Council newspaper

Dear Sir/Madam

I acknowledge receipt of your request regarding the Council Newspaper.
This is being dealt with as an information request under the above Act.

We have 20 working days to deal with your request from the date that we
received it, but hope to provide you with the information you are looking
for at an earlier date where possible.

Regards

Lorna Gow

Lorna Gow

Secretary to:

Director of Corporate & Neighbourhood Services

Tel: 01324 506007

Fax: 01324 506001

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[1][FOI #25910 email]

Dear Ms/Mr Barnett

The information requested by you is supplied below. I trust this will be
of assistance to you.

Caroline Binnie

FOI 3028802

Dear Falkirk 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)

Falkirk Council News, published quarterly, distributed to c80,000 homes
and businesses.
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 per issue of Falkirk Council News is c£7,000 for printing and
c£4,000 for distribution by Royal Mail. Costs included in Council budget.

3. How much of that cost is offset by advertising

None
4. How much of that advertising, if any, comes from external
sources (ie not from your authority's budgets)?

None
5. Which other public sector partners pay to run advertising in
your newspaper, eg PCTs?

None

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

Not applicable
8. A copy of an advertising policy guide, if one exists, which
governs what sort of advertising is suitable.

Not applicable
9. The number of people employed to put your newspaper/newsletter
together, including total cost and staff organisation chart

Not applicable - produced using existing resources.
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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