Dear Sir or Madam,

Please identify the number of meetings that staff and political
representatives of the SNDC have held with the occupiers of
Kingsland House over the last six years.

Please identify the costs associated with these meetings to the
Council, and if the meetings were of a formal or social nature.

Yours faithfully,

C. P. ELLIOTT

Dear Mr Elliott

Thank you for your request which is being considered. You may be aware that we have 20 working days in which to respond to FOI requests and you will therefore hear from me again by 14 November 2008 or earlier if possible.

For your information, the Act defines a number of exemptions, which may prevent release of the information you have requested. There will be an assessment and if any of the exemption categories apply then some or all of the information may not be released. You will be informed if this is the case, including your rights of appeal.

There may be a fee payable for ‘reasonable disbursement’ costs such as postage and photocopying. This will be considered and you will be informed if a fee is payable. In this event the fee must be paid before the information is processed and released. The 20 working day time limit for responses is suspended until receipt of the payment.

If you have any queries or concerns then please let me know. If you do contact us again concerning this request, please quote FOI 08-173.

Joanna Kitchener
Scrutiny and Information Rights Manager
South Norfolk Council
Long Stratton, Norwich
NR15 2XE
01508 533602
www.south-norfolk.gov.uk

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Dear Mr Elliott

Please provide me with more information and clarification of your request. Please advise who the occupiers of Kingsland House are, which staff or members may have been involved in meetings and any more specific information to enable me to commence processing your request as it is not clear what you require.

Joanna Kitchener
Scrutiny and Information Rights Officer
South Norfolk Council
Long Stratton, Norwich
NR15 2XE
01508 533602
www.south-norfolk.gov.uk

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Dear Right2Know,

I understand the property has billing authority reference
0300601310.

It is further understood that the Solicitor to the Council has
validated the identity of the occupants. You could start there..

Yours sincerely,

C. P. ELLIOTT

Dear Mr Elliott

My duties under the Freedom of Information Act are to provide recorded information. In order for me to do so, I do need to know what information you are actually requesting. Please let me know who the occupants of Kingsland House are, which officers may have had meetings with them and any other information such as possible dates of meetings.

Without further clarification, I am unable to assist.

Joanna Kitchener
Scrutiny and Information Rights Officer
South Norfolk Council
Long Stratton, Norwich
NR15 2XE
01508 533602
www.south-norfolk.gov.uk

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Dear Right2Know,

I have some knowledge of dates of meetings (i.e. 01 September 2007
- Head of Paid Service). However, I am unsure of all other dates. I
am aware that several members of the Planning and Legal Staff of
the Council seem to have very regular meetings with the occupiers.

I think an internal review is required as the Council is
responsible for its own records and if these are not accessible
then it makes life very difficult.

Yours sincerely,

C. P. ELLIOTT

Dear Mr Elliott

Please can I request you again, to use the unique identifier attached to each FOI request as otherwise, confusion can arise as to which request you are referring to.

Turning to your request for an internal review, it appears you have misunderstood the purpose of an internal review. It may assist if I explain what the purpose and reasons for internal reviews are.

When a request for recorded information is refused using an exemption as laid out in the Freedom of Information Act 2000, then the requester has the right of appeal against that decision. The first stage of that appeal process is to request that the public body refusing the information convenes an independent panel to examine the decision and the reasons behind it. They will then either uphold the decision and refuse to supply the information, or overturn the decision and release the information. If the first course is followed and the information is still not released, then the requester may appeal to the Information Commissioner.

Under the request for information which has been given the identifier FOI 08-173, I have requested more information to enable me to commence searching for the information. I have therefore not refused to supply any information to you and thus it is not possible for a internal review to be convened to examine the refusal, as there has been no refusal. No action will therefore be taken on your email until I receive further clarification as requested. Just the name "Kingsland House" is insufficient to enable me to locate any information around meetings.

Should you wish to take this matter further, you will need to contact the Information Commissioner whose details are as follows:

Office of the Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF
Tel: 01625 545745
Email: [email address]
Website: http://www.ico.gov.uk/

Joanna Kitchener
Scrutiny and Information Rights Officer
South Norfolk Council
Long Stratton, Norwich
NR15 2XE
01508 533602
www.south-norfolk.gov.uk

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