Council Newspapers
A Freedom of Information request to Wycombe District Council by L Barnett
The request was successful.
L Barnett
4 January 2010
Dear Wycombe District 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
Wycombe District Council
5 January 2010
Dear Mr or Mrs Barnett
FOI Ref: 7092
I am writing in connection with your request for information which we
received today.
Your request for information has been passed to Mr Jeff Willmore
(Communications Manager) for response. We will contact you if it is felt
that your request may fall under a requirement for a fee to be levied
regarding the request for information. This fee will need to be paid
prior to the request for information being answered.
Every effort will be made to respond to you within 10 working days of
receipt of your request. However, if because of the nature of your
request further investigations are necessary, we will respond within the
20 day maximum entitled to us under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
In the meantime, if you have any further comments relating to your
request, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Jean Roberts
Complaints Officer/PA to Head of Democratic & Legal Services
Wycombe District Council, Queen Victoria Road
High Wycombe, Bucks HP11 1BB
Telephone: 01494 421202 (Tuesday-Friday to 3.30 pm)
Fax: 01494 421583
Email: [email address]
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Wycombe District Council
14 January 2010
Dear Mr or Mrs Barnett
FOI Ref: 7092
Council Free Sheets - Wycombe District Council
I am writing in reply to your Freedom of Information Request dated 5
January 2010. Mr Jeff Willmore (Communications Manager), has provided the
attached information in response to your request.
Information you receive which is not subject to Crown Copyright continues
to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from
which the information originated. You must ensure that you gain their
permission before reproducing any third party (non Crown Copyright)
information.
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision,
you should write to the Head of Democratic & Legal Services at Wycombe
District Council.
If you are not content with the outcome your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure provided by Wycombe District Council. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
Jean Roberts
Complaints Officer/PA to Corporate Manager - Democratic, Legal & Policy
Services
Wycombe District Council, Queen Victoria Road
High Wycombe, Bucks HP11 1BB
Telephone: 01494 421202 (Tuesday-Friday to 3.30 pm)
Fax: 01494 421583
Email: [email address]
****** HELP US TO REDUCE PAPER USE ******
****** DO NOT PRINT THIS EMAIL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY ******
****** DISCLAIMER *****
Any opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual and are not
necessarily those of Wycombe District Council.
This email and any files transmitted within it are strictly confidential and
intended solely for the use of the individual or
entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this
email you must not copy, distribute or use the
communication in any other way. If you do receive this email in error please
contact the sender as soon as possible and
delete the email and any attachments. Wycombe District Council may monitor the
contents of email sent and received
via its network for the purposes of ensuring compliance with its policies and
procedures.
Wycombe District Council has scanned this email and attachments for viruses but
does not accept any responsibilities
for viruses once this email has been transmitted. The recipient is responsible
for scanning emails and any attachments for viruses themselves.
This message has been scanned for viruses by [1]MailControl, a service from
[2]BlackSpider Technologies.
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