Communications, marketing, advertising, promotions and public relations

Dear Mr Kemp,

The application that was received by Plymouth City Council on 28th January
2010 has now been considered. The Council does hold information that you
have requested. This email is a full response to that application. My
apologies for the delay in providing this response to your request for
information about our communications and marketing team. We can now
provide you with the following information:

1) How many staff work in communications, marketing, advertising,
promotions and public relations in your authority. For the avoidance of
doubt this should include staff in a central department and directorates,
plus any retained freelance workers.

Six

2) The structure of communications, marketing, advertising,
promotions and public relation (ie structure chart/organogram with job
roles)

Head of Communications X 1
PA / Communications Assistant X 1
Corporate communications Officer x 4

3) The job title of the most senior staff member employed in
communications, marketing, advertising, promotions and public relation.

Head of Communications

4) The age of the most senior staff member employed in
communications, marketing and public relations.

This is exempt information under Freedom of Information Act
Section 40 - personal information

5) The average age of staff members employed in communications,
marketing, advertising, promotions and public relation.

37

6) The proportion of staff members employed in communications,
marketing, advertising, promotions and public relation holding

a) journalistic qualifications x3 total
b) public relations qualifications x2 total
c) marketing qualifications x1 total

Please note that the information supplied to you continues to be protected
by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. You can use the
information supplied for your own purposes, including any non-commercial
research you are doing and for the purposes of news reporting. Any other
reuse such as commercial publication would require the permission of the
Council. All rights are reserved.

If you are not satisfied with the way your request has been handled you
may ask for an internal review to take place.

I hope that we have supplied the information that you expected to receive.
If you wish to discuss this response or the information that is supplied
then please contact me using the details below. If you contact me by phone
and I am unavailable please leave a contact telephone number so that I can
get back to you.

If you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request or complaint,
you have a right to appeal to the Information Commissioner at:

The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Telephone: 08456 30 60 60 or 01625 54 57 45 Website: [1]www.ico.gov.uk

There is no charge for making an appeal.

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Dear Mr P Kemp

Following your request for an Internal Review, the service provided a
response to your application for information.
On behalf of the Council I apologise that your application was not
provided within the statutory timescale.
I hope that you are now satisfied that the Council has provided all the
information that it should.
Do you still wish to continue with your request for a formal Internal
Review of the Council's response to your application?
Yours sincerely

Richard Woodfield
Corporate Information Manager
ICT
Plymouth City Council
Civic Centre
Plymouth
PL1 2AA

Telephone: 01752 304067
[mobile number]
Fax: 01752 304997
Email: [email address]

www.plymouth.gov.uk

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