Dear Mr Lewis ,

Thank you for your enquiry, which has been forwarded to the appropriate officers for a response. The usual timescale for a response is twenty working days, that is by or on 2nd October.

If for any reason the Council needs to extend this timescale you will be notified in accordance with the relevant legislation.

Please note that in 2012 the County Council adopted a position in principle that FoI and EIR requests to West Sussex County Council and the Council's responses may be published on the Council's website in a suitably anonymised form. This is in addition to the individual response to the requestor, and in line with the Council's commitment to transparency and open data.

Yours sincerely,

Kerry Rickman

Freedom Of Information, Communities Directorate | West Sussex County Council | Location: County Hall, Chichester PO19 1RQ | E-mail: [email address]

Dear Mr Lewis,

Thank you for your enquiry. In order to identify and locate the information that you have asked for the Council reasonably requires further information. I will not be able to take this matter further without extra information from you.

In particular, it would be useful to know what you mean by a 'governance process' in this context.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,

Dave Loveman
Customer Relations Team Manager

Dave Loveman | Customer Relations Manager,
Communities Directorate, West Sussex County Council
Location: County Hall, West Street, Chichester PO19 1RQ
Internal: 28804 | External: 033022 28804 | E-mail: [email address]

Dear Mr Lewis,

WSCC REF: 943220

I refer to your request dated 3^rd September 2017, which has been dealt
with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Your request was:

‘I wish to be appraised of the governance process that was applied to the
previous press release by Louise Goldsmith of WSCC, that praises the
legacy of Peter Catchpole.

Please also provide a chronology of the governance process applied.’

We have now completed a search for the information which you requested and
I confirm the Authority holds information relevant to the request.

It is normal practice for the County Council Press Office to release
information to the local media when changes take place within the Cabinet.
Due to the political content of such releases, the wording will be
provided by and/or approved by the Leader of the County Council.

In this case the Leader, Louise Goldsmith, requested the release and
verbally briefed the Head of Communications on the content. A draft was
produced and sent to the Leader. This was approved and sent to the Press
Office to issue to the media. No one else was required to sign off the
release.

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. You are free to use it for your
own purposes, including any non-commercial research you are doing and for
the purposes of news reporting. Any other reuse, for example commercial
publication, would require the permission of the copyright holder. Most
documents supplied by us will be copyright of West Sussex County Council.

Information you receive which is not subject to WSCC continues to be
protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the
information originated. You must ensure that you gain their permission
before reproducing any third party (non WSCC) information.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

If you are unhappy with the way your request has been handled, you may
wish to ask for a review of our decision via [1][email address]. 

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you may
apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally,
the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted our internal
review procedure. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

The Information Commissioner's Office,

Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

Many thanks,

Philippa Terry-Eld.

[2]Philippa Terry-Eld | News Manager | [3]West Sussex County Council |
Email: [4][email address]

Location: Lower Ground Floor, County Hall, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19
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Dear Mr Lewis,

As discussed please find attached a copy of the clarification on the
chronology, as sent to you direct by the Chief Executive on 30 October.

Yours sincerely

Dave Loveman

Customer Relations Team Manager

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