Dear Mr Fagg

Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

Case Reference 202301799

Thank you for your correspondence received by North Northamptonshire
Council on 27/09/2023 requesting information regarding Book Challenges
under the above Act. Your request for information is currently being
considered and should the Council require any further clarification
regarding your request, we will contact you to discuss this with you.

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Lucy DaSantos

Information Governance Team

North Northamptonshire Council

Telephone: 0300 126 300

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Dear Mr Fagg

Thank you for your request for information received by the authority on 27
September 2023. I can confirm that North Northamptonshire Council holds
the information requested.

Please see below the service response:

As a freedom of information request, please provide data regarding the
number of challenges to books received by your library/libraries for each
calendar between 2018 and 2022, plus so far in 2023. For this request, a
book challenge is defined as a formal complaint requesting that materials
be removed from a library because of content or inappropriateness.
Specifically, please provide each of the following for each year if
available:

• The number of challenges received - NIL
• The title and author of the books challenged – N/A
• The reason (if any) provided for the challenge – N/A
• The action taken in response to the challenge – N/A

I trust the above is helpful, however if you are dissatisfied with the way
we have handled your enquiry or you are unhappy with the response
provided, you have the right to request an internal review.  You can do
this by emailing [1][North Northants Council request email].

Please note a request for an internal review should be submitted no later
than 40 working days from the date of receipt of this response.  The
Council is not obliged to accept a request for an internal review beyond
this timeframe.  A full response to your request for a review will be
provided within 20 working days. 

If you remain dissatisfied with the Council’s internal review, you have
the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner (ICO).  It is
recommended that you contact them no later 3 months from the date of our
final response, using the contact details below: 

Information Commissioner’s Office 

Wycliffe House 

Water Lane 

Wilmslow 

Cheshire 

SK9 5AF 

Telephone:  0303 123 1113 

[2]https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/ 

Yours sincerely 

Lucy DaSantos

Information Request Specialist

From: "Jonathan Fagg" <[FOI #1031757 email]>
Sent: 27 September 2023 11:58
To: "FOI requests at North Northants Council" <[North Northants Council
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Subject: Freedom of Information request - Book challenges

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Dear North Northamptonshire Council,

As a freedom of information request, please provide data regarding the
number of challenges to books received by your library/libraries for each
calendar between 2018 and 2022, plus so far in 2023. For this request, a
book challenge is defined as a formal complaint requesting that materials
be removed from a library because of content or inappropriateness.
Specifically, please provide each of the following for each year if
available:
• The number of challenges received
• The title and author of the books challenged
• The reason (if any) provided for the challenge
• The action taken in response to the challenge

Yours faithfully,

Jonathan Fagg

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