FOI staff

The request was successful.

Dear St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council,

Please can you tell me how many FOI requests you received over the last 3 calendar years, broken down by year?

Please can you tell me do you have a designated team to respond to FOI requests?

If so, how many people work on the team?

Please can you provide me with a copy of the Job description which covers the role of responding to FOI requests?

Yours faithfully,

David Hughes

Contact Centre, St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Mr Hughes

Thank you for your recent request for information, which will be treated
as a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental
Information Regulations 2004 (EIR).

Your enquiry has been given a reference number 20170819-00042-1. Please
quote this reference in any future correspondence with us concerning this
matter.

As of the 1st April 2017, if the information you are requesting falls
under EIR (see [1]here for more details) then a charge may be applicable
in line with [2]guidance from the Information Commissioner's Office. Once
your request has been reviewed you will be informed of an appropriate
charge that may be applied.

In accordance with the Act, a response will be sent to you within 20
working days from the date following the receipt of the request or receipt
of an applicable payment.

Kind regards,
St. Helens Council
01744 676789

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18/08/2017 19:31:50 GDT
Subject:Freedom of Information request - FOI staff

Dear St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council, Please can you tell me how
many FOI requests you received over the last 3 calendar years, broken down
by year? Please can you tell me do you have a designated team to respond
to FOI requests? If so, how many people work on the team? Please can you
provide me with a copy of the Job description which covers the role of
responding to FOI requests? Yours faithfully, David Hughes
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Hi Mr Hughes

 

Please find attached our response to your request for information.

 

Regards

Andy Paton

Systems & Information Management Officer

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Helens Council, Internal Audit, Town Hall, Victoria Square, St Helens,
Merseyside WA10 1HP.
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Dear St.Helens Council,

Thank you for your quick response.

Much appreciated.

Yours sincerely,

David Hughes