Dr Carlton Brand BA. MSc. EngD

Director of Resources

Alex Skene

[FOI #10061 email]

Fax: 01225 713145

Direct Line: 01225 713643

Operator: 0300 456 0100

E-mail: [email address]

Please ask for: Ms S Evans Our ref: RFI 1369 Your ref:

03 April 2009

Council Offices, Bythesea Road, Trowbridge BA14 8JN

Dear Mr Skene

Request for Information - RFI 1369 - FOI in new authority

In response to your request for information I enclose the following:

1) how you are treating in-progress FOI and EIR requests & internal

reviews made to the residuary bodies

Requests in progress before 01 April will continue to be processed and responses sent out to applicants.

2) what happens to emails sent to the residuary bodies' FOI contact Addresses

District council mailboxes have been re-routed, mail sent to the district councils will be received by Wiltshire Council.

3) where should all new FOI and EIR requests go to

[email address] or Corporate Information Team, Wiltshire Council, Bythesea Road, Trowbridge, Wiltshire BA14 8JN

4) what is happening to information previously held by the residuary bodies, and where should requests for this information go to

Services previously provided by district councils continue to be provided, the information generated is still in existence, subject to usual retention guidelines, and requests for this information can still be made through Wiltshire Council. 

The Council has not withheld any information in relation to this request under the exemptions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

I hope the information received is what you were expecting.  However if you are unhappy with what has been provided, you can raise a complaint under the Council's Freedom of Information Complaints Procedure (enclosed) or you can contact the Information Commissioner's Office at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, 01625 545745. If you would like to discuss any of the information provided to you or would like further information on the complaints procedure, please contact me on the above number.

Information supplied under the Freedom of Information Act and/or Environmental Information Regulations will be subject to copyright protection under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Information can be re-used for the purposes of research for non-commercial purposes, for private study or for news reporting and reviews, without requiring formal consent. However, if you wish to re-use the information for commercial purposes, including publishing, you are required to seek the permission of the copyright owner. Permission to re-use Wiltshire County Council's copyright information is granted in the form of a licence. Authorisation to re-use copyright material not owned by Wiltshire County Council should be sought from the copyright holders concerned.

Yours sincerely

Sharron Evans

Corporate Information Officer