Nikki Sampson, Operational Support Manager

Council Offices, Broadway, Sandown, Isle of Wight, PO36 9EA

Tel (01983) 821000 Ext 6962

Fax (01983) 823900

Email [email address]

My Ref:NS103/iw10/7/15537

Ms N Davis

Date: 12 July 2010

Dear Madam

Re: Information Request iw10/7/15537

I refer to your information request received by the Isle of Wight Council on

09 July 2010.

As required by law, the Council will respond to you as soon as possible and no later than 20 working days after the receipt of your request.

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the council is able to charge a fee where the cost for responding is above the Appropriate Fee Limit as set out in the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulation 2004. The fee limit is set down by the Lord Chancellor and is £450, which equates to a maximum of 18 hours of search and retrieval time.

Should your request fall into this category, we will notify you as soon as possible, to discuss any options available to you.

The Council may also charge you the cost of disbursements, such as photocopying and postage. Should such costs be incurred in providing you with the information you have requested, you will be notified of any charges as soon as is reasonably practicable.

If you have any complaints in respect of your information request, please write to the Information Management Team at Isle of Wight Council, County Hall, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1UD or complete the on-line appeals form that can be found at www.iwight.com/information. If your complaint is not resolved to your complete satisfaction, you have the ultimate right, once you have exhausted the internal appeals process, to appeal to the Information Commissioner.

Yours sincerely

Mrs N Sampson

Departmental Information Guardian