S DELAHAY
Executive Director (Resources)
Town Hall, Market Place, Ripley
Derbyshire DE5 3BT
Tel: 01773 570222 Fax: 01773 841606
Minicom: 01773 841490
E-Mail: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Web:
www.ambervalley.gov.uk
Alex Parsons
Our Ref : JDJ/FOI/344/18
Email: request-493765-
Your Ref :
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Date : 27 June 2018
Ask For : Joan Jones
Ext : 1601
Email : xxxx.xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Mr Parsons
Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request for Information
Thank you for your email received 27 June 2018 requesting the following
information:-
“1. How many people are employed to deal with FOI?
2. What is the budget for administering FOI?
3. Do you use case management software for FOI? If so, which one?
4. Do you publish a disclosure log?”
Our obligation
The Council is treating your request as having been made under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (the “Act”).
When dealing with requests for information, the Council’s obligations include:
(1) confirming or denying whether it holds information of the description specified
in the request; and
(2) Communicating the information requested to the applicant. You should note
that this is effectively a decision that the information can be released into the
public domain and not simply to the specific applicant.
Under the Act, the Council is required to release any information that it holds to you
unless an exemption applies.
Response to your request
I confirm that the information you have requested is held and I am able to give you
the following:-
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1. 1 FTE
2. The Council do not have a set budget for administering FOI.
3. Yes – developed in-house.
4. Yes.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you may ask the Council for
an internal review of the decision within 20 working days. Someone other than the
person who took the initial decision will conduct the internal review. Requests for an
internal review should be addressed to the Civic Links and FOI Officer at the above
address. If, following the internal review, you are still not happy with the outcome;
you have the right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliff House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Tel: 01625 545 745
Fax: 01625 524 510
Email
: xxxx@xxx.xxx.xxx.xx
If you have any further queries, please contact me either in writing at the above
address or by telephone on 01773 841601 and quote your ID No 344/18.
To help us to improve the quality of our responses to future Freedom of Information
requests, any feedback you may have on this response would be appreciated. A
copy of the Council’s Customer Comments leaflet is attached to assist you.
Yours sincerely
Joan D Jones (Mrs)
Civic Links & FOI Officer