Carbon literacy training for senior councillors and staff
Climate Emergency UK made this Freedom of Information request to Uttlesford District Council as part of a batch sent to 181 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Uttlesford District Council,
Please treat this as a Freedom of Information/Environmental Information Regulations request.
I would like information about your council’s carbon literacy training in relation to climate action for the Council Climate Action Scorecards. This information may be held by the HR department or other departments that organise staff training.
In particular, please supply me with information relating to the following questions:
a. Have all senior management received carbon literacy training or equivalent since 1st January 2019? Please state the type of training.
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.
This training could be from the Carbon Literacy Organisation or another organisation, university or in-house. We want to know the number of people who have attended the training. We don’t need to know the number of staff that have received a certificate of completion or attendance.
I look forward to hearing from you in due course.
Yours faithfully,
Hannah Jewell, Climate Emergency UK
Dear Hannah Jewell
Thank you for your request for information which Uttlesford District Council received on 16 January 2023. Your request has been allocated the Councils reference of 23-020.
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Uttlesford District Council
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Dear Uttlesford District Council,
Thank you for taking the time to look at the FOI/EIR request I have submitted.
This is a polite reminder that the legal deadline by which you needed to respond to the FOI/EIR request was 13th February 2023, which has now passed.
I would be very grateful if you could ensure that you respond to this request as soon as you can.
All the best,
Hannah Jewell, Climate Emergency UK
Dear Sir/ Madam,
Please accept our sincere apologies that you have not received a response to your FOI/EIR request. We note that you should have received a response on 13/02/2023. By way of explanation, Uttlesford District Council operates the devolved approach when dealing with requests for information we receive. This means that once the request is initially received by the FOI Team the request will then be forwarded onto the respective service area so that a suitable response can be supplied. This devolved approach ensures that officers who have the expert knowledge of their particular area can provide the necessary response.
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