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Our Ref: 10517  

Dear Enquirer,

INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your request for information which will be dealt with under
the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, we
will let you know the likely charges before proceeding.

If you have any queries about this matter please contact us. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Kind regards,

Julia

Information Governance Office
Northumberland County Council
County Hall
Morpeth
Northumberland
NE61 2EF

Tel: 0345 600 6400
Email: [Northumberland County Council request email]
Web: http://www.northumberland.gov.uk

Our Ref: 10517   

Dear Ms Kaur,  
  
I refer to your Freedom of Information request in relation to Fraud
employees.  
  
Duty to confirm or deny  
  
Northumberland County Council confirms that it holds the information in
relation to your request.  

Q.1 Could you please disclose how many council employees have been
suspended over allegations of fraud?  

A.1 For the time period in question, any potential disciplinary matters
were not formally categorised or recorded by type. We are therefore unable
to provide any accurate figures.  
   

Q.2 How many of those were suspended on full pay?  

A.2 Information not held in line with response to question one.  

  
Q.3 If you are able to, please provide some details on the type of
fraud committed  

A.3 This information will not be provided pursuant to Section 40(2) of the
Freedom of Information Act – third party personal information: We do not
disclose data which could identify individual employees or discuss
specific details of potential disciplinary cases.  

  
Exemptions  
  
The Freedom of Information Act sets out various exemptions to the right of
access. Section 40(2) of the Act makes provision for public authorities to
refuse requests for information where the information constitutes personal
data and disclosing it would breach the principles of fair and lawful
processing set out in the General Data Protection Regulations and Data
Protection Act 2018.  
  
The wording of the exemption set out in the Act states:  
  
“40 - personal information  
(1) Any information to which a request for information relates is exempt
information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the
data subject.  
  
(2) Any information to which a request for information relates is also
exempt information if—  
(a) it constitutes personal data which does not fall within subsection
(1), and  
(b) the first, second or third condition below is satisfied.  
  
(3A) The first condition is that the disclosure of the information to a
member of the public otherwise than under this Act—  
(a) would contravene any of the data protection principles, or  
(b) would do so if the exemptions in section 24(1) of the DPA 2018 (manual
unstructured data held by public authorities) were disregarded.  
  
(3B) The second condition is that the disclosure of the information to a
member of the public otherwise than under this Act would contravene
Article 21 of the GDPR (general processing: right to object to
processing)”  
  
Complaints  
  
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within 2 months from the date of this response to:  
  
Information Governance Office, Northumberland County Council, County
Hall, Morpeth, NE61 2EF  
Email: [1][Northumberland County Council request email]  
  
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:  
  
Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF  
Telephone: 0303 123 1113, Email: [2][email address] 

 
Yours faithfully, 
 

Julia 
FOI Coordinator - Human Resources 
Information Governance Office 
Northumberland County Council 
County Hall 
Morpeth 
Northumberland 
NE61 2EF 

 
Tel: 0345 600 6400 
Email: [Northumberland County Council request email] 
Web: http://www.northumberland.gov.uk 

 
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this email is prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please
contact the sender and delete the email from any computer. All email
communication may be subject to recording and/or monitoring in accordance
with internal policy and relevant legislation.

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