Dear Sir/Madam,

Thank you for your request for information submitted under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which has been given the above mentioned reference number. Please quote this on any correspondence regarding your request.

Stockport Council will respond to your request within 20 working days from the date of receipt. If there will be a charge for disbursements e.g. photocopying in order to provide the information, we will inform you as soon as possible to see if you wish to proceed; however such charges are usually waived if they amount to less than £10.

Yours sincerely,

Simon Oldfield
Freedom of Information/ Data Protection Officer & RIPA Coordinator
Stockport Council
Town Hall
Stockport
SK1 3XE

Tel: 0161 474 4048
Fax: 0161 474 4006
http://www.stockport.gov.uk

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Dear Sir/Madam,

I am writing in response to your request for information (ref FOI 7639).

The relevant Council Service(s) has searched for the requested information
and our response is as attached.

Please note that a small amount of information has been removed under
Section 43 (Commercial Interests). This is clearly indicated in each
relevant attachment.

When making the decision to refuse to release this information the Council
has considered the Public Interest in the revelation of the withheld
information against the Public interest in upholding the exemption.

Although there is an inherent public interest in releasing information to
the public about public services and expenditure. It is believed that the
level of information already provided means that there would be very
little additional benefit to the public by releasing the information which
has been withheld.

The small amount of information which has been refused relates to
information relating to specific functions of partner agencies operating
in a competitive marketplace. The release of this information into the
public domain is likely to provide a very real disadvantage to our
partners.

On balance it has been decided that there is insufficient public interest
in the release of the refused information to override the factors which
favour upholding the exemption.

If you are unhappy with the way we have handled your request for
information, you are entitled to ask for an internal review; however you
must do so within 40 working days of the date of this response. Any
internal review will be carried out by a senior member of staff who was
not involved with your original request. To ask for an internal review,
contact [1][email address] in the first instance.

If you are unhappy with the outcome of any internal review, you are
entitled to complain to the Information Commissioner. To do so, contact:

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

[2]www.ico.gov.uk

01625 545 745

Yours sincerely,

Simon Oldfield

Freedom of Information/ Data Protection Officer & RIPA Coordinator

Stockport Council

Town Hall

Stockport

SK1 3XE

Tel: 0161 474 4048

Fax: 0161 474 4006

http://www.stockport.gov.uk

Need further information? See our Information Management FAQs

Confidentiality: This email, its contents and any attachments are intended
only for the above named. As the email may contain confidential or legally
privileged information, if you are not, or suspect that you are not, the
above named or the person responsible for delivery of the message to the
above named, please delete or destroy the email and any attachments
immediately and inform the sender of the error.

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