Health & Safety / DDA requirements

Dear Mr Reynolds,

Freedom of Information enquiry reference ENQ8734.

Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 received on 24 May 2010, which has been forwarded to the relevant section.

The scheduled date for our response to your request for information is 22 June 2010.

If you have any enquiries meantime please do not hesitate to contact us.

Yours sincerely,

Jean Reid
FOI Compliance Assistant

FoI Enquiries Team
Legal and Democratic Services
Corporate Governance
Aberdeen City Council
Town House
Broad Street
Aberdeen AB10 1AQ
Tel: 01224 522875/523827
Fax: 01224 638556
email: [Aberdeen City Council request email]

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Dear Mr Reynolds,

Thank you for your information request of 24 May 2010, made under the
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA). Aberdeen City
Council (ACC) has completed the necessary search for the information
requested.

I respectfully request the contact details of the person/persons who
have the responsibility of dealing with all Health and Safety matters
with regard to the general public and in particular, the requirements
under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and 2005 at buildings owned
or operated from by the council

The Health & Safety Manager for Aberdeen City Council is:

Mary Agnew
Health and Safety Manager
Corporate Governance
Tel: 01224 523088
E-mail: [email address]

She is the competent person in terms of the legislation and offers
advice only. It is not her responsibility to deal with Health & Safety
matters in all council buildings, that lies with the manager of each
building.

If your query is in relation to a particular building, on
clarification, we can then obtain contact details. If it is all Council
buildings then there are around 450 properties, and there is no
centrally held list particularly for this. Please see attached
Information Not Held Notice.

If your request is in relation to access to Council buildings under the
Disability Discrimination Act then I would suggest that you contact:

Trevor Smith
Principal Architect
Enterprise, Planning and Infrastructure
Tel: 01224 522318
E-mail: [email address]

We are unable to provide you with a list of contact details for every
council building as it is not held by the Council. In order to comply
with its obligations under the terms of section 17 of the FOISA, the
Council must issue an official notice in relation to any requests for
information not held by it. I therefore attach an Information Not Held
notice.

We hope this helps with your request.

Yours sincerely,

Jean Reid
FOI Compliance Assistant

FURTHER INFORMATION

Aberdeen City Council’s Complaints Procedure under the FOISA

An applicant who is dissatisfied with the way in which Aberdeen City
Council has dealt with his/her request for information under section
1(1) of the FOISA regime, may, by virtue of section 20 of the FOISA,
require Aberdeen City Council to review its actions and/or decisions in
relation to that request.

If you wish Aberdeen City Council to review its actions and/or
decisions with respect to your request for information, you should write
to the City Archivist, Resources Management, Aberdeen City Council, Old
Town House, Broad Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1AQ. The City Archivist will
arrange for your application for review to be considered by the Review
Panel. The Review Panel will write to you informing you of its decision
by not later than twenty working days after receipt of your request
requiring that a review be made. By virtue of section 21 of the FOISA,
the Review Panel will also provide you with a statement of its reasons
for arriving at the decision it has made.

Your request for review should reach Aberdeen City Council by no later
than 18 August 2010. Your request for review must be in writing (or in
another form which has some permanency and is capable of being used for
subsequent reference i.e. audio/video tape recording). You must state
your name and address for correspondence. You must also give details of
the information that you originally requested from Aberdeen City
Council, and must state the reasons why you are dissatisfied with the
way in which your application for information has been dealt with.

Your Right to Complain to the Scottish Information Commissioner

By virtue of Section 47 of the FOISA, a person who is dissatisfied with
a Notice issued by Aberdeen City Council under Section 21 of the FOISA,
may apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner, for a decision as to
whether, in any respect specified in that application, the request for
information under section 1(1) of the FOISA, has been dealt with by
Aberdeen City Council in accordance with Part 1 of the FOISA.

An application to the Scottish Information Commissioner must be made in
writing (or in another form having some permanency ie a video/tape
recording) within six months of receipt of a section 21 Notice by the
applicant. An applicant must state his/her name and address. An
applicant must also specify: -

- the request for information to which the requirement for review by
Aberdeen City Council relate;
- the matter which gives rise to the applicant’s dissatisfaction
pertaining to the applicants request for review;
- the matter which gives rise to the applicant’s dissatisfaction
pertaining to the decision given in the section 21 Notice.

The Scottish Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Scottish Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes Road, St
Andrews, Fife, KY16 9BS
(Telephone 01334 464610; Fax 01334 464611; Email
[email address])

FoI Enquiries Team
Legal and Democratic Services
Corporate Governance
Aberdeen City Council
Town House
Broad Street
Aberdeen AB10 1AQ
Tel: 01224 522875/523827
Fax: 01224 638556
email: [Aberdeen City Council request email]

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