Council newspaper

I am currently out of the office and will return on Monday 4th Jan 2010.

Thanks.

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Thank you for your message. I am out of the office until Monday 4th
January, but if the e-mail you have sent requires attention before then,
please contact the ICT helpdesk on 01772 625271

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I am out of the office until Tuesday 5th January 2010 Please direct any
enquires to John Healey or a member of the IS team - [email address]
or telephone 01772 625369

If your e-mail relates to an FOI /DP /EIR request, another member of the
team will pick this up and action it.

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Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your information request. We will
endeavour to respond as soon as possible and at the latest within 20
working days of receipt. In the unlikely event that this is not
possible, we will write to explain why and provide an anticipated
completion date.

If you have any queries please contact Elizabeth Phillipson, Information
Manager, on 01772 625214 or by e-mail to [email address]

Yours faithfully,

Pam Shingleston
Technical Support Analyst
South Ribble Borough Council

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Hello

Thank you very much for your Freedom of Information request of 4 January
2010.  Apologies for the delay in replying.  Please see the answers to
your questions below in blue text below.

Hope this information helps.  If you have any queries, or I can be of any
help, please let me know (tel: 01772 625512).

Best wishes,

Darren

Darren Cranshaw

Community Engagement Manager & Interim Scrutiny Manager

South Ribble Borough Council

Tel: 01772 625512

[mobile number]

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)

Our council newspaper is called FORWARD and is distributed to 48,000
households in South Ribble quarterly.  Please [1]click here to view the
latest issue on our website.

    

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

The cost of design, print and distribution of the newspaper is around
£35,000, which is also in the current years budget.

    

3. How much of that cost is offset by advertising

We receive around £5,000 in income from advertising.

    

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

100%

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

Lancashire County Council, NHS Central Lancashire, Progress Housing Group.

    

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

No.

    

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

No formal editorial policy is in place.  However, we ensure we meet the
national code for local authority publicity.  Editorial content is agreed
by a cross-part group of councillors with appropriate specialist advice
from qualified officers.

    

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

We follow the standard guidelines held by our advertising agency.

    

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

Part of one full-time post - salary cost approximately £7,000.  The post
sits within a Public Relations function of 2 people within a wider
community engagement team.

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