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L Barnett made this Freedom of Information request to Bassetlaw District Council

The request was partially successful.

From: L Barnett

3 January 2010

Dear Bassetlaw 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

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From: Julie Hamilton
Bassetlaw District Council

5 January 2010

I acknowledge receipt of your request and confirm that a response will be made by 29.1.10.

Julie Hamilton
Senior Democratic Services Officer
Community Engagement and Performance Service
Bassetlaw District Council
Queen's Buildings
Potter Street
Worksop
Notts S80 2AH

Tel: 01909 533146
Fax: 01909 501758
E-mail: [email address]

This email is only for the use of the addressee. It may contain information which is legally privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy, distribute or disseminate this email or any enclosure to anyone other than the addressee. If you receive this communication in error please delete it and notify the sender.
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From: Sarah Carter
Bassetlaw District Council

29 January 2010

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Dear L Barnett

I refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act received on 4
January 2010 requesting information on Council newspapers.

a)The Council has a duty to confirm or deny that it holds recorded
information that an applicant seeks from it and a duty to supply the
information requested, subject to any exemption that may apply.

b)However, under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the
right of access is to the information and not the documents.

Please find attached document with answers relating to this request for
information. Please note that we were unable to provide answers to all
the questions that you asked by the deadline date. Further information
will be provided to you in due course, hopefully this will be by Friday 5
February at the latest.

If you are dissatisfied with the Freedom of Information response set out
in this letter/e-mail you are able to utilise the Councils complaints
procedure details of which can be found on the Council's website
[1]www.bassetlaw.gov.uk.

In addition, information to any right of appeal to the Information
Commissioner may be found at www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk or by
writing to Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF (telephone 06125 545745), email [email address]

Yours sincerely

Sarah Carter
Complaints & Consultation Officer
Community Engagement and Performance
Performance Unit
Bassetlaw District Council
Queens Buildings
Worksop
Notts
S80 2AH

E-Mail: [2][email address]
Tel: 01909 533473
[3]www.bassetlaw.gov.uk
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From: Sarah Carter
Bassetlaw District Council

1 February 2010

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Dear Mr Barnett

Please find attached copy of the advertising acceptance policy [in
response to your question 8] which was inadvertently missed from the last
e-mail of 29 January 2010.

I apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Regards
Sarah Carter

Sarah Carter
Complaints & Consultation Officer
Community Engagement and Performance
Performance Unit
Bassetlaw District Council
Queens Buildings
Worksop
Notts
S80 2AH

E-Mail: [1][email address]
Tel: 01909 533473
[2]www.bassetlaw.gov.uk
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information which is legally privileged, confidential and exempt from
disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy,
distribute or disseminate this email or any enclosure to anyone other than
the addressee. If you receive this communication in error please delete it
and notify the sender.
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recording and/or monitoring in accordance with relevant
legislation

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From: Sarah Carter
Bassetlaw District Council

4 February 2010

Dear Mr Barnett

I refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act received on 4
January 2010 requesting information on Council newspapers. Further to my
response to you of 29.1.10 I am now in a position to provide the
additional information to you as promised.

Q: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?
A:Production/distribution 2008/09 [4 issues]: £45,272.46
Budget for 2009/10 [6 issues]: £37,500

Q: How much of that cost is offset by advertising ?
A: £16,877.46 [in 2008/09]

Q:How much of that advertising, if any, comes from external sources (ie
not from your authority's budgets)?
A: £10,241.66 [in 2008/09]

Q: Total cost of staff
A: £6,635.00 p/a pro-rata

I trust this provides all the information requested.

Regards
Sarah Carter

Sarah Carter
Complaints & Consultation Officer
Community Engagement and Performance
Performance Unit
Bassetlaw District Council
Queens Buildings
Worksop
Notts
S80 2AH

E-Mail: [1][email address]
Tel: 01909 533473
[2]www.bassetlaw.gov.uk
This email is only for the use of the addressee. It may contain
information which is legally privileged, confidential and exempt from
disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy,
distribute or disseminate this email or any enclosure to anyone other than
the addressee. If you receive this communication in error please delete it
and notify the sender.
All communications sent to or from this organisation may be subject to
recording and/or monitoring in accordance with relevant
legislation

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