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Ask for:
Ross Keatley
Your ref:
My ref:
008/2010
Email:
[Sevenoaks District Council request email]
Date:
12 January 2010
Dear L. Barnett
Freedom of Information Request: 002/2010
Thank you for your request received by the Council 04 January 2010.
In relation to your enquiry, please find the Councilās response set out in italics below:
1.
āThe name, frequency and distribution/circulation of your council newspaper
(by council newspaper I mean the most frequently published newspaper or
magazine intended for mass distribution covering more than one topic)
The Council produces āIn Shapeā magazine. It is distributed three times a year to
approximately 50,000 homes and businesses in the Sevenoaks District.
2.
How much it cost to produce and distribute said newspaper in the last full
financial year, and how much was budgeted from council resources in the
financial year 2009/2010?
Production and distribution costs:
2008/9: Ā£32,627.10 (this does not include net advertising income).
2009/10 Ā£33,098 is budgeted
3.
How much of that cost is offset by advertising?
In 2008/9, In Shape raised Ā£3,263.65 in advertising (net figure). The Council does
not currently hold figures for 2009/10.
4.
How much of that advertising, if any, comes from external sources (ie not from
your authority's budgets)?
All advertising is from external sources.
5.
Which other public sector partners pay to run advertising in your newspaper,
e.g. PCTs?
In 2008/9, āIn Shapeā included one advert from Kent Adult Education, one advert
from West Kent PCT and two adverts from Kent County Council.
6.
Whether recruitment advertising forms part of the advertising in your
newspaper?
Recruitment advertising does not form part of the advertising in āIn Shapeā
7.
A copy of an editorial policy guide, if one exists, which governs the material
which is placed in the newspaper, and how it is decided
The District Council does not have a formal editorial guide. However, in practise,
Sevenoaks District Council and its strategic partners are given space in the
magazine. Each edition is oversubscribed by approximately 50%, therefore
additional space is not made available to other organisations.
8.
A copy of an advertising policy guide, if one exists, which governs what sort of
advertising is suitable.
Adverts must not bring the Council into disrepute nor be in competition with Council
services. The Council can veto potential adverts at its discretion
9.
The number of people employed to put your newspaper/newsletter together,
including total cost and staff organisation chartā
The Council does not employ staff specifically to produce In Shape magazine.
Instead it is produced by the Council's Communications Team as part of their wider
duties. The Council does not record the officer time taken to produce each issue and
is therefore unable to give a cost.
Please
see
the
link
for
details
of
the
Council's
structure
chart
http://www.sevenoaks.gov.uk/council_democracy__local_services/about_the_council
/2274.asp
I trust the above information has been of assistance to you. Should you have any
further questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
Should you be dissatisfied with the way we have processed your request the Council
has an internal review process which you can begin by contacting Ally Round,
Democratic Services Manager
([email address]). If you remain
dissatisfied you have the right to appeal to the Information Commissionersā Office
(ICO)
http://www.ico.gov.uk/complaints/freedom_of_information.aspx
Yours sincerely,
Ross Keatley
Democratic Services Officer
