Asylum seekers

Roger Phillips made this Freedom of Information request to Carmarthenshire Council

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From: Roger Phillips

15 January 2011

Dear Carmarthenshire Council,
Could you please tell me how many houses are being kept for the
sole use of asylum seekers in Carmarthenshire and also how many
asylum seekers are currently being accommodated in the council
area?

Yours faithfully,

Roger Phillips

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From: Roger Phillips

12 March 2011

Dear Carmarthenshire Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Carmarthenshire
Council's handling of my FOI request 'Asylum seekers'.

You have failed to respond in the legal timeframe

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/as...

Yours faithfully,

Roger Phillips

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Carmarthenshire Council

14 March 2011

Dear Mr Phillips,

Thank you for your email. However, I can confirm that your request was
not received by us in January.

This is confirmed on the What do they Know website - having followed the
link you provided it is clear that the message you sent on 15th January
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We are therefore dealing with your request as being received on 12th
March, 2011 and a further acknowledgement giving a reference number and
deadline for response will be provided shortly.

Yours sincerely

John Tillman
Swyddog Gwybodaeth a Diogelu Data
Adran y Prif Weithredwr
Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin

Information & Data Protection Officer
Chief Executive's Department
Carmarthenshire County Council

Mewnol/Internal: 4127
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Carmarthenshire Council

14 March 2011

Dear Mr. Phillips,

Thank you for your request for information regarding asylum seekers, which
was received on 12th March, 2011 and is being dealt with under the Freedom
of Information Act 2000. We are therefore required to provide you with a
response within 20 working days, which will be on or before 8th April,
2011.

If we require any clarification or further details, we will contact you as
soon as possible - if this is the case, then the timescale for response
specified above may be subject to change.

In the meantime, if you have any queries, please do not hesitate to
contact me, remembering to quote the reference provided number above in
any communications.

Yours sincerely

John Tillman

Swyddog Gwybodaeth a Diogelu Data

Adran y Prif Weithredwr

Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin

Information & Data Protection Officer

Chief Executive's Department

Carmarthenshire County Council

Mewnol/Internal: 4127

Allanol/External: 01267 224127

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From: FOIA
Carmarthenshire Council

21 March 2011

Dear Mr Phillips,

I refer to your request for information, which was received on 12th
March, 2011 and has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act
2000.

The specific information you requested was as follows:

"Could you please tell me how many houses are being kept for the sole
use of asylum seekers in Carmarthenshire and also how many asylum
seekers are currently being accommodated in the council area?"

In response, I can confirm that Carmarthenshire is not part of the
consortium in South Wales that deals with providing accommodation for
asylum seekers. The only local authorities that are involved are
Swansea, Cardiff and Newport.

Therefpre, no houses are being kept within this County for the sole use
of asylum seekers and no asylum seekers are being accomodated in this
Council's area.

If I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact
me.

Yours sincerely

John Tillman
Swyddog Gwybodaeth a Diogelu Data
Adran y Prif Weithredwr
Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin

Information & Data Protection Officer
Chief Executive's Department
Carmarthenshire County Council

Mewnol/Internal: 4127
Allanol/External: 01267 224127
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