Brexit Party

The request was refused by Adur District Council.

Jenna Corderoy

Dear Adur District Council,

This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act. Please pass this request on to the department which deals with electoral services.

1) I would like to request all internal correspondence and communications which mentions, or refers to, the Brexit Party.

2) I would also like to request all external correspondence and communications between the Council and the Brexit Party.

I would like to receive this information in an electronic format. If you feel that a substantive response to this request is not possible within a reasonable time frame, I would be grateful if you could contact me and provide assistance as to how I can refine the request. If you need any clarification, please contact me. I look forward to receiving a response in 20 working days. Many thanks.

Yours faithfully,

Jenna Corderoy

Adur District Council

Hi

We have recently received a request for information and allocated it the
reference FOI/1027397/2019. Please quote this in any correspondance in
relation to this matter. 

For your information, this is what you requested:

Please pass this request on to the department which deals with electoral
services. 

1) I would like to request all internal correspondence and communications
which mentions, or refers to, the Brexit Party.  

2) I would also like to request all external correspondence and
communications between the Council and the Brexit Party.

You should expect to hear from us within 20 working days.

If we are are not able to provide the information, we will tell you why. 

Yours Sincerely,
Adur and Worthing Councils

Adur District Council

Hi,

Following on from your recent request for information, FOI/1027397/2019 we
require the following clarification to your question:

You have asked for your request for information to be forwarded to
electoral services, however all Freedom of informaiton requests are
administered by the council's Information officer.

Please be advised the council's electoral services department co-ordinates
the register for electors of consituents and ballots (votes) held within
the local authority and does not have direct responsibility for elected
members (councillors) or any meetings/communication held between parties.

Adur District Council employs approximately 676 staff member, this does
not include elected members of the council. In order to try to identify
the information you require please can you clarify the type of
communication you are seeking and if there are any specific officers in
which you are interested in seeking correspondence between.

Your request will be paused until we receive a reply to our clarification.
If we do not hear from you within one month your request will be
cancelled.

Yours Sincerely,
Adur and Worthing Councils
 

Thank-you for your email.

The request only concerns the correspondence/communications held by the electoral services, and not the entire council. I hope this clarifies things.

Yours faithfully,

Jenna Corderoy

Adur District Council

Hi

We have recently received a request for information and allocated it the
reference FOI/1027397/2019. Please quote this in any correspondance in
relation to this matter. 

For your information, this is what you requested:

Please pass this request on to the department which deals with electoral
services. 

1) I would like to request all internal correspondence and communications
which mentions, or refers to, the Brexit Party.  

2) I would also like to request all external correspondence and
communications between the Council and the Brexit Party.

The request only concerns the correspondence/communications held by the
electoral services, and not the entire council.

You should expect to hear from us within 20 working days.

If we are are not able to provide the information, we will tell you why. 

Yours Sincerely,
Adur and Worthing Councils

Adur District Council

Thank you for your recent request.
 
Request
1) I would like to request all internal correspondence and communications
which mentions, or refers to, the Brexit Party.

2) I would also like to request all external correspondence and
communications between the Council and the Brexit Party.

I would like to narrow it those officers within the department that deals
with electoral services.

Response
In relation to the function of registering electors, the registration of
electors is governed by the Representation of the People Act 1983 as
amended. Under Section 8 of the Act, the council must appoint an officer
of the council to be the registration officer for any constituency
coterminous with or situated in the council's area. Alex Bailey is the
appointed Electoral Registration Officer for Adur & Worthing Councils. The
appointment as Electoral Registration Officer is a separate appointment.
Although appointed by the Council, the Electoral Registration Officer's
responsibilities and duties are personal. An example of this is that the
register of electors is deemed to be the property of the Electoral
Registration Officer, not the local authority.

The Electoral Registration Officer does not carry out the duties on behalf
of the local authority but in their own personal capacity. A list of
public bodies and local authorities that are subject to the provisions of
the Freedom of Information Act is included in Schedule 1 to the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. A list of public bodies that are subject to the
provisions of the Freedom of Information Act is available at the following
website:

https://www.gov.uk/make-a-freedom-of-inf...
As you will see, the Freedom of Information Act does not list any person
appointed under the Representation of the People Act 1983. The Electoral
Registration Officer is not subject to the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act.

As such, the Council is not is not obliged to respond to this request.

If you are not satisfied with the response to your request for information
you have the right to an internal review.

For Freedom of Information, please email the details of your internal
review request to [Adur District Council request email]
For Data Protection, please email the details of your internal review
request to [email address]  

If there are any, you can download any files / data using this link:
[1]Secure link to response files

Yours sincerely

Information Officer | Adur & Worthing Councils

Email: [Adur District Council request email] /
[email address]

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