Aarhus Convention/training of councillors and council Officers

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Dear Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council,
Can you please provide me of Wirral Met Council plans /details of any training courses being provided or to be provided to council Officers and councillors regarding thorough understanding/knowledge of the Aarhus Convention ? Thankyou.

Yours faithfully,

greenman

kim nowell left an annotation ()

You'll get a response stating that you have to provide a real name in order to get a response. You could do that now to avoid any delay on that issue?

ScarletPimpernel left an annotation ()

Let's face it though Kim.

Wirral is such a strange place, that even the green man in the pedestrian crossing has to make a FOI request to find out what's going on! :D

Answer:

We asked our councillors about the Aarhus Convention.

They told us not to be so nosy. They said this is exactly why we won't show Mr. Brace the taxi invoices for journeys by councillors as we don't see why people should know where our houses are and that is our Our House Convention. ;)

Nobody was brave enough to tell the councillors they'd got the wrong end of the stick!

But yes, the easiest thing Wirral Council can do to to answer this request is say "We don't believe the Green Man is a real name, try again".

InfoMgr, FinDMT, Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Sir/Madam

Thank you for your recent request made under the Freedom of Information Act, which has been received by Wirral Borough Council.

In accordance with Section 8 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, a requester should provide their name for a request to be processed (please see the guidance from the Information Commissioner’s Office below):

What constitutes a real name?
We consider that a relatively informal approach is also appropriate in this context. Therefore, title and/or first name with surname satisfies the requirement for provision of a real name, as does the use by a female applicant of her maiden name. The prime consideration is whether enough of a person’s full name has been provided to give a reasonable indication of that person’s identity.

Example:
Mr Arthur Thomas Roberts could satisfy Section 8(1)(b) of the FOIA by stating his name in a request for information as “Arthur Roberts”, “A. T. Roberts”, or “Mr Roberts”, but not by stating his name as “Arthur” or “A.T.R.”

In most cases, it will be reasonable for a real name to comprise a name by which the person making the request is widely known and/or is regularly used by that person and which is not an obvious pseudonym or fictitious name.

Once Wirral Borough Council are in receipt of your full name, your request will be passed to the relevant department and we will aim to issue a substantive response within 20 working days.

Kind regards,

Yours sincerely,

Andy Henderson
Information Management Officer

Information Management
Legal & Member Services
Transformation & Resources Department
Wallasey Town Hall
Brighton Street
Wallasey
Wirral
CH44 8ED

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