Visits by Leader of Council accompanied by Councillors to private businesses

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Customer Services
Swindon Borough Council
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Dear K Lacey ,

Ref FOI101000216715 Freedom of Information Request

Thank you for your attached request, received in our office on 7 June 2010.

Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Council has a duty to respond 'promptly' or no later than 20 working days, which in this case is 5 July 2010.

If you have any queries about this letter please contact me as detailed, quoting the above reference number.

Yours sincerely,

Sharon Druett

Sharon Druett ([email address])
Freedom of Information Officer
Law and Democratic Services
Swindon Borough Council
Tel: 01793 463377
Fax: 01793 463405
Web: www.swindon.gov.uk

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Dear K Lacey,

Ref: FOI101000216715 Freedom of Information Request

Further to my attached acknowledgement, I have been in consultation with
the Leader of the Council's office and I am now able to release the
following information;

In the period September 2009 to December 2009, for which the computer
diary is still available, Councillor Bluh carried out one visit to private
business with ward and/or parish councillors as Leader of the Council.
The visit was for the purpose of celebrating the choice of a site in the
Borough by Oxford University's Bodleian Library for its book storage
facility.

If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received in relation to
your request and wish to make a complaint or request a review, you should
contact:

Customer Services
Civic Offices
Euclid Street
Swindon
Website: [1]www.[Swindon Borough Council request email]

The complaints/review procedure involves a full review and an examination
of all the information by the Council's Monitoring Officer.

If you are not content with the outcome of our conclusion, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner's Office for a decision, before
contacting the Council. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless
you have exhausted the Council's own complaints procedure.

The Information Officer can be contacted at:

The Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Email: [2][email address]
Tel: 01625 545700 (ask for Freedom of Information)

If you require any further information concerning this matter, please
contact me as detailed, quoting the above reference number in any future
communications.

Yours sincerely

Sharon Druett

Sharon Druett ([email address])
Freedom of Information Officer
Law and Democratic Services
Swindon Borough Council
Tel: 01793 463377
Fax: 01793 463405
Web: [3]www.swindon.gov.uk

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______________________________________________
From: Sharon Druett
Sent: 15 June 2010 15:14
To: '[FOI #36634 email]'
Subject: FOI 101000216715 Freedom of Information Request

Dear K Lacey ,

Ref FOI101000216715 Freedom of Information Request

Thank you for your attached request, received in our office on 7 June
2010.

Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Council has a
duty to respond `promptly' or no later than 20 working days, which in this
case is 5 July 2010.

If you have any queries about this letter please contact me as detailed,
quoting the above reference number.

Yours sincerely,

Sharon Druett

Sharon Druett ([email address])
Freedom of Information Officer
Law and Democratic Services
Swindon Borough Council
Tel: 01793 463377
Fax: 01793 463405
Web: [4]www.swindon.gov.uk

Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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Dear K Lacey,

Subject: Re: FW: FOI 101000216715 Freedom of Information Request

I have been in further consultation with the Leader of the Council's Office.
Your last enquiry asked for visits carried out by the Leader as Leader of the Council.

Individual Councillors are not authorities for the purpose of the Freedom of Information Act, for example correspondence between Councillors or information held by a councillor for their own private, political or representative purposes will not usually be covered by the Act.

Other visits may have occurred but would have been undertaken in his capacity as a Ward Councillor, which we understood was outside the scope of your enquiry.

If I can be of any further assistance concerning this matter, please get back to me.

Sharon Druett

Sharon Druett ([email address])
Freedom of Information Officer
Law and Democratic Services
Swindon Borough Council
Tel: 01793 463377
Fax: 01793 463405
Web: www.swindon.gov.uk

Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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