Council newspaper

Re: FOI request - Ref FOI/10/005

I wish to acknowledge receipt of your request for information which was
received yesterday following the Christmas closure of the Council offices.

I have asked the relevant officers of the Authority to commence enquiries
immediately to find all applicable information relating to your request
under the FOI Act and to supply any which is found to me.

Your request has to be processed within a maximum of 20 working days,
which means the Council must provide you with the information it has
(assuming no exemptions are claimed) by 2 February 2010. If it is possible
to provide you with the information within a shorter timescale then that
will be done.

Should you have any queries about this matter please don’t hesitate to
contact me.

Kind regards
FOI Officer

L Barnett
<[FOI #26058 email]> To: FOI requests at Redcar &
Cleveland Council
03/01/2010 19:37 <[Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council request email]>
cc:
Subject: Freedom of Information
request - Council newspaper

Dear Redcar & Cleveland 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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FOI 10 005
Further to my acknowledgement of your request, I have received some
information from the relevant officers within the Council and have been
advised we do hold some of the information requested.

You asked nine questions relating to the Council newspaper. Please find
attached below the authority response.

I hope that this satisfies your request for information. If you are not
satisfied with how your request has been dealt with then you are free to
make
a complaint either to the Council or to the Information Commissioner. You
will find details of the complaints procedure on the Council's Website at
http://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/YrCou...
(alternatively by using the A-Z Index from the home page). The Information
Commissioner is an independent person who has responsibility for
overseeing the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act
2000. More details can be obtained from the Information Commissioner***s
website at www.ico.gov.uk .

Should you have any queries about this matter please don***t hesitate to
contact me.

FOI Officer

L Barnett
<[FOI #26058 email]> To: FOI requests at Redcar &
Cleveland Council
03/01/2010 19:37 <[Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council request email]>
cc:
Subject: Freedom of Information
request - Council newspaper

Dear Redcar & Cleveland 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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published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #26058 email]

Is [Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council request email] the wrong address
for Freedom of Information requests to Redcar & Cleveland Council?
If so please contact us using this form:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/help/contact

If you find WhatDoTheyKnow useful as an FOI officer, please ask
your web manager to suggest us on your organisation's FOI page.
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