Electoral registers

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Dear Assessor for Orkney and Shetland Valuation Joint Board,

This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act.

From January 2018 to the day this request is processed, please provide a list of organisations and companies that have requested electoral registers and/or electoral register updates, overseas voters lists, and/or absent voters lists.

For each organisation/company, please provide details on what they requested and when they requested it. Please also indicate whether their requests were fulfilled.

I would like to receive this information in an electronic format. If you feel that a substantive response to this request is not possible within a reasonable time frame, I would be grateful if you could contact me and provide assistance as to how I can refine the request. If you need any clarification, please contact me. I look forward to receiving a response in 20 working days. Many thanks.

Yours faithfully,

Jenna Corderoy

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Dear Sir/Madam

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Thank you for your request for information which was received by the Orkney & Shetland Valuation Joint Board on 28 January 2019 for both the Orkney Islands area and Shetland Islands area.

I hope that the information attached is satisfactory but if you are dissatisfied with the information provided, or in the way that your request has been dealt with, you are entitled to require a review of decision.

Please note that in order for a review to take place, you must:

• lodge a written “requirement for review” within 40 working days of the date
of this notice

• include your address for correspondence, a description of the original request
and the reasons why you are dissatisfied.

• address your review request to the Assessor & Electoral Registration Officer

Dennis M Stevenson, MRICS, IRRV
Assessor and Electoral Registration Officer
Orkney & Shetland Valuation Joint Board
8 Broad Street
Kirkwall
Orkney
KW15 1NX

E-mail: [email address]
Tel: 01856 876222
Fax: 01856 870949

The review will be handled by staff who were not involved in the original decision. You will receive notice of the result of your review within 20 working days. It will explain the findings of the review as well as details of how to appeal to the Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner if you are dissatisfied with the review decision.

Appeals should be made to the Commissioner, within 6 months of receiving any review decision notice, at www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal or as follows:

The Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner Kinburn Castle Doubledykes Road St. Andrews Fife
KY16 9DS

Email: [email address]
Web Site: www.itspublicknowledge.info
Tel: 01334 464610

In the event of an appeal to the Commissioner, the Commissioner will generally only be able to investigate matters raised in the request for review.

I reply to your Freedom of information request as shown attached.

The attached response is for both the Orkney Islands area and Shetland Islands area.

Can you please acknowledge receipt of this FOI response.

Yours faithfully

Dennis M Stevenson
Assessor & Electoral Registration Officer
Orkney & Shetland Valuation Joint Board
8 Broad Street
Kirkwall
KW15 1NX
 
Tel 01856 876222 
 
Details of the Assessor, Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) and Orkney & Shetland Valuation Joint Board (VJB) Privacy Notices and how the Assessor, ERO and VJB collects and uses personal information are available at www.orkney-shetland-vjb.co.uk

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