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Dear Andrea Joubert

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

In all further correspondence please quote our reference RFI 3971

Thank you for your request for information.

Your request was received on 26/08/2011 and the Council is dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

As required by the legislation, the Council aims to answer your request promptly, but no later than 20 working days after receipt.

As stated in the Information Commissioner’s guidance, Awareness Guidance 11 Time for compliance, the 20 working day clock starts the day after the Council received the request.

This has been calculated to be 27/09/2011. If for any reason the Council is unable to meet this deadline we will keep you fully informed of the reasons for this.

If the information you have requested contains reference to a third party, then they may be consulted prior to a decision being taken on whether or not to release the information to you.

Very occasionally, fees may be payable for the supply of information under the Freedom of Information Act. This will be considered, and if fees are payable in respect of this request the Council will contact you before proceeding in order to be sure that you are happy to go ahead. Any fees that do apply must be paid before the information is processed and released.

Please note that an anonymised copy of our response to your request will be published in the Council’s Disclosure Log. This is a record of all responses to completed requests for information that the Council has received and dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Environmental Information Regulations 2004 from 6th July 2009 onwards.

The Council’s Disclosure Log is available online at the following address:

http://www.northtyneside.gov.uk/foi-disc...

If you have any queries in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Regards
Geoff Snary
Information Governance
Legal Services
North Tyneside Council
Quadrant
The Silverlink North
Cobalt Business Park
North Tyneside
NE27 0BY
Tel: 0191 643 2333
Fax: 0191 643 2451

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Dear Andrea Joubert

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

In all further correspondence please quote our reference RFI 3971

Your request for information has now been considered, and I am writing to
inform you that it is not possible to meet your request.

Please see attached response:

<<Response RFI 3971.pdf>>

Please note that an anonymised copy of this response will be published in
our Disclosure Log.

This is a record of all responses to completed requests for information
that the Council has received and dealt with under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and Environmental Information Regulations 2004 from
6th July 2009 onwards. The Disclosure Log is available online at the
following address:

[1]http://www.northtyneside.gov.uk/foi-disc...

If you have any further queries please do not hesitate to contact me.

If you are unhappy with the way the Council has handled your request, you
may ask for an internal review. Please contact the Information Governance
Team no later than 40 working days after the date of this letter, after
which time we will consider the matter closed.

Information Governance Team

North Tyneside Council

Quadrant

The Silverlink North

Cobalt Business Park

North Tyneside

NE27 0BY

e-mail [2][North Tyneside Borough Council request email]

Further information is also available from the Information Commissioner
at:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

[3]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Regards

Geoff Snary
Information Governance
Legal Services
North Tyneside Council
Quadrant
The Silverlink North
Cobalt Business Park
North Tyneside
NE27 0BY

Tel: 0191 643 2333
Fax: 0191 643 2451

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Dear Andrea Joubert

Thank you for your email below. When asked to conduct an internal review of a FOI request, we ask a senior manager who is independent of the original request to do this.

As stated in the Information Commissioner’s guidance on conducting internal reviews the Council will respond to you within 40 working days.

Regards
Geoff Snary
Information Governance
Legal Services
North Tyneside Council
Quadrant
The Silverlink North
Cobalt Business Park
North Tyneside
NE27 0BY
Tel: 0191 643 2333
Fax: 0191 643 2451

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Dear Miss Joubert

The Council has now completed its internal review of your Freedom of Information request RFI 3971.

The review was conducted by the Council's Senior Manager Housing Strategy, as a manager independent of the original request.

In conducting the internal review they considered the Information Commissioner's guidance on Section 22 and whether it was reasonable to apply section 22 when the information will be published in October/November, as stated in the original response.

They have asked that we point out that the Council does not use SAP and that the information you requested is not held by the Council in the detail requested and may be available direct from individual schools.

However they do consider the Council was correct to apply Section 22 and to exempt the information it does hold. Therefore your complaint is not upheld.

If you are unhappy with the way the Council has dealt with your complaint you can contact the Information Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

www.ico.gov.uk

Regards
Geoff Snary
Information Governance
Legal Services
North Tyneside Council
Quadrant
The Silverlink North
Cobalt Business Park
North Tyneside
NE27 0BY
Tel: 0191 643 2333
Fax: 0191 643 2451

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