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Dear Ashford Borough 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

FOI Requests,

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Freedom of Information Team

Ashford Borough Council

 

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Dear Alex, Thanks you for your Freedom of Information Request. I shall
answer each question in turn: 1. How many people are employed to deal with
FOI? 1 2. What is the budget for administering FOI? No budget beyond staff
time 3. Do you use case management software for FOI? If so, which one?
Yes, we have an FOI tracker which was built by our in-house IT team. 4. Do
you publish a disclosure log? No. Kind Regards Ashford Borough Council If
you believe the Council has not complied with the Freedom of Information
Act in relation to your request, you have the right to ask for an internal
review. Internal review requests must be submitted no later than 40
working days after the date on which you believe that the Council failed
to comply with the legislation and must be addressed to: Freedom of
Information Manager, Ashford Borough Council, Civic Centre, Tannery Lane,
Ashford, Kent, TN23 1PL or email [cyfeiriad ebost]. The Council's
procedure for internal reviews can be viewed at
http://www.ashford.gov.uk/freedom-of-inf.... Please remember to
quote the reference number above in any future communications. If you are
not content with the outcome of the internal review, you 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, SK9 5AF; www.ico.org.uk;
Tel. 0303 123 1113.

 

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