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L Barnett made this Freedom of Information request to Orkney Islands Council

The request was successful.

From: L Barnett

3 January 2010

Dear Orkney Islands 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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Michael Traill left an annotation ( 4 January 2010)

This requestor refers to section 16 in regards to assistance.

This request is to a Scottish public authority which in FOI terms is covered by the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. Section 16 of this Act concerns 'Refusal of request'.

It is important for requestors to understand the differences between law in Scotland and England & Wales and how this impacts upon FOI requests.

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From: customerservice
Orkney Islands Council

5 January 2010

Good morning,

Thank you very much for your query via the OIC web site.

I have passed your email onto our FOI officer who will be in touch with
you shortly.

Please do not hesitate to contact us shoudl you have any further queries.

Regards

Customer services

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From: foi
Orkney Islands Council

6 January 2010

Dear Sir

The undernoted request has been received. Please note the reference
assigned. We will revert in due course.

Yours faithfully

F MacDonald

FOI

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From: foi
Orkney Islands Council

17 January 2010

Dear Sir

Further to your undernoted request the information held is as follows:

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)

Answer: The Council does not have a Council newspaper or magazine

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

Answer: not applicable

3. How much of that cost is offset by advertising

Answer: not applicable

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

Answer: not applicable

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

Answer: not applicable

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

Answer: not applicable

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

Answer: not applicable

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

Answer: not applicable

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

Answer: not applicable

In terms of section 20 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002,
the Council is obliged to put in place a system by which it can review its
actions and decisions in relation to requests for information. Applicants
can require a review within 40 working days after a response has been
issued or after the expiry of the time for complying with the request.

Any requests for review must be complied with promptly and in any event,
by not later than the 20th working day after the receipt of the
requirement. Should you wish a review to be carried out in respect of
this response to your request, then we should be obliged if you would
contact the Freedom of Information Officer (at Council Offices, School
Place, Kirkwall, Orkney. KW15 1NY) within the timescale specified above
and the appropriate arrangements will be made.

Yours faithfully

F MacDonald

FOI

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