Council newspapers
Dear Broadland District Council,
Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act, I wish to receive the following information from your authority:
1. The name, frequency and distribution/circulation of your council newspaper (by council newspaper I mean the most frequently published newspaper or magazine intended for mass distribution covering more than one topic)
2. How much it cost to produce and distribute said newspaper in the last full financial year, and how much was budgeted from council resources in the financial year 2009/2010
3. How much of that cost is offset by advertising
4. How much of that advertising, if any, comes from external sources (ie not from your authority's budgets)?
5. Which other public sector partners pay to run advertising in your newspaper, eg PCTs?
6. Whether recruitment advertising forms part of the advertising in your newspaper?
7. A copy of an editorial policy guide, if one exists, which governs the material which is placed in the newspaper, and how it is decided
8. A copy of an advertising policy guide, if one exists, which governs what sort of advertising is suitable.
9. The number of people employed to put your newspaper/newsletter together, including total cost and staff organisation chart
Some parts of this request may be easier to answer than others, and should this prove to be the case I would ask that you release available data as soon as possible rather than hold up the entire request.
I would prefer to receive this information electronically. If the decision is made to withhold some of this data using exemptions in Act, please inform me of that fact and cite the exemptions used.
If you need any clarification then please contact me at the email. Under your section 16 duty to provide advice and assistance I would expect you to contact me if you find this request unmanageable in any way.
I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have received this request, and I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.
Yours faithfully,
L Barnett
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your FOIA request. I have passed
this to the relevant department to deal with. Where possible we aim to
respond to FOIA requests within the 20 working day statutory time-limit.
Should you need to contact me at any time concerning your request -
please feel free to do so.
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|Administrator, Corporate Services| [1]www.broadland.gov.uk|
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|Broadland District Council | [2][email address]|
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Dear Sir/Madam
Please find below the Council's responses to the Freedom of Information
you submitted at the beginning of the month. The replies have been
inserted into each individual question. I trust the above response will
meet your purposes 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 make contact
and I will explain how you can make a complaint either to the Council or
to the Information Commissioner.
Malcolm Black
Admin Manager, Corporate Services, Broadland DC
Ext 2532 or (01603) 430532
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Broadland District Council - Ranked 3rd overall in The Times 20 Best Councils To
Work For in 2008
This email and any attachments are intended for the addressee only and may
be confidential. If they come to you in error you must take no action
based on them, nor must you copy or show them to anyone. Please advise the
sender by replying to this email immediately and then delete the original
from your computer. Unless this email relates to Broadland District
Council business it will be regarded by the council as personal and will
not be authorised by or sent on behalf of the council. The sender will
have sole responsibility for any legal actions or disputes that may arise.
We have taken steps to ensure that this email and any attachments are free
from known viruses but in keeping with good computing practice, you should
ensure they are virus free. Emails sent from and received by members and
employees of Broadland District Council may be monitored
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