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L Barnett made this Freedom of Information request to Rossendale Borough Council

The request was partially successful.

From: L Barnett

3 January 2010

Dear Rossendale 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: Maureen Catlow
Rossendale Borough Council

4 January 2010

RE: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT

Logged as our Reference FOI /633

I acknowledge receipt of your email dated 3^rd January 2010.

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days.

If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact me.
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

Regards

Maureen

Maureen Catlow

Acting Member Support Officer

Rossendale Borough Council

Futures Park

Bacup

OL13 0BB

01706 252425

email: [email address]

A Good Council as rated by the Audit Commission in July 2007.

Nominated for the LGC Most Improved Council of the Year 2008.

Third overall on the Times Best Council*s List 2007 and best for Training & Development

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Rossendale Borough Council, Town Centre Office, Lord Street, Rawtenstall, BB4 7LZ Web site: www.rossendale.gov.uk

Telephone 01706 217777

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From: Maureen Catlow
Rossendale Borough Council

11 January 2010

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REQUEST FOR INFORMATION UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT

With reference to your email dated 3^rd January, 2010.

Please see attached letter.

If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact me.
Please quote reference number FOI /633 in any future communications.

Yours sincerely

Maureen Catlow

Maureen Catlow

Acting Member Support Officer

Rossendale Borough Council

Futures Park

Bacup

OL13 0BB

01706 252425

email: [email address]

A Good Council as rated by the Audit Commission in July 2007.

Nominated for the LGC Most Improved Council of the Year 2008.

Third overall on the Times Best Council*s List 2007 and best for Training & Development

This message and any attachments are confidential and should only be read by those to whom they are addressed. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, or distribution of the message, or any action or omission taken by you in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. As a public body, Rossendale Borough Council may be required to disclose this email or any response to it under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, unless the information in it is covered by one of the exemptions in the Act. Please immediately contact the sender if you have received this message in error. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact us immediately, delete the message from your computer and destroy any copies.

Internet communications are not always secure and therefore Rossendale Borough Council does not accept legal responsibility for this message. The recipient is responsible for verifying its authenticity before acting on the contents. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Rossendale Borough Council.

Rossendale Borough Council, Town Centre Office, Lord Street, Rawtenstall, BB4 7LZ Web site: www.rossendale.gov.uk

Telephone 01706 217777

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