Geoff Connell 
Resources Directorate 
Chief Information 
Information Governance 
Officer 
 
Ian Gibbs 
Head of Information 
Governance 
MR BARRY GRIFFIN 
Ask for: Information 
Information Governance 
 
Governance 
Newham Dockside 
 
1000 Dockside Road 
 
 
London  
 
Your ref :  
E16 2QU 
 
 
Tel: 020 8430 3737 
Our ref: FOI/E3571 
Fax: 020 8430 1504 
 
 
Email: 
Date: 21/04/2009 
[email address]
 
v.uk 
Web: www.newham.gov.uk 
 
 
Dear Mr. Griffin, 
 
Freedom of Information Act 2000  
Request for Information: Stage 1 Appeal 
Please quote our reference: E3571 
Subject: City Airport. 
 
Thank you for your request for an internal review. 
 
In response we can confirm the following information: 
 
•  No hospitalities and gifts were received by officers. 
 
•  Information about Councillor’s hospitalities and gifts is available on the Council’s website. 
The link to the information is below. 
 
http://mgov.newham.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.asp?FN=ALPHA&VW=LIST&PIC=0&J=1 
 
As this information is available on the Council’s website, we have applied the exemption 
under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.   
 
•  We have enclosed a list of meetings held with City Airport. 
 
We are considering the last part of the request relating to attendees of the meetings and will 
respond within the next seven working days. 
 
If you require any further information or are not happy with our response please do not 
hesitate to contact a member of our team on (020) 8430 3737 or email us at 
[Newham Borough Council request email].  
 
If you are not satisfied with the decision, you may ask for an internal review via Newham 
Council Complaints Procedure. I enclose a copy of the procedure.  
 
 
 
The Council owns the copyright in most of the material provided. Copyright © Newham Council. The information 
supplied, unless otherwise stated, are copyright protected. All rights reserved. We may have provided information 
which is produced by others who have copyright and you should seek their consent before use of the information. 
Where possible we indicate the source of the material. You can apply to the Council to re-use the information 
supplied under the Re-Use of Public Sector Information Regulations. 
 
We publish an anonomised list of requests and responses on the Council’s website quarterly. 
 

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Yours Sincerely 
 
Information Governance 
 
Newham Council 
The Council owns the copyright in most of the material provided. Copyright © Newham Council. The information 
supplied, unless otherwise stated, are copyright protected. All rights reserved. We may have provided information 
which is produced by others who have copyright and you should seek their consent before use of the information. 
Where possible we indicate the source of the material. You can apply to the Council to re-use the information 
supplied under the Re-Use of Public Sector Information Regulations. 
 
We publish an anonomised list of requests and responses on the Council’s website quarterly. 
 

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