FOI Finance Structure
Dear Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council,
I would like to make a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please could you provide a structure chart of your Finance Department via email, where possible including the names of each staff member and contact number where possible.
Yours faithfully,
Catherine Simmonds
Dear Sir/ Madam,
I acknowledge with thanks your request for information; this request has been considered as a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
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Yours faithfully,
Information Management Team
Oldham Council
Level 14
Civic Centre
West Street
Oldham OL1 1UL
Good morning Catherine,
Thank you for your email of the 24th May 2021 where you requested
information about the Finance Structure.
A copy of the Finance Structure is attached.
The senior members of the Finance Management Team contact details are
listed below;
o Director of Finance (S151 Officer) is Anne Ryans. Anne can be
contacted at [1][email address]
o Assistant Director of Finance (Capital, Transformation & Special
Projects is Andrew Moran. Andrew can be contacted at
[2][email address]
o Assistant Director of Finance (Corporate Governance & Strategic
Financial Management) is Mark Stenson. Mark can be contacted at
[3][email address]
o Head of Revenues and Benefits and Complaints Team is Caroline Lee.
Caroline can be contacted at [4][email address]
o Senior Finance Manager is Andy Cooper. Andy can be contacted at
[5][email address]
In relation to the request for the other names and contact numbers under
the Freedom of Information Act, Oldham Council has a duty to supply any
information on request, unless there is an exemption. It is the Council’s
policy only to apply the exemptions where there is a genuine risk of harm
or prejudice. In such cases, we will still provide information if it is in
the public interest to do so. With regards to your request, in view of the
information involved, there is the risk of possible identification of
individuals and consequently, your request is considered exempt from
disclosure under Freedom of Information 2000 Section 40, Personal data.
Personal data is defined in Article 4 of the General Data Protection
Regulations (GDPR) and further clarified under Part 1(3) of the Data
Protection Act 2018 as information relating to an identified or
identifiable living individual.
This exemption allows the withholding of personal data if the data
protection principles would be breached by its disclosure. Article 5(a)of
the GDPR and part 1(2) of the Data Protection Act 2018 requires that
personal data is processed lawfully and fairly. In order to be ‘lawful’ a
condition must be met from Article 6 of the GDPR and although your request
evidences a legitimate interest in requesting the data, this request
cannot be fulfilled without prejudice to the individuals rights and
freedoms, in particular their right to privacy and hence a condition in
Article 6 cannot be met. Consequently, as Article 5(a) of the GDPR cannot
be met, the exemption under Freedom of Information Act 2000 is engaged.
You may wish to redefine your request in order to assist Oldham Council
providing information for your request.
If you disagree with the exemption applied to the above information, you
may appeal to:
Legal & Democratic Services
Oldham MBC
Civic Centre, West Street, Oldham, OL1 1UG
Tel 0161 770 4822
Email: [6][email address]
Should you further disagree with the decision following the appeal you may
wish to contact the Office of the Information Commissioner :
Office of the Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF
[7]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
Tel: 0303 123 1113 Fax: 01625 524510
Regards,
Information Management Team
Oldham Council
Level 14
Civic Centre
Oldham
OL1 1UT
[8][Oldham Council request email]
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