Civic Office, New Road, Grays
Essex, RM17 6SL
Chief Executives Office
24 March 2017
Email: xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Oscar Daramola,
Re: Freedom of Information request number 6635
Thank you for your recent communication which is being managed in line with the Freedom
of Information Act under the above reference number. The details of your request are
outlined below together with the council’s response.
Your request
Please can you provide me with the up to date contact names and telephone numbers
within the management structure for social work services, specifically children and families,
adult, mental health and criminal justice services.
The full directory list of contact names including Senior Management, Service Managers,
Team Managers and also the contact names of any Team Leaders would be the
information that we need.
Our Response
Personal Information (section 40,2)
Unfortunately we are unable to provide in full the information you have requested. We do
hold the information but an absolute exemption applies.
The name and job details of an officer working for the Council is personal data specific to
them. It is therefore subject to the provisions of the Data Protection Act (1998). Information
can be withheld if its disclosure would be likely to breach one or more of the Principles of
the Data Protection Act. There is no prior expectation on the part of team Managers or
other officers working below the level of Head of Service that this information would be
published into the wider public domain under FOI. A disclosure made under FOI constitutes
a publication to the world at large. We believe that to disclose this would be likely to breach
the first Principle of the Data Protection Act by unfairly contravening their right to privacy
and confidentiality in the work place.
For your information, please see the below link which outlines staff details of Head of
Service and above.
https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/organisation-structure/organisation-chart.
You are free to use any information supplied to you for your own use, including non-
commercial research purposes. However, any other type of re-use, for example, by
publishing the information or issuing copies to the public will require the permission of the
copyright owner.
Where the copyright is owned by Thurrock Council, you must apply to the Council to re-use
the information. Please email
xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx if you wish to re-use the
information you have been supplied. For information where the copyright is owned by
another person or organisation, you must apply to the copyright owner to obtain their
permission.
If you are dissatisfied with the way in which the council have managed your request you
can pursue an independent review by contacting us at the above address and your request
will be considered by the Information Manager who will update you with the outcome.
You may also wish to refer your case to the Information Commissioner’s Office, details of
this organisation can be found a
t www.ico.org.uk . Alternatively they can be contacted on
0303 123 1113.
Yours sincerely,
Chloe Green
Corporate Complaints & Information Governance Assistant