asylum help

Ref: RFI 2106/ACK
Date: 21/09/2009

Dear Gary Smith

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

In all further correspondence please quote our reference RFI 2106.

Thank you for your request for the following information: -

1)how many of the councils properties are leased out to asylum seekers
and at what cost
2)what furnishings are provided in the dwellings and at what cost
3)what is the cost of land line and mobile phones which are provided
including phone calls
4)have any of the properties installed pre payed meter's for gas and
electric services if so how many
5)what is the total cost to provide tv licences and are they provided at
no cost to the tenant please provide this information for the past 3
years up to date

Your request was received on 18/09/2009 and we are dealing with it under
the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

As required by the legislation, we aim to answer your request within 20
working days from the date we received it. This has been calculated to
be 16/10/2009. If for any reason we are 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 we 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 our Disclosure Log. This is a record of all responses to
completed requests for information that we have received and dealt with
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Environmental Information
Regulations 2004 from 6th July 2009 onwards. Our Disclosure Log is
available online at the following address:

http://www.northtyneside.gov.uk/foi-disc...
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If you have any queries in the meantime, please do not hesitate to
contact me.

Regards,

S Bennett
Policy Officer (Information Governance)

North Tyneside Council
Quadrant
The Silverlink North
Cobalt Business Park
North Tyneside
NE27 0BY

Tel: 0191 643 5624
Fax: 0191 643 2431

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Ref: RFI 2106/FDL/SL
Date: 23/09/2009

Dear Gary Smith

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

In all further correspondence please quote our reference RFI 2106.

Your request for information under the above legislation has now been
considered.

The information you asked for is attached:

<<Response RFI 2106.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 we have received and dealt with under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Environmental Information Regulations
2004 from 6th July 2009 onwards. Our Disclosure Log is available online at
the following address:

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

I trust that this information answers your enquiry, but 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 [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

[2]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Regards

Geoff Snary
Policy Officer (Information Governance)
Performance, Research and Intelligence
Organisational Improvement
North Tyneside Council
Quadrant
The Silverlink North
Cobalt Business Park
North Tyneside
NE27 0BY

Tel: 0191 643 2333
Fax: 0191 643 2341

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