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francis: of the family hanney

Dear Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council,
I require full transparent disclosure of the following...
Can you please supply me with the following information:
Who is/was the person(s) officer(s) department or outside company who drew up the staffing costs and calculations which are approved by the magistrates for council tax summonses & liability orders for the last 5 years?

Yours faithfully,

Francis.

FOI Team, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request received today, 15th January 2020. We are generally required by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to provide you with a response promptly, and within no more than 20 working days of receipt of a request, which will be on or before 12th February 2020. If we require any clarification or further details we will contact you as soon as possible, if this is the case then the timescale for response specified above may be subject to change. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact this team.

FOI Team
[Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council request email]

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Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw ffeiliau a drosglwyddir gydag ef yn gyfrinachol ac at ddefnydd yr unigolyn neu'r corff y cyfeiriwyd hwy atynt yn unig. Os ydych wedi derbyn yr e-bost hwn mewn camgymeriad, dylech hysbysu'r person a anfonodd yr e-bost ar unwaith. Hefyd, sylwer nad oes unrhyw sicrwydd nad yw'r e-bost hwn neu unrhyw ymgysylltiad yn rhydd o firws ac nad yw chwaith wedi'i ryng-gipio na'i newid.

Os na fydd yr e-bost a/neu ei gynnwys wedi ei fwriadu ar eich cyfer chi neu eich sefydliad, peidiwch ag agor unrhyw ddogfennau a allai fod yn atodedig a rhowch wybod i anfonwr yr e-bost yn unol â hynny, gan gadarnhau y byddwch yn dileu'r e-bost ar unwaith ynghyd ag unrhyw ddogfennau atodedig a rhoi cadarnhad nad oes un o'r dogfennau wedi'u hagor.

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FOI Team, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

Dear Sir,

I refer to your Freedom of Information request of the 15th January 2020 and set out below Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council's response.

The Principal Council Tax Officer is responsible for calculating the court costs which are scrutinised and authorised by the Director of Finance prior to being submitted to the magistrate court for Council Tax summonses and liability orders.

If you are dissatisfied with the response to your request, under the Authority's FOI Policy, you may appeal in writing setting out the reasons why you think the decision is erroneous, to the Authority's Monitoring Officer at the following address:-

Head of Legal Services & Monitoring Officer Civic Centre Port Talbot
SA13 1PJ
FOI Team
[Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council request email]

In the event that you appeal and are dissatisfied with that response, you may then appeal direct to the Information Commissioner, whose address is:

Wycliffe House,
Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
SK9 5AF.

Yours faithfully
Head of Financial Services
[Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council request email]

We welcome correspondence in Welsh and will deal with Welsh and English correspondence to the same standards and timescales.
Croesewir gohebiaeth yn y Gymraeg a byddwn yn ymdrin â gohebiaeth Gymraeg a Saesneg i’r un safonau ac amserlenni

This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately. Please note also that there is no guarantee that this email or any attachment is virus free or has not been intercepted or amended.

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Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw ffeiliau a drosglwyddir gydag ef yn gyfrinachol ac at ddefnydd yr unigolyn neu'r corff y cyfeiriwyd hwy atynt yn unig. Os ydych wedi derbyn yr e-bost hwn mewn camgymeriad, dylech hysbysu'r person a anfonodd yr e-bost ar unwaith. Hefyd, sylwer nad oes unrhyw sicrwydd nad yw'r e-bost hwn neu unrhyw ymgysylltiad yn rhydd o firws ac nad yw chwaith wedi'i ryng-gipio na'i newid.

Os na fydd yr e-bost a/neu ei gynnwys wedi ei fwriadu ar eich cyfer chi neu eich sefydliad, peidiwch ag agor unrhyw ddogfennau a allai fod yn atodedig a rhowch wybod i anfonwr yr e-bost yn unol â hynny, gan gadarnhau y byddwch yn dileu'r e-bost ar unwaith ynghyd ag unrhyw ddogfennau atodedig a rhoi cadarnhad nad oes un o'r dogfennau wedi'u hagor.

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francis: of the family hanney

Dear FOI Team,

What are the names of the
The Principal Council Tax Officer and the Director of Finance?

Kind regards,

francis: of the family hanney

FOI Team, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

Dear Sir,

I refer to your email of today, 16th January 2020 and set out below Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council's response.

Principal Council Tax Officer - Ms Ann Hinder

Director of Finance & Corporate Services - Mr Hywel Jenkins

If you are dissatisfied with the response to your request, under the Authority's FOI Policy, you may appeal in writing setting out the reasons why you think the decision is erroneous, to the Authority's Monitoring Officer at the following address:-

Head of Legal Services & Monitoring Officer
Civic Centre
Port Talbot
SA13 1PJ
FOI Team
[Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council request email]

In the event that you appeal and are dissatisfied with that response, you may then appeal direct to the Information Commissioner, whose address is:

Wycliffe House,
Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
SK9 5AF.

Yours faithfully
Huw Jones
Head of Financial Services
[Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council request email]

We welcome correspondence in Welsh and will deal with Welsh and English correspondence to the same standards and timescales.
Croesewir gohebiaeth yn y Gymraeg a byddwn yn ymdrin â gohebiaeth Gymraeg a Saesneg i’r un safonau ac amserlenni

This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately. Please note also that there is no guarantee that this email or any attachment is virus free or has not been intercepted or amended.

In the event that this email and/or its contents are not intended for you or your organisation, please do not open any documents that may be attached and advise the sender of the email accordingly, confirming that you shall forthwith delete the email together with any documents attached and provide confirmation that none of the documents have been opened.

Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw ffeiliau a drosglwyddir gydag ef yn gyfrinachol ac at ddefnydd yr unigolyn neu'r corff y cyfeiriwyd hwy atynt yn unig. Os ydych wedi derbyn yr e-bost hwn mewn camgymeriad, dylech hysbysu'r person a anfonodd yr e-bost ar unwaith. Hefyd, sylwer nad oes unrhyw sicrwydd nad yw'r e-bost hwn neu unrhyw ymgysylltiad yn rhydd o firws ac nad yw chwaith wedi'i ryng-gipio na'i newid.

Os na fydd yr e-bost a/neu ei gynnwys wedi ei fwriadu ar eich cyfer chi neu eich sefydliad, peidiwch ag agor unrhyw ddogfennau a allai fod yn atodedig a rhowch wybod i anfonwr yr e-bost yn unol â hynny, gan gadarnhau y byddwch yn dileu'r e-bost ar unwaith ynghyd ag unrhyw ddogfennau atodedig a rhoi cadarnhad nad oes un o'r dogfennau wedi'u hagor.

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