Cadets in Angus

David Buckley made this Freedom of Information request to Angus Council This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.

The request was refused by Angus Council.

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Dear Angus Council,

This email is a FoI request in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (2000).

Please could you provide me with the following information:

1). How many Army Cadets groups operate in the area for which you are responsible?
2). How many Sea Cadets groups operate in the area for which you are responsible?
3). How many Air Training Corps groups operate in the area for which you are responsible?
4a). Do any of these organisations receive assistance, monetary or otherwise, from your council or council affiliated bodies?
4b). If any of these organisations do receive assistance, please could you provide the names of these organisation as well a short description of what assistance they receive? For example, some Army or Sea Cadets may use school facilities to host their activities.

Yours sincerely,

David George Buckley

Dear Mr Buckley
Thank you for your information request dated 14 August 2016 (received by the Council on 15 August 2016) which has been passed to the Council's Resources Directorate for attention.
If we are unable to provide you with a response within 20 working days, we will advise you of this in writing.
Please refer to the information set out below which explains your right to complain if you are unhappy with how the Council is dealing with your request.
In the meantime, if you have any queries, please ask for me on 01307 476234 or e-mail [email address]

Yours sincerely
Brenda Angus

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Brenda Angus | Clerical Officer | Resources | Legal & Democratic Services | Angus Council | Angus House | Orchardbank Business Park | Forfar | DD8 1AN |
Tel: 01307 476234 | Fax: 01307 476299 | Email: [email address] ; [Angus Council request email]

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Your Right to Complain to the Council

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which Angus Council has dealt with your request for information under any of the above statutory instruments, you have a right to ask the council to review its actions and/or decisions regarding your request. If you wish to do this, you should make your request to the Head of Legal & Democratic Services, Resources Directorate, Angus Council, Angus House, Orchardbank Business Park, Forfar DD8 1AN or e-mail [email address] within 40 working days.

Your request must:
• be in writing (or recordable format);
• give your name and address for correspondence;
• give details of the information which you originally requested from the council; and
• give the reasons why you are dissatisfied with the way in which your application for information has been dealt with.

Your application for review will then be considered by the council’s review panel. The review panel will write to you informing you of its decision not later than 20 working days after receipt of your request for a review. The review panel will also provide you with a statement of its reasons for arriving at the decision it has made.

Your Right to Complain to the Scottish Information Commissioner:
If you are dissatisfied with a decision of the council's review panel (or where the review panel has not provided you with a response), you have the right to apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a decision as to whether your request for information has been dealt with by the council in accordance with the above statutory instruments.

Your application to the Scottish Information Commissioner must:
• be in a recordable format (letter, e-mail, audio tape etc);
• give your name and address for correspondence.
• give details of the request for information which you originally requested from the council;
• give details of why you were dissatisfied with the council’s response to your original request;
• give details of why you were dissatisfied with the decision of the council's review panel.

In the case of an EIR or FOI request your application to the Scottish Information Commissioner must be made within 6 months of receipt of the decision of the council’s review panel (or within 6 months of the date that the review panel should have responded). No such time limit applies under the 2009 Regulations.

The Scottish Information Commissioner can be contacted at:-

Scottish Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9BS; Telephone - 01334 464610; Fax - 01334 464611; Email - [email address]

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Dear Mr Buckley

 

Request for Information

 

Thank you for your request for information dated 14 August 2016 (received
by the Council on 15 August 2016) which has been passed to me for
attention.  Please accept my apology for the delay in responding to your
request.

 

You have requested the following information:

 

1.    How many Army Cadets groups operate in the area for which you are
responsible?

2.    How many Sea Cadets groups operate in the area for which you are
responsible?

3.    How many Air Training Corps groups operate in the area for which you
are responsible?

4a Do any of these organisations receive assistance, monetary or
otherwise, from your council or council affiliated bodies?

4b If any of these organisations do receive assistance, please could you
provide the names of these organisation as well a short description of
what assistance they receive? For example, some Army or Sea Cadets may use
school facilities to host their activities.

 

In response I would advise that we have been unable to identify any
information held by the Council which would fall within the scope of your
request.  However, I would advise that the following website would appear
to publish some information which may be of interest to you:
[1]https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-cadet-fo...

 

I hope that this information is of some help to you. Please note that the
information contained in this reply is believed to be accurate as of
today's date (unless otherwise indicated) but no warranty is given.
Further, Angus Council does not accept liability for any loss, injury or
damage which arises from the use of the information contained in this
reply either by you or by any other party. Please refer to the information
set out below which explains your right to complain if you are unhappy
with how the Council has dealt with your request. If you have any queries,
please contact me on 01307 476246 or e-mail [2][email address]

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Martin Friedrich

 

 

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Martin Friedrich | Paralegal-FOI | Resources Directorate – Legal &
Democratic Services| Angus Council |Angus House | Orchardbank Business
Park | Forfar | DD8 1AN | Tel: 01307 476246 |Email:
[3][email address]

 

 

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002

ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2004

INSPIRE (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2009

 

Your Right to Complain to the Council

 

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which Angus Council has dealt with
your request for information under any of the above statutory instruments,
you have a right to ask the council to review its actions and/or decisions
regarding your request. If you wish to do this, you should make your
request to the Head of Legal & Democratic Services, Resources Directorate,
Angus Council, Angus House, Orchardbank Business Park, Forfar DD8 1AN or
e-mail [email address] within 40 working days.

 

Your request must:

·         be in writing (or recordable format);

·         give your name and address for correspondence;

·         give details of the information which you originally requested
from the council;  and

·         give the reasons why you are dissatisfied with the way in which
your application for information has been dealt with.

 

Your application for review will then be considered by the council’s
review panel.  The review panel will write to you informing you of its
decision not later than 20 working days after receipt of your request for
a review. The review panel will also provide you with a statement of its
reasons for arriving at the decision it has made.

 

Your Right to Complain to the Scottish Information Commissioner:

 

If you are dissatisfied with a decision of the council's review panel (or
where the review panel has not provided you with a response), you have the
right to apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a decision as
to whether your request for information has been dealt with by the council
in accordance with the above statutory instruments.

 

Your application to the Scottish Information Commissioner must:

o be in a recordable format (letter, e-mail, audio tape etc);

o give your name and address for correspondence.
o give details of the request for information which you originally
requested from the council;
o give details of why you were dissatisfied with the council’s response
to your original request;
o give details of why you were dissatisfied with the decision of the
council's review panel.

 

In the case of an EIR or FOI request your application to the Scottish
Information Commissioner must be made within 6 months of receipt of the
decision of the council’s review panel (or within 6 months of the date
that the review panel should have responded).  No such time limit applies
under the 2009 Regulations.

 

The Scottish Information Commissioner can be contacted at:-

 

Scottish Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes Road, St
Andrews, Fife, KY16 9BS; Telephone - 01334 464610; Fax - 01334 464611;
Email - [email address])

 

 

 

 

 

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