South Cambridgeshire District Council
FOI Response
FOI00809 Council Newsletter
Question
Answer
Name
South Cambs Magazine
Frequency
Quarterly
Distribution
61,500 (All residents’ households)
How much it cost to produce and distribute in  £91,309 (production & delivery)
the last full financial year
How much was budgeted in the financial year  £94,770 (production & delivery)
2009/2010
Advertising income 2008/9
£59,944
Expected advertising income 2009/10
£60,040
How much of that advertising, if any, comes 
None
from external sources
Which other public sector partners pay to run  It varies per issue. In the last year, the 
advertising in your newspaper, eg PCTs?
magazine has carried adverts from the 
county council, police, and RECAP.
Whether recruitment advertising forms part 
No, although a past issue has carried an 
of the advertising in your newspaper?
advert for a vacant position at an external 
company. We haven’t carried recruitment 
adverts for vacancies at the council.     
A copy of an editorial policy guide, if one 
This is currently being reviewed.
exists, which governs the material which is 
placed in the newspaper, and how it is 
decided
A copy of an advertising policy guide, if one 
This is currently being reviewed.
exists, which governs what sort of advertising 
is suitable.
The number of people employed to put your 
The magazine is produced by the in-house 
newspaper/newsletter together, including 
communications team (2 FTE) with support 
total cost and staff organisation chart
from an editorial panel of service 
representatives. As this is part of the team's 
day-to-day work it is difficult to estimate the 
cost of this staff time.
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14/01/2010

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