Emergency Services Show Hospitality

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Dear Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service,

Emergency Services Show - Hospitality

The following request for information is made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

It is understood that commercial providers of goods and equipment to fire and rescue services are offering hospitality to officers and elected members during the period of the Emergency Services Show (ESS) at the NEC, 7-8 September 2021. Please provide the following information regarding invitations to hospitality events whilst attending the ESS. Such hospitality is understood to include: lunches/dinners, hotels, transport costs, golf sessions etc

1) what invitations have been received by commercial companies for Officers, Members or staff of your Fire and Rescue Service to attended hospitality events funded by the company during the period of the above Emergency Services Show?

2) what invitations referred to in 1 above have been accepted by officers or Members of your Fire and Rescue Service?

3) please provide the name of the commercial company and the hospitality event to which each invitation relates to?

4) what is the estimated individual value of each hospitality event to which officers or Members have been invited to participate in?

5) please provide a copy of your Fire and Rescue Authority receipt of hospitality policy.

Yours faithfully,

Jamal Sarbin

Marie Lloyd-Jones, Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service

Dear Jamal

Thank you for your request for information. Your request was received on 19 August 2021 and is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We have 20 working days to respond and so I will contact you again on or before 17 September 2021. In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, I will let you know the likely charges before proceeding.

If you have any queries about this, please contact me.

Yours sincerely

Marie Lloyd-Jones

Sent on behalf of:
Louise Taylor - Solicitor & Information Officer For Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service, Butterley Hall, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 3RS, Tel 01773 305305 Ext 5430 | Email [email address]

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Marie Lloyd-Jones, Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service

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Dear Jamal

 

I write in response to your email of 3 May 2021 in which you submitted an
information request to the Service. Your request has been dealt with in
accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and our
response is below.

 

With regard to the Emergency Services Show (ESS) at the NEC, 7-8 September
2021. Please provide the following information regarding invitations to
hospitality events whilst attending the ESS. Such hospitality is
understood to include: lunches/dinners, hotels, transport costs, golf
sessions etc

 

1)      What invitations have been received by commercial companies for
Officers, Members or staff of your Fire and Rescue Service to attended
hospitality events funded by the company during the period of the above
Emergency Services Show?

We do not record this information. Please be advised that the FOIA does
not place a duty upon public authorities to answer a question unless
recorded information exists. The FOIA duty is to only provide the recorded
information held.

 

2)      What invitations referred to in 1 above have been accepted by
officers or Members of your Fire and Rescue Service?

No invitations have been accepted.

 

3)      Please provide the name of the commercial company and the
hospitality event to which each invitation relates to?

We do not record this information. Please be advised that the FOIA does
not place a duty upon public authorities to answer a question unless
recorded information exists. The FOIA duty is to only provide the recorded
information held.

 

4)      What is the estimated individual value of each hospitality event
to which officers or Members have been invited to participate in?

We do not record this information. Please be advised that the FOIA does
not place a duty upon public authorities to answer a question unless
recorded information exists. The FOIA duty is to only provide the recorded
information held.

 

5)      Please provide a copy of your Fire and Rescue Authority receipt of
hospitality policy.

Copy attached.

 

I trust this deals with your request.

 

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independent internal review by our Chief Fire Officer/Chief Executive. 
Please note that any request for an internal review must be made within 40
working days of the date on which the attempt to reach informal resolution
has come to an end.

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Telephone: 01773 305430

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Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service
Headquarters
Butterley Hall

Ripley, Derby DE5 3RS

 

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Yours sincerely

 

Marie Lloyd-Jones

 

Sent on behalf of:

Louise Taylor - Solicitor & Monitoring Officer

Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service

Joint Police & Fire Headquarters, Butterley Hall, Ripley DE5 3RS

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