Dear Allen Collins

Freedom of Information Request, Oxford City Council - Reference:
FOI2024/00990

Thank you for your email. Your request was received on 3 September 2024
and you will be sent a response by 1st October in accordance with the
Freedom of Information Act 2000/ Environmental Information Regulations
2004 (EIR), subject to the information not being exempt or containing
reference to a third party.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Team | Law and Governance | Oxford City Council |
Town Hall | St Aldate's | Oxford | OX1 1BX

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Dear Allen Collins

The date that the response is due for your request, EIR2024/00990, has
been changed to 29th October

Thank you for your email.

I am writing to you regarding the above request. I can confirm the Council
holds the information you have requested; however, it may be subject to a
qualified exemption under the Freedom of Information Act. Although the
Freedom of Information Act carries a presumption in favour of disclosure,
it provides exemptions which may be used to withhold information in
specified circumstances. Some of these exemptions, referred to as
'qualified exemptions', are subject to a public interest test. This test
is used to balance the public interest in disclosure against the public
interest in favour of withholding the information. As permitted by section
10(3) of FOIA, Oxford City Council requires further time to consider the
public interest test in relation to the data requested and to carry out
consultations with third parties.

In accordance with paragraph 4.6 of the Code of Practice, Oxford City
Council considers a 20 working day extension would be appropriate at this
stage and will therefore aim to respond to you latest by 29th October

Kind Regards

Freedom of Information Team

Dear Allen Collins

Please find attached a response to your request for information received
on 3 September.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Officer

Freedom of Information Team | Law and Governance | Oxford City Council |
Town Hall | St Aldate's | Oxford | OX1 1BX

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Our ref: EIR2024/01207

Dear Allen Collins,

Thank you for your request which was received on 25th October.

Please note, we treat your query as a new request as the questions asked
were not included in the request EIR2024/00990

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

Yours sincerely

The Information Governance Team

Dear Allen Collins

Please find attached a response to your request for information received
on 25 October.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Officer

Freedom of Information Team | Law and Governance | Oxford City Council |
Town Hall | St Aldate's | Oxford | OX1 1BX

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Dear Allen Collins,

I am writing in response to your request for your query received on 23rd
of November.

Further query:

I respectfully disagree with your decision to withhold the position of the
OCC officer leading the investigation. Applying the same reasoning would
imply that the position of any public figure would not be disclosed under
the FOIA, which I believe is not accurate.

I maintain that the position of the OCC officer should be disclosed as
requested.

Response:

In reaching the decision of not disclosing the personal data of Council
employee who works under guidance of a more senior officer, the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) have been
considered together with the ICO's guidance document entitled 'Requests
for personal data about public authority employees'.

https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisatio...

Also,please see below our FOI Policy which sets out in section 4 what
information about Council staff we disclose/withhold under the DPA.

[1]Background and legislative context - FOI Policy | Freedom of
Information Policy | Oxford City Council

If you disagree with any part of the response to your request, you are
entitled to ask the Council for an internal review of the decision(s)
made. You may do this by writing to the Monitoring Officer, by either
email [2][email address] or by post to Monitoring Officer, Oxford City
Council, St Aldate's Chambers, St Aldate's, Oxford, OX1 1DS. After the
result of the internal review, if you remain dissatisfied, you may ask the
Information Commissioner to intervene on your behalf. You may do this by
writing to the Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely,

The Information Governance Team

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