Northamptonshire County Council
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Freedom of Information
Linda Saunders
Tel:
01604 368360
Our ref: FR10117
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Your ref:
Date:
27th August 2020
D
ear Ms Saunders,
I nformation Request: FR10117
T
hank you for your Freedom of Information request which was received by us on 17th August 2020.
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our request has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act and is detailed below in
it
alics with our response in bold.
( Please note the extract below has been taken directly from your original information request and is
un
edited).
Our Response
T
he Freedom of Information Team has been provided with the following information in response to
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our recent request on behalf of Northamptonshire County Council (NCC).
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ps://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/health/coronavirus/information-outbreaks-northamptonshire-
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as-not-published-because-director-did-not-think-public-would-be-interested-2943149
" The Chronicle and Echo asked the Director of Health for Northamptonshire Lucy Wightman why
t he county was only just hearing about these outbreaks all at once.
" We've talked about it freely in Covid-19 oversight meetings"..."It's an oversight on my part. The
infor
mation has been freely available"
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et, the minutes have never been published and are not "freely available" as stated by the director.
http://cmis.northamptonshire.gov.uk/cmis5live/Committees/tabid/110/ctl/ViewCMIS_CommitteeDet
ails/mid/558/id/466/Default.aspx?dnn_ctr558_ViewCommitteeDetails_gridMembersAppointeesCha
ngePage=1
Shows the meeting but there are no minutes published.
Northamptonshire County Council
One Angel Square
Angel Street
Northampton, NN1 1ED
w. www.northamptonshire.gov.uk
t. 01604 368360
e. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Minutes from all public sessions are available and on CMIS. Minutes for each meeting show
as papers for the following meeting i.e. minutes from the meeting held 30th July will be on
the agenda for the 6th August.
Please attach the minutes for:
SCHEDULED MEETING DATE
08 July 2020 09:30 11:00
No public meeting held
23 July 2020 10:00 11:00
https://cmis.northamptonshire.gov.uk/cmis5live/MeetingsCalendar/tabid/73/ctl/ViewMeeting
Public/mid/410/Meeting/3764/Committee/466/Default.aspx
30 July 2020 12:15 13:00
https://cmis.northamptonshire.gov.uk/cmis5live/MeetingsCalendar/tabid/73/ctl/ViewMeeting
Public/mid/410/Meeting/3767/Committee/466/Default.aspx
06 August 2020 12:15 13:00
https://cmis.northamptonshire.gov.uk/cmis5live/MeetingsCalendar/tabid/73/ctl/ViewMeeting
Public/mid/410/Meeting/3769/Committee/466/Default.aspx
13 August 2020 10:15 11:00
https://cmis.northamptonshire.gov.uk/cmis5live/MeetingsCalendar/tabid/73/ctl/ViewMeeting
Public/mid/410/Meeting/3770/Committee/466/Default.aspx
20 August 2020 10:15 11:00
https://cmis.northamptonshire.gov.uk/cmis5live/MeetingsCalendar/tabid/73/ctl/ViewMeeting
Public/mid/410/Meeting/3771/Committee/466/Default.aspx
27 August 2020 00:00 TBC
The information supplied is provided for private use, such as non-commercial research purposes,
and news reporting. Any other type of re-use will require the permission of the copyright owner
under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015.
If you are unhappy with the response, you can ask the Council to review it. To do this please write
to the address below:
Ms Luiza Morris-Warren
Reviewing Officer
Northamptonshire County Council
One Angel Square
Angel Street
Northampton
NN1 1ED
Email
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If our internal review does not resolve the issue to your complete satisfaction, you have the right to
apply to the information Commissioner for a decision at the following address:
Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF
Or, if you have any complaints in respect of your information request please complete the on-line
comments form that can be found at
www.northamptonshire.gov.uk, along with a full set of
guidance.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information/Data Protection Team
Northamptonshire County Council
E-Mail-
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