Dear Sir or Madam,

Regarding the new Cheshire West and Chester, and Cheshire East
unitary authorities and abolition of the councils of Ellesmere Port
and Neston, Chester, Crewe and Nantwich, Congleton, Macclesfield
and Vale Royal, please could you provide the following information:

1) how you are treating in-progress FOI and EIR requests & internal
reviews made to 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 the
residuary bodies, and where should requests for this information go
to

Yours faithfully,

Alex Skene

Thank you for your email. Please find responses to your questions below:

Regarding the new Cheshire West and Chester, and Cheshire East
unitary authorities and abolition of the councils of Ellesmere Port
and Neston, Chester, Crewe and Nantwich, Congleton, Macclesfield
and Vale Royal, please could you provide the following information:

1) how you are treating in-progress FOI and EIR requests & internal
reviews made to the residuary bodies
Requests made before the 1st of April are being replied to by the
authority the request was sent to.

2) what happens to emails sent to the residuary bodies' FOI contact
addresses
Emails are being responded to with the contact details for the new
authorities

3) where should all new FOI and EIR requests go to
[email address] for Cheshire East and
[Cheshire West & Chester Council request email] for Cheshire West and Chester.

4) what is happening to information previously held by the
residuary bodies, and where should requests for this information go
to
Requests should be made to the new councils - they will determine where
the information is held on their behalf and respond accordingly.

I hope this answers your questions. If you have any further questions
please let me know.

Nickki Hughes
Information Compliance Officer

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