your grounds of have the right to appeal to:
appeal and send to:  
Corporate Information Governance Information Commissioner’s Office –
Unit Wales
Caerphilly county borough 2nd Floor, Churchill House
council, Churchill Way
Penallta House Cardiff CF10 2HH
Tredomen Park  
Hengoed. CF82 7PG Tel: 029 2067 8400
  Fax: 029 2067 8399
Appeals will be determined by an Email: [2][email address]
appropriate senior officer. Website: [3]www.ico.org.uk
 

 
Re-use of information without permission may infringe the Copyright,
Designs and Patents Act 1988. Re-use can include, but is not limited to,
making multiple copies, publishing and issuing copies of the information
to a wider audience. If you would like to re-use copyright material owned
by Caerphilly County Borough Council, please contact us. Authorisation to
re-use copyright material not owned by this Authority should be sought
directly from the copyright owner.
 
 
    
 
 

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