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Dear Brent Borough Council,

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am requesting documents which contain the following:

A copy of all correspondence (including emails) sent by members of the Cabinet, between 8 March 2018–8 August 2018, which refer to the issue of anti-Semitism.

Please note the following:

Public Interest

I believe there is a strong public interest in releasing this information since it will promote greater transparency in government and greater accountability in the conduct of those who hold public office.

The information requested is not reasonably accessible by other means to the best of my knowledge.

Commercial interests

I do not believe that any of the information I have requested is exempt from disclosure as a result of the exemption provided by section 43 of the Act. However, should you judge that parts of the material requested would come under this exemption, I request that you redact the relevant sections and release the documents in their entirety. For example, should you believe that the identification of suppliers that may result from disclosing the invoices received would prejudice that company's commercial interests, then I request that you redact the details of the supplier from the documents you release.

Confidentiality issues

Exemptions on the 'information being provided in confidence' do not apply. The Information Commissioner advises, "information which is protected from disclosure by an obligation of confidence must have the necessary 'quality of confidence'" (Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No 2).

Where it is considered that under the FOI Act certain parts of documents requested breach confidentiality issues, I would request that these sections be redacted and the documents be released in their entirety. Redacting personal information is a common practice - It is not acceptable to refuse to release a document simply because it contains elements of personal information that could be redacted.

Data protection issues

I am not requesting personal information. Where necessary personal details may be redacted from any documents that you release.

Redacting personal information is a common practice - it is not acceptable to refuse to release a document simply because it contains elements of personal information that could be redacted.

Thank you very much for your time. Please let me know if you have any additional queries.

Very kind regards,
Mary Peterson

Thomas Cattermole,

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Thomas Cattermole,

Dear Ms Peterson
 
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOI)
 
Thank you for your FOI request. I apologise for the delay in replying this
was due to a short term capacity issue within the team, which has now been
resolved. You will receive a reply by Friday 21 September 2018.
 
 
Kind regards
 
Dorothy Watson
 
Interim Freedom of Information Officer

Thomas Cattermole,

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Please find attached my response to your information request.
Yours faithfully
 
 
Thomas Cattermole
Head of Executive and Member Services
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Dear Ms Peterson
 
Please disregard the email that has been sent to yourself earlier today.
Your information request under the Freedom of Information Act will be
responded to in due course.
 
Yours faithfully
 
 
Thomas Cattermole
Head of Executive and Member Services
[1][email address]

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Dear Ms Peterson
 
Please find documents in relation to your freedom of Information Request
Yours faithfully
 
 
Thomas Cattermole
Head of Executive and Member Services
[email address]