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L Barnett made this Freedom of Information request to North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

The request was successful.

From: L Barnett

3 January 2010

Dear North Tyneside Borough Council,

Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act, I wish to
receive the following information from your authority:

1. The name, frequency and distribution/circulation of your council
newspaper (by council newspaper I mean the most frequently
published newspaper or magazine intended for mass distribution
covering more than one topic)

2. How much it cost to produce and distribute said newspaper in the
last full financial year, and how much was budgeted from council
resources in the financial year 2009/2010

3. How much of that cost is offset by advertising

4. How much of that advertising, if any, comes from external
sources (ie not from your authority's budgets)?

5. Which other public sector partners pay to run advertising in
your newspaper, eg PCTs?

6. Whether recruitment advertising forms part of the advertising in
your newspaper?

7. A copy of an editorial policy guide, if one exists, which
governs the material which is placed in the newspaper, and how it
is decided

8. A copy of an advertising policy guide, if one exists, which
governs what sort of advertising is suitable.

9. The number of people employed to put your newspaper/newsletter
together, including total cost and staff organisation chart

Some parts of this request may be easier to answer than others, and
should this prove to be the case I would ask that you release
available data as soon as possible rather than hold up the entire
request.

I would prefer to receive this information electronically. If the
decision is made to withhold some of this data using exemptions in
Act, please inform me of that fact and cite the exemptions used.

If you need any clarification then please contact me at the email.
Under your section 16 duty to provide advice and assistance I would
expect you to contact me if you find this request unmanageable in
any way.

I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have
received this request, and I look forward to hearing from you in
the near future.

Yours faithfully,

L Barnett

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From: Sarah Wright
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

4 January 2010

Ref: RFI 2338/ACK
Date: 04/01/2010

Dear L Barnett

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

In all further correspondence please quote our reference RFI 2338.

Thank you for your request for the following information.

1. The name, frequency and distribution/circulation of your council
newspaper (by council newspaper I mean the most frequently published
newspaper or magazine intended for mass distribution covering more
than one topic) 2. How much it cost to produce and distribute
said newspaper in the last full financial year, and how much was
budgeted from council resources in the financial year
2009/2010

3. How much of that cost is offset by advertising
4. How much of that advertising, if any, comes from external sources
(i.e. not from your authority's budgets)?

5. Which other public sector partners pay to run advertising in your
newspaper, egg PCTs?
6. Whether recruitment advertising forms part of the advertising in
your newspaper?
7. A copy of an editorial policy guide, if one exists, which governs
the material which is placed in the newspaper, and how it is
decided

8. A copy of an advertising policy guide, if one exists, which governs
what sort of advertising is suitable.

9. The number of people employed to put your newspaper/newsletter
together, including total cost and staff organisation chart

Some parts of this request may be easier to answer than others, and
should this prove to be the case I would ask that you release
available data as soon as possible rather than hold up the entire
request.

Your request was received on 04/01/2010 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
01/02/2010. 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:

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

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

Information Governance
Performance, Research and Intelligence
Organisational Improvement
North Tyneside Council
Quadrant
The Silver Link North
Cobalt Business Park
North Tyneside
NE27 0BY
 
Tel:   0191 643 2333
Fax:  0191 643 2341

This email and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee. It
may contain information or opinion which is strictly confidential or is
legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you should not
use, disclose, copy, print, distribute or otherwise rely upon the contents
of this email. If you have received this email in error please notify the
sender immediately by email and then permanently delete this email. This
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From: FOI Officer
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

18 January 2010

Attachment Response RFI 2338.pdf
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Ref: RFI 2338/FDL/SL
Date: 18/01/2010

Dear L Barnett

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

In all further correspondence please quote our reference RFI 2338.

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

The information you asked for is attached:

<<Response RFI 2338.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

This email and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee. It
may contain information or opinion which is strictly confidential or is
legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you should not
use, disclose, copy, print, distribute or otherwise rely upon the contents
of this email. If you have received this email in error please notify the
sender immediately by email and then permanently delete this email. This
email has been scanned for viruses and inappropriate content by Clearswift
MIMEsweeper service. North Tyneside Council does not guarantee this email
to be free of any viruses. It is the responsibility of the recipient to
ensure that this message and any attachments are virus free.

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