Dear Sir or Madam,

Regarding Durham County Council becoming a unitary authority and
abolition of the councils of the City of Durham, Easington,
Sedgefield, Teesdale, Wear Valley, Derwentside, and
Chester-le-Street, please could you provide the following
information:

1) how you are treating existing FOI and EIR requests for each of
the residuary bodies

2) what happens to emails sent to the residuary bodies' FOI contact
addresses

3) where should all new FOI and EIR requests go to

4) what is happening to information previously held by residuary
bodies, and where should requests for this information go to

Yours faithfully,

Alex Skene

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Subject: Freedom of Information request - Unitary authority changes

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Subject: Freedom of Information request - Unitary authority changes

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Our Ref: 2194615

06-APR-09

Dear Alex Skene

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Your request for information on handling of Freedom of Information
requests, received on 01-APR-2009, has been considered.

1) how you are treating existing FOI and EIR requests for each of

the residuary bodies

All existing requests will be finalised just as they were before
unification.

2) what happens to emails sent to the residuary bodies' FOI contact

addresses

They will be forwarded to the corporate FOI contact address

3) where should all new FOI and EIR requests go to

[Durham County Council request email]

4) what is happening to information previously held by residuary

bodies, and where should requests for this information go to

The information will be retained and managed as normal. Requests should be
sent to [1][Durham County Council request email] specifying the name of the residuary body and
the date range of the information required

I hope that this will assist you in your research. If you are dissatisfied
with the handling of your request please contact:

Kevin Bell

Freedom of Information / Data Protection Coordinator

Durham County Council

Adult & Community Services

Culture & Leisure

Rivergreen Centre

Aykley Heads

Durham

DH1 5TS

Tel: 0191 370 8803

Email: [email address]

After you have exhausted our internal appeals procedure you also have a
right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Telephone: 01625 545 745

Fax: 01625 524 510

Email: [email address]

Most of the documents that we provide in response to Freedom of
Information Act requests will be subject to copyright protection. In most
cases the copyright will be owned by Durham County Council. The copyright
in other documents may be owned by another person or organisation, as
indicated on the documents themselves.

You are free to use any documents supplied for your own use, including for
non-commercial research purposes. The documents may also be used for the
purposes of news reporting. However, any other type of re-use, for
example, by publishing the documents or issuing copies to the public will
require the permission of the copyright owner.

For documents where the copyright is owned by Durham County Council,
please contact me for details of the conditions on re-use.

For documents where the copyright is owned by another person or
organisation, you would need to apply to the copyright owner to obtain
their permission.

Yours sincerely

Kevin Bell

Kevin Bell

Freedom of Information & Data Protection Coordinator

Durham County Council Assistant Chief Executives Directorate

Rivergreen Centre

Aykley Heads Estate

Durham

DH1 5TS

Email: [Durham County Council request email]

Tel: 0191 370 8803

Fax: 0191 383 5784

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