Dear L Barnett 
 
Cambridge City Council produces two magazines that have a wide 
distribution.  They are Open Door a magazine for City Council tenants and 
leaseholders and Cambridge Matters, a magazine for all Cambridge 
residents.  Current editions and back issues of both magazines can be viewed 
on our website, Open Door; 
http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/ccm/content/housing/advice-for-tenants-and-
residents/resident-involvement/open-door.en and Cambridge Matters 
http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/ccm/content/council-and-democracy/cambridge-
matters-magazine.en
 
Question 
Open Door 
Cambridge Matters 
1.  The name, frequency and 
Frequency: Quarterly 
Frequency: Quarterly  
distribution/circulation of your 
Distribution: 8,300 
Distribution 43,000 
council newspaper 
2.  How much it cost to produce 
£22,160 
£33,214.10 
and distribute said newspaper 
Budgeted for 09/10 
Budgeted for 09/10 
in the last full financial year, 
£25,860 
£31,900 
and how much was budgeted 
from council resources in the 
financial year 2009/2010 
3.  How much of that cost is offset 
None 
None, the cost given is 
by advertising 
the cost after the 
advertising offset, which 
covers the printing 
costs. The publishing 
company deals with all 
advertising. 
4.  How much of that advertising, if  N/a 
The vast majority of 
any, comes from external 
advertising is external. 
sources (ie not from your 
Internal departments are 
authority's budgets)? 
discouraged from 
placing advertising 
unless it is as a 
partnership with other 
organisations, as they 
are able to provide 
content as editorial. 
5.  Which other public sector 
N/a 
The Police and the local 
partners pay to run advertising 
PCT have both 
in your newspaper, eg PCTs? 
advertised on occasion. 
6. Whether recruitment 
N/a No 
advertising forms part of the 
advertising in your newspaper? 
7.  A copy of an editorial policy 
No policy exists.  
Attached 
guide, if one exists, which 
Council staff provides 
governs the material which is 
content of the magazine 
placed in the newspaper, and 
and a panel of tenants is 
how it is decided 
consulted on its 

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relevance.  The final 
version is signed off by 
the Director of 
Community Services 
8.  A copy of an advertising policy 
N/a 
This does not exist but 
guide, if one exists, which 
Corporate Marketing 
governs what sort of 
have discretion to reject 
advertising is suitable 
adverts which are 
deemed unsuitable. 
9.  The number of people 
20% of one full time 
20% of one full time 
employed to put your 
officer at pay band 3 
officer at pay band 5 
newspaper/newsletter together,  (£16,830 - £22,221) 
(£22,221 - £30,851). 
including total cost and staff 
Organisation chart for 
This officer reports 
organisation chart  
City Homes South 
directly to Corporate 
attached 
marketing and 
communications 
manager when working 
on this publication. 
 
If you are not happy with the way in which your request has been dealt with 
please contact Trevor Woollams, Head of Strategy & Partnerships.  You may 
also contact the Information Commissioner if you are still not happy with the 
way your request has been dealt with.  The Information Commissioner’s 
address is: 
Wycliffe House 
Water Lane 
Wilmslow 
Cheshire  
SK9 5AF 
  
Yours sincerely 
  
Eleanor Dent 
Cambridge City Council 
 

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