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Dear Hannah

I refer to your Freedom of Information request to which I am now in a position to respond on behalf of Broadland District Council and South Norfolk Council. My response is outlined below along with your questions for ease of reference.

a. Have all senior management received carbon literacy training or equivalent since 1st January 2019? Please state the type of training.
All of the corporate leadership team have signed up to carbon literacy training. This will take place on 22nd February. The training is a carbon literacy trust accredited course with an online module and an in person training session.

b. Have all current councillors in the cabinet or committee chairs received carbon literacy training or equivalent since being elected? Please state the type of training.

Broadland District Council
All the councillors in the cabinet and the Environmental Excellence Policy Development panel have been invited to the carbon literacy training on 23rd February. The training is a carbon literacy accredited course with an online module and an in person training session.

South Norfolk
All the councillors in the cabinet and the Economy and Environment Policy committee have been invited to the carbon literacy training on 23rd February. The training is a carbon literacy accredited course with an online module and an in person training session.

I hope this is of assistance and is sufficient to meet your requirements, but if for whatever reason you wish to get back to me, please feel free to do so. In particular if you are unhappy with the information provided or how your request was handled please let me know and I will explain how you can request an internal review of our decision.

Please quote BFOI 23-11 / SFOI 23-14 in any further correspondence concerning this request.

Regards

Suzanne Edwards
Governance Support Assistant
01603 430450 [email address]

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