Dear Sir or Madam,

This Freedom of Information request is with regard to Oxfordshire
Partnership, whose secretariat (main office) is run by your
Council. Please provide the following documents you hold regarding
this organization.

1 The criteria for selecting member organizations for the
Partnership from the public, private, voluntary, and community
sectors; and how each member organization fulfilled the criteria.

2 The cost of each of the meetings of the Oxfordshire Partnership
Board since the Partnership came into being (2006), to date (2008).

3 The procedures for the initiation, investigation, and
implementation of censure, impeachment, or removal of a member
organization from the Partnership and/or of an individual member
from the Oxfordshire Partnership Board; and whether such procedures
have ever been used, and on what organization or on whom.

4 The procedure for a new organization from the public, private,
voluntary, or community sector to join the Oxfordshire Partnership
Board; or for an individual member of the public to join the
Oxfordshire Partnership Board; and whether such procedure has ever
been used.

Thank you very much.

Sincerely,

Dr Kaihsu Tai

Our reference: 0860 FOI - Oxfordshire Partnership

Dear Dr Tai,

Thank you for your request of 23 July 2008 in which you asked for the
following information:

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1 The criteria for selecting member organizations for the Partnership
from the public, private, voluntary, and community sectors; and how each
member organization fulfilled the criteria.

2 The cost of each of the meetings of the Oxfordshire Partnership Board
since the Partnership came into being (2006), to date (2008).

3 The procedures for the initiation, investigation, and implementation
of censure, impeachment, or removal of a member organization from the
Partnership and/or of an individual member from the Oxfordshire
Partnership Board; and whether such procedures have ever been used, and
on what organization or on whom.

4 The procedure for a new organization from the public, private,
voluntary, or community sector to join the Oxfordshire Partnership
Board; or for an individual member of the public to join the Oxfordshire
Partnership Board; and whether such procedure has ever been used.

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Oxfordshire County Council
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Our reference: 0860 FOI

Dear Dr Tai,

Thank you for your request of 23 July 2008 in which you asked for the following information:

1 The criteria for selecting member organizations for the

Partnership from the public, private, voluntary, and community

sectors; and how each member organization fulfilled the criteria.

2 The cost of each of the meetings of the Oxfordshire Partnership

Board since the Partnership came into being (2006), to date (2008).

3 The procedures for the initiation, investigation, and

implementation of censure, impeachment, or removal of a member

organization from the Partnership and/or of an individual member

from the Oxfordshire Partnership Board; and whether such procedures

have ever been used, and on what organization or on whom.

4 The procedure for a new organization from the public, private,

voluntary, or community sector to join the Oxfordshire Partnership

Board; or for an individual member of the public to join the

Oxfordshire Partnership Board; and whether such procedure has ever

been used.

Taking each of your questions in turn:

1 The criteria for selecting member organizations for the

Partnership from the public, private, voluntary, and community

sectors; and how each member organization fulfilled the criteria.

Government guidance outlines named partners who have a duty to cooperate in Sustainable Community Strategies and Local Area Agreements. The Partnership has assessed this and invited organisations appropriate to the priorities of the Partnership to join. Other representatives are proposed by members of the Board and a decision is taken collectively at a meeting of the Board whether or not the proposed representative should be invited to participate. Requests for membership are considered on a case by case basis.

The voluntary sector nominates two representatives to the Board at its annual voluntary sector forum.

Please click on the following link to view the most recent statutory guidance for Local Strategic Partnerships. Please refer in particular to Section 2.

http://www.communities.gov.uk/publicatio...

The membership of the Partnership was reviewed in 2006 as part of the Governance Review. The original Partnership, Oxfordshire Community Partnership, was set up in 2002.

2 The cost of each of the meetings of the Oxfordshire Partnership

Board since the Partnership came into being (2006), to date (2008).

Please refer to the table below which outlines the approximate costs of each of the meetings of the Oxfordshire Partnership Board.

Date

Venue

Cost

23 June 2008

County Hall

£200

7 March 2008

St Hugh's College

£860

11 December 2007

Oxford Town Hall

£380

23 October 2007

County Hall

£190

14 June 2007

Abingdon Guildhall

£500

21 February 2007

St Hugh's College

£740

7 December 2006 (Oxfordshire Partnership launched)

Oxford Town Hall

£440

21 September 2006 (OCP* steering group)

St Edmund Hall

£220

23 June 2006 (OCP steering group)

County Hall

£170

9 February 2006 (OCP steering group)

St Hugh's College

£700

* Oxfordshire Community Partnership

3 The procedures for the initiation, investigation, and

implementation of censure, impeachment, or removal of a member

organization from the Partnership and/or of an individual member

from the Oxfordshire Partnership Board; and whether such procedures

have ever been used, and on what organization or on whom.

The Oxfordshire Partnership Governance Framework sets out representatives' period of office and expectations for attendance at meetings including procedures for the removal of members from the Board.

It has never been necessary to enact any of these measures in relation to any member organisation of the Partnership or any individual member of the Partnership Board.

Please click on the following link to view the Governance Framework and Partnership Agreement:

http://portal.oxfordshire.gov.uk/content...

4 The procedure for a new organization from the public, private,

voluntary, or community sector to join the Oxfordshire Partnership

Board; or for an individual member of the public to join the

Oxfordshire Partnership Board; and whether such procedure has ever

been used.

Please see the response to Question 1 above.

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Yours sincerely,

Rachel Skeet
Information Officer

Oxfordshire County Council
Corporate Core
Freedom of Information Team
County Hall
New Road
Oxford
OX1 1ND

Tel: 01865 815889
Fax: 01865 247805

E-mail: [email address] <mailto:[email address]> (direct)
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Dear Rachel,

Your reference: 0860 FOI

Thank you again for your response. I have now received all the
information I need.

Sincerely,

Kaihsu Tai