FOI Administration Info
Dear Fife Council,
I would like to make an FOI request for the following pieces of 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?
If not all information is available, please treat questions individually.
Yours faithfully,
Alex Parsons
Dear Alex Parsons,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Thank you for your information request received on 27/06/2018 our ref:
22600. This is being dealt with in terms of the Freedom of Information
(Scotland) Act 2002.
We are presently assessing your request and may be in touch soon to ask
for further clarification or to offer advice and assistance if we are not
able to fulfil your request in its present form.
The legislation allows us up to 20 working days from the date that we
receive a valid request, including any clarification we require, to make a
final response. We will be in touch within 20 working days of receipt of
your initial request to provide our response or to seek clarification
where necessary. We hope to provide you with the information you are
looking for at an earlier date where possible.
Yours sincerely,
Elaine Walters
Customer Experience Information Specialist
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Dear Alex Parsons,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
I refer to your email dated and received 27/06/2018, our ref 22600.
I am pleased to detail the information you requested below and trust that
it meets your requirements.
1. How many people are employed to deal with FOI?
9 members of staff consisting of:
1 Lead Officer
1 Co-ordinator
6 Information Specialists
1 Information Specialist Trainee
2. What is the budget for administering FOI?
The following figure is for a central team who deal with Information
Requests to the Council as a whole: £303,468
This figure represents the full budgeted figure and includes all
on-costs. This does not include time spent by Service staff which is not
reported.
3. Do you use case management software for FOI? If so, which one?
Yes, Fife Council uses a case management system to manage all information
requests. The software system used is AXLR8.
4. Do you publish a disclosure log?
Fife Council are currently looking at publishing a disclosure log.
However, this is still work in progress and has not yet been made public.
If you are not satisfied with the way we have handled your request, you
have the right to request a review of the decision. Please write to: Head
of Legal Services, Finance & Corporate Services, Fife House, North Street,
Glenrothes, KY7 5LT or e-mail to [cyfeiriad ebost]. The law provides
for you to make this request up to 60 working days from when we received
your enquiry or 40 working days from when you receive this correspondence
whichever is the later date. Where the outcome of the review fails to
resolve the matter to your complete satisfaction you have the right to
apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a
decision.www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal
Fife Council will consider and seek to resolve any request to the Head of
Legal Services that falls outside these time scales.
Yours sincerely
Elaine Walters
Customer Experience Information Specialist
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