Council newspapers

Thank you for your message. The offices are now closed until Monday 4th
January 2010.

Over the Christmas period waste and recycling collections will be as
follows:

If your normal collection day should be Tuesday 22nd December your
Christmas collection day will be Monday 21st December

If your normal collection day should be Wednesday 23rd December your
Christmas collection day will be Tuesday 22nd December

If your normal collection day should be Thursday 24th December your
Christmas collection day will be Wednesday 23rd December

If your normal collection day should be Friday 25th December your
Christmas collection day will be Thursday 24th December

If your normal collection day should be Tuesday 29th December your
collection will remain unchanged

If your normal collection day should be Wednesday 30th December your
collection will remain unchanged

If your normal collection day should be Thursday 31st December your
collection will remain unchanged

If you normal collection day should be Friday 1st January your Christmas
collection will be Saturday 2nd January

Please ensure your bin or box is presented on the correct amended day by
6:00am during the Christmas period.

No side waste will be collected.

Normal collections will resume from Tuesday 5th January 2009

Visit our website to find your nearest recycling centre to recycle your
excess Christmas waste.'

Collections between Christmas and New Years Day remain unchanged

In case of an emergency please call our Contact Centre on 01246 242424.

Our website www.bolsover.gov.uk also contains a lot of information, which
you may find useful, for example, making a payment, reporting a problem or
finding details of your nearest re-cycling site.

Kind regards

Customer Service and Performance Department
Bolsover District Council

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Please Ask For: Alison Sipson
Direct Line: 01246 242383
E-mail: [email address]
Date: 4th January 2010

L Barnett

Dear Sir or Madam

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST -

Your reference number - 445/0910

Your request is being considered and you will receive the information
requested within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined
by the Freedom of Information Act 2000, subject to the information not
being exempt.

For your information, the Act defines a number of exemptions which may
prevent release of the information you have requested. There will be an
assessment and if any of the exemption categories apply then the
information will not be released. You will be informed if this is the
case, together with your rights of appeal.

If the information you request contains reference to a third party then
they may be consulted prior to a decision being taken on whether or not
to release the information to you. You will be informed if this is the
case.

There may a fee for this information. This will be considered and you
will be informed if a fee is payable. In this event the fee must be paid
before the information is processed and released. The 20 working day
time limit for responses is suspended until receipt of the payment.

If you have any queries or concerns then please contact the Customer
Service and Performance Department at District of Bolsover, Sherwood
Lodge, Bolsover, Derbyshire, S44 6NF, telephone 01246 242383, e-mail
[email address].

Further information is also available from the Information Commissioner
at:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545 745
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

Alison Sipson on behalf of Ann Bedford
Customer Service and Performance Department

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Please Ask For: Alison Sipson
Direct Line: 01246 242383
E-mail: [email address]
Date: 7th January 2010

L Barnett

Dear Sir or Madam

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

Your reference number - 445/0910

Your request for information has now been considered and, to the best of our knowledge, the information we hold which relates to your request is set out below:

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)

Intouch, published four times per annum to 45,000 residents and businesses across Bolsover District.

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

Cost in 2008/09 - £17,951.32. Budgeted Resources in 2009/10 - £18,500.

3. How much of that cost is offset by advertising

No information held as there are no costs offset.

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

No information held as none come from external sources.

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

No information held as no other public sector partners are paid.

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

No information held as no other advertising is used.

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 information held as no policy is held.

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

No information held - as above

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

The Communications Officer and a Graphic Designer work on the publication. It takes one week to produce each edition. Total staff cost is approximately £600 per edition. For the staff information chart the link is as follows:

http://www.bolsover.gov.uk/pdf/cspd%20st....
I hope that you are satisfied with our response. However, if you are dissatisfied in any way with the handling of your information request your next step would be to clearly state in writing why you are dissatisfied and the Council will treat this as a formal complaint in accordance with our Compliments, Comments and Complaints policy. This policy is available on the Council's website www.bolsover.gov.uk or by contacting the Customer Service and Performance Department on 01246 242383 or by emailing [email address] .
I would also be interested to know how satisfied you are with the way your request has been handled. To this end, I would ask you to consider spending a few minutes of your time to complete the attached survey form and return it to us by freepost (no stamp is required) to:

CSPD
Freepost NEA 4916
Bolsover District Council
Sherwood Lodge
Bolsover
Derbyshire, S44 6BR

Alternatively, save the survey electronically once completed and send it as an attachment to an email to [email address]. Unfortunately at present we are unable to accept these surveys electronically i.e. by pressing the 'submit' button.

I also have a duty to make you aware of the Information Commissioner's Office, which is an independent body who monitor the Data Protection Act, the Freedom of Information Act and Environmental Information Regulations, and make sure organisations fulfil their legal obligations under the Acts. They can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545 745
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

Ann Bedford
Customer Service and Performance Department

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