Dear Sir or Madam,

Please can you inform me of your intentions for managing the
provision of digital TV in preparation for analogue switch-off for
the residents of your council-run properties.

To summarise, I would like to know what process is being used to
establish the needs of residents, costs to residents and services
to be provided.

Please provide the following in your response: 1. Full details of
the consultation with residents, including methods of consultation
and communication of plans (with dates/timelines or estimates if
exact dates are not available). Please outline legal
responsibilities for this and clarify whether legal advice about
consultation with residents. 2. If no consultation took place,
please give details of how the needs were assessed and what
criteria was applied in deciding what equipment/system would be
purchased. 3. A summary of the contents of communications sent out
to residents who currently have satellite dishes installed without
planning permission 4. A project plan/capital investment proposal
or similar document that gives full details of the digital tv
switchover project - my expectation is that a comprehensive paper
must have been written to receive funding signoff and details the
upgrade work, this may be in the form of several documents.
Included I expect to see details of why the work is required,
recommendations, objectives, benefits to residents, legal
obligations etc. I would like to see what options where considered
and a rationale for why each was rejected. 5. Please clarify what
contact you have had with the Digital TV Switchover Help scheme and
how the help scheme is being incorporated into the switchover
project. 6. Full technical spec for the chosen digital tv system
including why this was chosen over other options.

Yours faithfully,

Michael

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Dear Mr Grade,

Please see response to your Freedom of Information request and
attachments (below)

If you have any further queries or concerns then please contact the
Senior Information Manager at Corporate Resources, Corporate Law &
Community Services, 2nd Floor, Room 204, Islington Town Hall, Upper
Street, London, N1 2UD, alternatively please telephone on 020-7527- 3309
/ 3183 or email: [Islington Borough Council request email]

You can also contact the Information Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545 700
www.ico.gov.uk < http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
<http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk/> >

Yours sincerely

Paul Byer
Service Development Officer
Performance and Service Development Team
Homes for Islington
Highbury House
5 Highbury Crescent
N5 1RN

Tel No: 020 7527 4484
Email: [email address]
www.homesforislington.org.uk

Martin Dennis
Homes for Islington
Project Officer - Special Projects Team
Highbury House
5 Highbury Crescent
London
N5 1RN
Tel: 020 7527 7834
[mobile number]
Email: <mailto:[email address]>
[email address]
Web: <http://www.homesforislington.org.uk/>
http://www.homesforislington.org.uk/

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