Dear Requester

Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
received on 07/Mar/2023.  We have registered your request under reference
number FOI 08630 and would be grateful if you would please use this
reference and the email address [Eden District Council request email] on any future
correspondence relating to this request.

We aim to respond to your request no later than 05/Apr/2023.

Description of request:

It is understood that an end of era party for councillors and staff has
been organised at The George Hotel.

Please could you confirm:

 1. The cost for room hire, any refreshments and entertainment.
 2. Who has been invited.
 3. Whether the invitation is free or staff and councillors are expected
to pay and, if the latter please tell me the cost of the tickets.
 4. Which budget this has been funded from.

Whilst it is the Council’s policy to provide information wherever
possible, we need to advise you that there are a number of exemptions
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which may prevent the release of
some or all of the information you have requested. Some exemptions are
absolute and some only apply where the public interest in maintaining the
exemption outweighs that in disclosing the information. You will be
informed if this is the case and the reason why.

Once the information has been identified the Authority may also ask that a
fee be paid for processing and delivering the information to you. Details
of any fee to be charged will be notified to you as soon as possible.

Under the terms of the legislation, we have an obligation to respond to
your request within 20 working days from the day after your request was
received. In certain instances, owing to the complexity of the request
received or the consideration of the public interest, we may extend this
response deadline. Should we need to extend the deadline, we will contact
you and inform you of this setting out the reasons for the extension.

Yours faithfully

FOI Team

Tel: 01768 817817
Email: [Eden District Council request email]

Eden District Council, Town Hall, Penrith, CA11 7QF Tel: 01768 817817

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Dear Penny Cooper,

Thank you for your email.

Please accept our apologies for the delay in responding to your request. We have issued reminders to officers and will forward their response when we receive it.

Regards

Eden District Council

FOI team
Eden District Council, Town Hall, Penrith CA11 7QF
Tel: 01768 817817
E-mail: [Eden District Council request email]

www.eden.gov.uk

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Dear Penny Cooper,

Freedom of Information Request Relating to End of Council Event.

Further to your request which was logged under reference FOI: 08630, we
are now in a position to provide a response to your request for
information under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please find the information you have requested below:

1.     The total cost for room hire, any refreshments and entertainment -
£1,695.

2.     Who has been invited – Councillors and Members of Staff.

3.     Whether the invitation is free or staff and councillors are
expected to pay, and if the latter please tell me the cost of the tickets
– The cost was free for both staff and councillors.

4.     Which budget has this been funded from – The event was funded from
the Hospitality Budget.

We hope this satisfies your query. However if you are dissatisfied with
this response, you can request an internal review under the Council’s
Complaints Procedure. To do this, you will need to contact; Assistant
Director Legal and Democratic Services (Monitoring Officer) by email:
[1][email address], or in writing to: Eden District Council, Town Hall,
Penrith CA11 7QF, within 40 working days of receipt of this response.

You can also complain to the Information Commissioner (ICO) at:
Information Commissioner’s Officer, Wycliffe House, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9
5AF or by telephoning 0303 123 1113.  Generally the ICO cannot make a
decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by
Eden District Council.

Most of the information that we provide in response to Freedom of
Information Act 2000 requests will be subject to copyright protection.  In
most cases the copyright will be owned by Eden District Council.  The
copyright in other information may be owned by another person or
organisation as indicated on the information itself.

You are free to use any of the information supplied for your own
non-commercial research or private study purposes. The information may
also be used for any other purpose allowed by a limitation or exception in
copyright law, such as news reporting.  However, any other type of re-use,
for example by publishing the information in analogue or digital format,
including on the internet, will require the permission of the copyright
owner.

Yours sincerely

Eden District Council

FOI team

Eden District Council, Town Hall, Penrith CA11 7QF

Tel: 01768 817817

E-mail: [2][Eden District Council request email]

[3]www.eden.gov.uk

From: foi <[Eden District Council request email]>
Sent: 08 March 2023 12:30
To: [FOI #957604 email]
Subject: Freedom of Information request relating to End of Council Event -
Reference FOI 08630

Dear Requester

Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
received on 07/Mar/2023.  We have registered your request under reference
number FOI 08630 and would be grateful if you would please use this
reference and the email address [4][Eden District Council request email] on any future
correspondence relating to this request.

We aim to respond to your request no later than 05/Apr/2023.

Description of request:

It is understood that an end of era party for councillors and staff has
been organised at The George Hotel.

Please could you confirm:

 1. The cost for room hire, any refreshments and entertainment.
 2. Who has been invited.
 3. Whether the invitation is free or staff and councillors are expected
to pay and, if the latter please tell me the cost of the tickets.
 4. Which budget this has been funded from.

Whilst it is the Council’s policy to provide information wherever
possible, we need to advise you that there are a number of exemptions
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which may prevent the release of
some or all of the information you have requested. Some exemptions are
absolute and some only apply where the public interest in maintaining the
exemption outweighs that in disclosing the information. You will be
informed if this is the case and the reason why.

Once the information has been identified the Authority may also ask that a
fee be paid for processing and delivering the information to you. Details
of any fee to be charged will be notified to you as soon as possible.

Under the terms of the legislation, we have an obligation to respond to
your request within 20 working days from the day after your request was
received. In certain instances, owing to the complexity of the request
received or the consideration of the public interest, we may extend this
response deadline. Should we need to extend the deadline, we will contact
you and inform you of this setting out the reasons for the extension.

Yours faithfully

FOI Team

Tel: 01768 817817
Email: [5][Eden District Council request email]

Eden District Council, Town Hall, Penrith, CA11 7QF Tel: 01768 817817

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Eden District Council

Information contained in this email is intended only for the individual to
whom it is addressed. It may contain privileged and confidential
information and if you are not the intended recipient you must not copy,
distribute or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this
email in error please notify the sender immediately by telephone on 01768
817817. Please also destroy and delete the message from your computer.

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