Council Newspapers

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

The request was successful.

From: L Barnett

4 January 2010

Dear Wyre 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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Wyre Borough Council

5 January 2010

Dear Sir/Madam,

I have forwarded this to our Freedom of Information officer for you.

Regards
ConnectWyre

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From: Bedford, Colin
Wyre Borough Council

19 January 2010

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FAO L Barnett

Date: 19 Jan 2010

Dear L Barnett

RE: FOI request - Council Newspapers (RQ000850)

Wyre Borough Council holds the information you require. This is as
follows:-

1. We have a free magazine called Wyre Voice published biannually,
distributed to 48,000 homes
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 for Wyre Voice in 2008/09 was £53,679.58
Budget for 2009/10 is £21,590. We have done 2 issues per annum for the
past 2 years. We'll come in just about on budget when all invoices paid.

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? None

7. A copy of the editorial policy for the free newspaper is attached.

8. We have no advertising policy guide, because no advertising is used.

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

We have a Public Relations/ Consultation Department of four staff
including a manager who is part time. See attached management structure.

Two of the full time staff contribute towards the production of the
newspaper, (although we have no records of the precise number of hours.)

Yours faithfully
Colin Bedford, FOI Officer

Wyre Borough Council
Civic Centre
Poulton-Le-Fylde
FY6 7PU
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