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L Barnett made this Freedom of Information request to Brighton and Hove City Council

The request was successful.

From: L Barnett

3 January 2010

Dear Brighton & Hove 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: Freedom Of Information
Brighton and Hove City Council

4 January 2010

Thank you for your request for information and I confirm we shall
respond as quickly as possible but not later than 29 January 2010.

Wendy Kassamani
Information Compliance Officer
Brighton & Hove City Council
Tel: 01273 296636

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From: Wendy Kassamani
Brighton and Hove City Council

22 January 2010

Regarding your request for information under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000: Ref: foi/02/10

Please find set out below the information in response to the above
request:

"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)

City News magazine.

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

City News costs £125,000 a year to produce. £125,000.

3. How much of that cost is offset by advertising

Advertising revenue in 2008/9 was £32,684.

4. How much of that advertising, if any, comes from external

sources (ie not from your authority's budgets)?

Records of advertising income are not broken down into external/internal
revenue.

5. Which other public sector partners pay to run advertising in

your newspaper, eg PCTs?

Various NHS PCT and hospital trusts.

6. Whether recruitment advertising forms part of the advertising in

your newspaper?

Yes.

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

N/A.

8. A copy of an advertising policy guide, if one exists, which

governs what sort of advertising is suitable.

N/A.

9. The number of people employed to put your newspaper/newsletter

together, including total cost and staff organisation chart

N/A - there are no members of staff who work exclusively on City News. The
work is done by one communications officer and one designer, who both work
on many other municipal publications.

Should you have any queries concerning this request please contact me,
remembering to quote the reference number shown above.

If you are not satisfied how your request has been handled, you can
appeal. Please write to:

Freedom of Information Appeals

Room 413

Brighton & Hove City Council

Hove Town Hall

Norton Road

Hove BN3 4AH

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If you are still not satisfied after your complaint has been investigated,
you can escalate your complaint to the Information Commissioners Office.
The contact details are:

The Information Commissioners Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire SK9 5AF

Telephone number: 01625 545745

e-mail: [2][email address]

Website: [3]www.dataprotection.gov.uk

If you have any queries regarding this process, please contact me via the
contact details below.

Wendy Kassamani

Information Compliance Officer

Brighton & Hove City Council

Hove Town Hall

Norton Road

Hove, BN3 4AH

Tel: 01273 296636

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From: L Barnett

5 March 2010

Dear Wendy Kassamani,

Thanks for your reply. Could I have the circulation and frequency
of distribution, as requested in question 1?

Yours sincerely,

L Barnett

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From: Wendy Kassamani
Brighton and Hove City Council

9 March 2010

Apologies for missing information:

"Circulation: 104,000 copies
Frequency: Ten times a year."

Wendy Kassamani
Information Compliance Officer
Brighton & Hove City Council
Tel: 01273 296636

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