ACC payment made to LGIU (Local Government Information Unit)

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Dear Aberdeen City Council,

Jenny Laing has been made 'councillor of the year' or similar by private entity LGIU
(details here https://lgiu.org/about/ ) which charges councils in the UK membership fees.

Please advise how much was paid for membership fees, councillors' membership fees or any reason for the years 2018, 2019 and to date for 2020.

I imagine you can readily find this information without any difficulty as it will be recorded electronically.

Yours faithfully,

Suzanne Kelly

Foi Enquiries, Aberdeen City Council

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Reference: FOI-285088253
Date of request: 17/12/2020
Title of request: ACC payment made to LGIU

Dear Suzanne Kelly,

Thank you for your completing your Freedom of Information Request.

We aim to answer all requests within 20 working days.

You will receive a response via email and an update in [1]your self-serve
account.

For information about how we handle your request please see our [2]Freedom
of Information privacy notice.

For information about your appeal rights please see [3]Freedom of
Information reviews and appeals.

Kind regards

Access to Information Team
Aberdeen City Council | Customer Development | Customer Experience |
Customer
Marischal College | Broad Street | Aberdeen | AB10 1AB
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Dear Access to Information Team, Aberdeen City Council,

Thank you for your latest, just one point:

You wrote: "You will receive a response via email and an update in [1]your self-serve
account."

No, you will not reply to me via any other format. You will reply to my request on this thread on the whatdotheyknow.com website.

Yours sincerely,

Suzanne Kelly

Foi Enquiries, Aberdeen City Council

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Access to Information Team, Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeen City Council

Reference: FOI-285088253
Date of request: 17/12/2020
Title of request: ACC payment made to LGIU

Dear Suzanne Kelly,

Thank you for your information request. We have completed the necessary
search for the information requested. Our response is now detailed below.

Jenny Laing has been made 'councillor of the year' or similar by private
entity LGIU (details here  [1]https://lgiu.org/about/ ) which charges
councils in the UK membership fees.

Please advise how much was paid for membership fees, councillors'
membership fees or any reason for the years 2018, 2019 and to date for
2020. 

Please see below the subscription fees:
January - December 2018: £4997
January - December 2019: £5045
January - December 2020: £5145

We handled your request for information in accordance with the provisions
of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

If you are dissatisfied with the way we have handled your request or the
content of it, you are entitled to ask for an appeal. You can do this from
your [2]Aberdeen City Council self service account.

For more information on your right to review, please visit [3]Freedom of
Information Review and Appeals.

We hope this helps with your request.

Kind regards

Access to Information Team
Aberdeen City Council | Customer Development | Customer Experience |
Customer
Marischal College | Broad Street | Aberdeen | AB10 1AB
[4]www.aberdeencity.gov.uk | Twitter: @AberdeenCC |
Facebook.com/AberdeenCC

Your personal data is very important to us. Please refer to [5]information
on why and how we use your data.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail (including any attachment to it) is
confidential, protected by copyright and may be privileged. The
information contained in it should be used for its intended purposes only.
If you receive this email in error, notify the sender by reply email,
delete the received email and do not make use of, disclose or copy it.
Whilst we take reasonable precautions to ensure that our emails are free
from viruses, we cannot be responsible for any viruses transmitted with
this email and recommend that you subject any incoming email to your own
virus checking procedures. Unless related to Council business, the
opinions expressed in this email are those of the sender and they do not
necessarily constitute those of Aberdeen City Council. Unless we expressly
say otherwise in this email or its attachments, neither this email nor its
attachments create, form part of or vary any contractual or unilateral
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4. https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk /
5. https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/your-dat...