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Thank you for your information request, which will be dealt with under the
appropriate legislation, according to the subject matter:

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

You will receive a response within 20 working days in line with the FOIA. 
If the request will take any longer to process (eg, if we need to consult
third parties or seek clarification from you) we will let you know.

Environmental Information Regulations (EIR).

If environmental information is requested, it must be dealt with under the
EIR not the FOIA.

You will receive a response within 20 working days in line with the EIR. 
If the request will take any longer to process (eg, if we need to consult
third parties or seek clarification from you) we will let you know.

Please note that under the EIR, a charge may be made for supplying
environmental information and the Council introduced charging for
environmental information from 1 April 2016.  The Council’s Charging for
Environmental Information Policy is available to view at
[2]https://www.dorsetforyou.com/article/419...
The Council’s current Fees and Charges can be viewed at
[3]https://www.dorsetforyou.com/article/395...

Data Protection Act (DPA)

If you have requested information that is your own personal data, it will
be dealt with as a Subject Access Request (SAR) under the DPA. 

SARs require identification to be provided and will be answered within one
month.

More details about SAR requests can be found at

[4]https://www.dorsetforyou.gov.uk/dataprot....

Your Privacy

Purbeck District Council takes your privacy seriously and will only keep
and use your personal information for reasons law requires or allows.  The
Council is the data controller for the personal information it holds about
you in relation to Information Requests made under the Freedom of
Information Act, the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) and the
Data Protection Act (DPA) and we will use this personal information to be
able to process and respond to such information requests.   The full
privacy notice explaining who the Council may share that personal
information with; and how long the information may be kept can be found
here [5]https://www.dorsetforyou.gov.uk/dataprot....

You have certain rights with regard to your personal information, however
not all of these rights will be available to you in all situations,
particularly where the processing of your information is necessary for the
Council to carry out its duties and powers.  For more information about
your rights, please see [6]https://www.dorsetforyou.gov.uk/dataprot....

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Dear Mr Parsons

Information Request 4492

Thank you for your information request dated and received on 26 June 2018
which has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOIA).  Our response is below.

1.     How many people are employed to deal with FOI?   Nobody is solely
employed to deal with information requests.  One officer manages the
Council’s response to information requests corporately as part of their
job, and there are five FOI Link Officers within the departments who spend
a varying amount of their time gathering information from relevant
officers as part of their normal jobs. 

2.     What is the budget for administering FOI?  There is no dedicated
budget for administering information requests.  Most of the cost is in
staff time, plus £500 per year for the case management system.

3.     Do you use case management software for FOI? If so, which one? 
Yes, Infreemation.

4.     Do you publish a disclosure log?  No.

If you are unhappy with the way your request has been handled, you may ask
for an internal review. Please email [1][email address] or write to
the Performance & Information Officer, Chief Executive’s Department,
Purbeck District Council, Westport House, Worgret Road, Wareham, Dorset,
BH20 4PP if you wish to request a review. If you are not content with the
outcome of the internal review, you then have the right to apply directly
to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

The copyright in any information provided may belong to another person and
is protected under the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988. Although
this does not stop us from copying information to you, it means that
unless the Act allows you to copy the information, you must not copy it
without the permission of the person who owns the copyright.

Purbeck District Council takes your privacy seriously and will only keep
and use your personal information for reasons law requires or allows.  The
Council is the data controller for the personal information it holds about
you in relation to Information Requests made under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (FOIA), the Environmental Information Regulations
2004 (EIR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) and we will use this
personal information to be able to process and respond to such information
requests.   The full privacy notice explaining who the Council may share
that personal information with; and how long the information may be kept
can be found here [2]https://www.dorsetforyou.gov.uk/dataprot....

You have certain rights with regard to your personal information, however
not all of these rights will be available to you in all situations,
particularly where the processing of your information is necessary for the
Council to carry out its duties and powers.  For more information about
your rights, please see [3]https://www.dorsetforyou.gov.uk/dataprot....

Yours sincerely

Jane Hay

Performance & Information Officer

Chief Executive’s Department

Purbeck District Council | Westport House | Worgret Road | Wareham |
Dorset | BH20 4PP

Switchboard:  01929 556561

Direct Line:  01929 557325

Email:  [email address]

Website:  www.dorsetforyou.com

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