Marketing/PR activities - Dartmouth Academy

Rhian Jones made this Freedom of Information request to E-ACT This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.

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Dear Dartmouth Academy,

1. Please could you provide data for the total spend on marketing and public relations activities in the academic years 2009/2010, 2010/2011 and 2011/12 (to date).

2. Please could you also provide a detailed breakdown of the total marketing/PR spend using the following categories:

-website

-social media

-printed media (e.g. letters and leaflets)

-advertising (including posters and banners)

-consultation (of parents)

-photography/digital media

-salaries

-entertainment/gifts

-public relations representation (to secure local or national print or broadcast media coverage or manage unfavourable media coverage, for example)

3. Please could you confirm whether you employ a full or part-time member of staff with responsibility for external public relations, marketing or communications. If so, please provide a figure for their annual salary (before tax) and any additional benefits such as pensions or bonuses.

4. Please could you confirm whether you have engaged the services of an education consultancy, during the last six years, for the purposes of public relations/marketing and/or to generate media coverage (print or broadcast) or manage unfavourable coverage.

If so, please provide the name of the organisation or individual, plus details of their duties and responsibilities, as per the contractual agreement. Please also provide details of how much they have been paid to date including any monthly or annual retainers. If the consultancy has been arranged via a third party i.e. consultants, project management companies or contractors, please provide the full name of the organisation and their duties and responsibilities, as per the contractual agreement. Please also provide details of how much they have been paid to date, including any monthly or annual retainers.

Yours faithfully,

Rhian Jones

Giovanni Livoti, E-ACT

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Dear Rhian Jones

 

I attach E-ACT’s holding response to your request made on 4 January 2012.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Giovanni Li Voti

Legal Services Administrator

 

Tel:             020 3176 3772

Email:         [1][email address]

 

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3rd Floor, 10 Whitfield Street, London, W1T 2RE  

T +44 (0) 203 176 3882 E [3][email address]

F +44 (0) 203 176 3880 W [4]www.E-ACT.org.uk        

 

Director General: Sir Bruce Liddington

Registered Office: E-ACT, 2-6 Cannon Street, London, EC4M 6YH Company No.
652 6376

E-ACT is a charitable company limited by guarantee

 

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Giovanni Livoti, E-ACT

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Dear Ms Jones

 

Please find attached E-ACT’s response to your request made on 4 January
2012.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Giovanni Li Voti

Legal Services Administrator

 

Tel:             020 3176 3772

Email:         [1][email address]

 

[2]New E-ACT Logo.jpg

 

3rd Floor, 10 Whitfield Street, London, W1T 2RE  

T +44 (0) 203 176 3882 E [3][email address]

F +44 (0) 203 176 3880 W [4]www.E-ACT.org.uk        

 

Director General: Sir Bruce Liddington

Registered Office: E-ACT, 2-6 Cannon Street, London, EC4M 6YH Company No.
652 6376

E-ACT is a charitable company limited by guarantee

 

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Dear E-ACT,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of E-ACT's handling of my FOI request 'Marketing/PR activities - Dartmouth Academy'.

I believe your exemption stated in your answer to question 4 is invalid due to the Public Interest Test.

Your response was – “Prior to the school opening and only as part of the project phase before opening, a specialist marketing company was contracted to support brand development. The agency selected was Zest. The terms of this arrangement are commercially sensitive and we are not required to disclose details.”

I refer you to the following ICO guidelines;

In the Introduction to the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Commissioner lists the following public interest factors that would encourage the disclosure of information:

Promoting accountability and transparency in the spending of public money. The public interest is likely to be served, for instance in the context of private sector delivery of public services, if the disclosure of information ensures greater competition and better value for money that is public.

Therefore I would appreciate it if you could reconsider your answer.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ma...

Yours faithfully,

Rhian Jones

Dear E-ACT,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of E-ACT's handling of my FOI request 'Marketing/PR activities - Dartmouth Academy'.

I am yet to receive a response to my internal review.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ma...

Yours faithfully,

Rhian Jones

Giovanni Livoti, E-ACT

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Dear Rhian

 

We are reviewing the response and will reply by the 20th working day
following receipt of your request.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Giovanni Li Voti

Legal Services Administrator

 

 

Giovanni Li Voti

Legal Services Administrator

 

Tel:             020 3176 3772

Email:         [1][email address]

 

[2]New E-ACT Logo.jpg

 

3rd Floor, 10 Whitfield Street, London, W1T 2RE  

T +44 (0) 203 176 3882 E [3][email address]

F +44 (0) 203 176 3880 W [4]www.E-ACT.org.uk        

 

Director General: Sir Bruce Liddington

Registered Office: E-ACT, 2-6 Cannon Street, London, EC4M 6YH Company No.
652 6376

E-ACT is a charitable company limited by guarantee

 

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FOI, E-ACT

Dear Ms Jones

Further to our email of 16 February 2012 we would like to inform you that an additional 5 working days will be needed to carry out the independent internal review of your request.

We will reply on the 13th March 2012.

Yours sincerely

Giovanni Li Voti
Legal Services Administrator

Tel:             020 3176 3772
Email:         [email address]

3rd Floor, 10 Whitfield Street, London, W1T 2RE  
T +44 (0) 203 176 3882 E [email address]
F +44 (0) 203 176 3880 W www.E-ACT.org.uk        

Director General: Sir Bruce Liddington
Registered Office: E-ACT, 2-6 Cannon Street, London, EC4M 6YH Company No. 652 6376
E-ACT is a charitable company limited by guarantee

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Dear FOI,

Thanks for the update, I will await a response.

Yours sincerely,

Rhian Jones

FOI, E-ACT

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Dear Ms Jones

 

I attach E-ACT’s response to your internal review request made on 7
February 2012.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Giovanni Li Voti

Legal Services Administrator

 

Tel:             020 3176 3772

Email:         [1][email address]

 

[2]New E-ACT Logo.jpg

 

3rd Floor, 10 Whitfield Street, London, W1T 2RE  

T +44 (0) 203 176 3882 E [3][email address]

F +44 (0) 203 176 3880 W [4]www.E-ACT.org.uk        

 

Director General: Sir Bruce Liddington

Registered Office: E-ACT, 2-6 Cannon Street, London, EC4M 6YH Company No.
652 6376

E-ACT is a charitable company limited by guarantee

 

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