Barrier Busting
Dear Department for Culture, Media and Sport,
I am very interested in the impact of the Barrier Busting website. See below for link.
(http://barrierbusting.communities.gov.uk/)
I would like to know the following information about the involvement of the Department's officials in the Barrier Busting programme.
1) Number of meetings attended by officials of the department about the Barrier Busting programme.
2) Number of suggestions submitted to the site and directed to officials of the department by officials of Department for Communities and Local Government.
3) Number of suggestions submitted to the site that have been the subject of submissions to ministers of the department, or referred to in submissions to ministers of the department.
The time period of this request is from 1 May 2010 to the date of this request.
Yours faithfully,
Harold Callahan
Our Ref: 184549
Dear Mr Callahan,
Thank you for your message of 23 August requesting the following
information:
1) Number of meetings attended by officials of the department about the
Barrier Busting programme.
2) Number of suggestions submitted to the site and directed to officials
of the department by officials of Department for Communities and Local
Government.
3) Number of suggestions submitted to the site that have been the subject
of submissions to ministers of the department, or referred to in
submissions to ministers of the department.
I have dealt with your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
1) Number of meetings attended by officials of the department about the
Barrier Busting programme.
One meeting about Barrier Busting was attended by a DCMS official.
2) Number of suggestions submitted to the site and directed to
officials of the department by officials of Department for Communities and
Local Government.
After a thorough search of our records, I can confirm that we do not hold
any information within the scope of your request. DCMS does not control
the barrier busting website.
3) Number of suggestions submitted to the site that have been the
subject of submissions to ministers of the department, or referred to in
submissions to ministers of the department.
I can confirm that we do not hold any information within the scope of your
request.
If I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact
me.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Team
Ministerial Support Team
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