My Ref:
IG-11940
Your Ref:
Contact:
Freedom of Information Team
Email:
xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Freedom of Information Team
Information Compliance
Legal & Governance
2nd Floor
Loxley House
Station Street
Nottingham
Requester
NG2 3NG
Tel: 0115 876 4376
At contact address specified for request number above
Email:
xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk
18 March 2019
Dear Requester
Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act)
The council has considered your request which was received on 18 February 2019
and our response to your questions is shown below.
I would like the structure chart for adult's social work teams in Nottingham City
with their names and contact details
Please see the attached structure chart for Adult Social Care.
Regarding your request for names and contact details, the council is withholding the
information for employees below the level of Head of Service.
In accordance with section 40(2) of the Act, the personal information about identifiable
living individuals is exempt if disclosure to a third party would breach one or more
principles in the Data Protection Act 2018 (the DPA). The Information Commissioner’s
guidance states ‘It is reasonable to expect that a public authority would disclose more
information relating to senior employees than more junior ones…the disclosure must
not cause unwarranted interference with the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests
of the employee’.
The individuals concerned would not expect their details to be disclosed to a third
party, as it is the council’s general guidance not to do so for staff below the level of
Head of Service.
Section 40(2) of the Act sets out the exemption for third party data and subject to one
of two conditions being met. The council consider that the disclosure of the
information to you otherwise than under the Act would contravene one of the data
protection principles as set out in section 40(3)(a)(i) (first data protection principle –
information processed fairly and lawfully).
When determining the privacy rights of the other individuals, the council considered
that it would be unfair to disclose the personal data of the other individual.
The council is withholding some information as detailed above under section 40(2).
Please accept this letter as a partial refusal notice issued in accordance with section
17 of the Act.
In accordance with section 16(1) of the Act, the council has a duty to provide advice
and assistance to you, as far as it is reasonable to do so. The council can provide the
following information for Directors and Heads of Service for Adult Social Care.
Catherine Underwood – Director of Adult Social Care
Linda Sellers - Director of Adult Social Care Quality and Change
Oliver Bolam – Head of Mental Health and Whole Life Disability
Gemma Poulter – Head of Health Integration Adults
Paul Haigh – Head of Adult Social Care Provision
Julie Sanderson – Head of Quality Assurance and Safeguarding Adults
The above persons can be contacted on 0115 915 5555.
The council can advise Nottingham City Council does not respond to unsolicited
requests regarding sales, procurement and commissioning. Departments must follow
a strict procedure as the council has a responsibility to spend public money to achieve
the best possible value and outcomes for its citizens whilst maximising the wider
social, economic and environmental aims. The council can direct you to the council’s
website pages for procurement opportunities, events and how to sell to the council,
where you can also find the contact details for the Procurement Team including an
email address and phone number:
http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/business-information-and-support/doing-business-
with-nottingham-city-council/
You are free to use any information supplied for your own personal use. If the
information provided is marked as published under
an Open Government Licence you
are free to reuse it, subject to the licence terms. However, if the information is not
published under an Open Government Licence and you wish to reuse it, for example,
by publishing the information or issuing copies to the public you are required to
request permission for re-use of this information under the Re-use of Public Sector
Information Regulations 2005 (RPSI). Your RPSI request must be in writing and
include your name and address for correspondence, and specify the information you
want to re-use and the purpose you intend to use it for.
If you are unhappy with the response provided or with the handling of your request,
you can ask for an internal review in writing stating the reasons for your
dissatisfaction. Your request for an internal review should be made to the council
within forty working days of the date of this letter. Please quote reference IG-11940 in
all communications.
You can contact the Freedom of Information Team either by email:
xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx or writing to the
Freedom of Information Team,
Information Compliance, Legal & Governance, 2nd Floor, Loxley House, Station
Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG.
If you remain unhappy after receiving the response to your initial complaint you can
request an independent review from the Information Commissioner's Office at
FOI/EIR Complaints Resolution, Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe
House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF. You may also contact the
Information Commissioner's Office by telephone on 01625 545745 or by email at
xxxx@xxx.xxx.xxx.xx. Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Team
Legal & Governance
Nottingham City Council