FOI Team

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Dear Denbighshire Council,

1. What is the job title / what are the job titles of the person / team who receive and allocate FOI and EIR requests and send out responses – if it is a central corporate function?
If the function is devolved and the Departments send out their own responses, then what is the job title of the person who oversees/monitors/advises on the requests?
2. What is the pay band of these individuals?
3. Do they also handle Data Protection requests?
4. Do they also handle general complaints?
5. How many FOI and EIR requests were received in 2014 (calendar year)?

Yours faithfully,

Nicola Sanderson

Denbighshire County Council

Dear Ms Sanderson,

Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Request for Information

Thank you for your recent request for information held by Denbighshire County Council received 09 February 2015 regarding FOI Requests.

As set out by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 it will be our aim to respond to your request by 09 March 2015. In some cases, however, we may be unable to achieve this deadline. If this occurs we will advise you of the likely timescale within which the response will be provided.

Under the Freedom of Information Act the Council may charge for disbursement costs (e.g. photocopies, postage). However should there be any such costs, you will be notified of this prior to the commencement of any work.

Please do not hesitate to contact me for further advice or guidance relating to the above.

Yours sincerely,

Kerry Standen
Swyddog Mynediad i Wybodaeth / Access to Information Officer
Cyngor Sir Ddinbych / Denbighshire County Council
Ffon / Tel: 01824 708242
E-bost:[email address]
E-mail:[email address]
Gwefan http://www.sirddinbych.gov.uk
Website http://www.denbighshire.gov.uk

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Mae'r wybodaeth a gynhwysir yn yr e-bost hwn ac unrhyw ffeiliau a drosglwyddir gydag o wedi eu bwriadu yn unig ar gyfer pwy bynnag y cyfeirir ef ato neu atynt. Os ydych wedi derbyn yr e-bost hwn drwy gamgymeriad, hysbyswch yr anfonwr ar unwaith os gwelwch yn dda.

Mae cynnwys yr e-bost yn cynrychioli barn yr unigolyn(ion) a enwir uchod ac nid yw o angenrheidrwydd yn cynrychioli barn Cyngor Sir Ddinbych. Serch hynny, fel Corff Cyhoeddus, efallai y bydd angen i Gyngor Sir Ddinbych ddatgelu'r e-bost hwn [neu unrhyw ymateb iddo] dan ddarpariaethau deddfwriaethol.

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Denbighshire County Council

Dear Ms Sanderson,

Request for Information

Thank you for your request for information received 09 February 2015 regarding FOI Requests.

1. What is the job title / what are the job titles of the person / team who receive and allocate FOI and EIR requests and send out responses – if it is a central corporate function?
Response: Access to Information Officer.

If the function is devolved and the Departments send out their own responses, then what is the job title of the person who oversees/monitors/advises on the requests?
Response: N/A

2. What is the pay band of these individuals?
Response: £21,067 - £23,945

3. Do they also handle Data Protection requests?
Response: Yes. However, Social Services deal with their own Data Protection requests.

4. Do they also handle general complaints?
Response: No

5. How many FOI and EIR requests were received in 2014 (calendar year)?
Response:1012

If I can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact me.

If you have any queries regarding this response, please do not hesitate to contact me at the following address: Access to Information Officer, Corporate Information Team, 46 Clwyd Street, Ruthin, LL15 1HP. Alternatively, if you are unhappy with the way the council has handled your request and wish to ask for internal review, please contact the Corporate Information Manager at the same address. If you are subsequently not content with the outcome of the review, you have the right to apply to the Information Commissioner whose address is Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

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Yours sincerely,

Kerry Standen
Swyddog Mynediad i Wybodaeth / Access to Information Officer
Cyngor Sir Ddinbych / Denbighshire County Council
Ffon / Tel: 01824 708242
E-bost:[email address]
E-mail:[email address]
Gwefan http://www.sirddinbych.gov.uk
Website http://www.denbighshire.gov.uk

Dilyn ni ar Twitter: http://twitter.com/cyngorsDd
Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DenbighshireCC

Ymwelwch a ni ar-lein ar http://www.sirddinbych.gov.uk
Visit us online at http://www.denbighshire.gov.uk

Mae'r wybodaeth a gynhwysir yn yr e-bost hwn ac unrhyw ffeiliau a drosglwyddir gydag o wedi eu bwriadu yn unig ar gyfer pwy bynnag y cyfeirir ef ato neu atynt. Os ydych wedi derbyn yr e-bost hwn drwy gamgymeriad, hysbyswch yr anfonwr ar unwaith os gwelwch yn dda.

Mae cynnwys yr e-bost yn cynrychioli barn yr unigolyn(ion) a enwir uchod ac nid yw o angenrheidrwydd yn cynrychioli barn Cyngor Sir Ddinbych. Serch hynny, fel Corff Cyhoeddus, efallai y bydd angen i Gyngor Sir Ddinbych ddatgelu'r e-bost hwn [neu unrhyw ymateb iddo] dan ddarpariaethau deddfwriaethol.

The information contained in this e-mail message and any files transmitted with it is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the sender immediately.

The contents of this e-mail represents the views of the individual(s) named above and do not necessarily represent the views of Denbighshire County Council. However, as a Public Body, Denbighshire County Council may be required to disclose this e-mail [or any response to it] under legislative provisions.