Dear Ingleby Barwick Town Council,

I understand that a consultation was recently held in relation to the Mass Surveillance of Residents using CCTV and ANPR to monitor and log their comings and goings from the town using 9 cameras covering the three access points into the town.

Under the FOI I am formally requesting some information:

- How many consultation forms were completed.
- Scanned copies of all completed consultation forms. (with any personal information redacted)
- Any information where the results of the consultation have been summarised.

The Local Government Association state that "it is important that your consultation is representative of your communities".

This is particularly important in relation to mass surveillance, as there is evidence to suggest that minority groups such as BAME, LGBT, disabled can be unfairly targeted by mass surveillance.

It is of note that my understanding is the scheme was originally proposed by Councillor Ted Strike who has a history of targeting minority groups [ https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk... ] and was formerly a member of UKIP - a party considered racist by many.

- Please can you provide information about how the council ensured that the consultation was representative of the community?

- How were residents and the wider community made aware of the consultation?

- Were steps taken to make sure residents who are not "online" were made aware of the consultation?

- What steps were taken to ensure older people including those in care homes were aware of the consultation and able to participate?

- What steps were taken to ensure young people including those in schools were aware of the consultation and able to participate?

I would be grateful if councillors could also be made aware of the full text of this request.

Yours faithfully,

Mr Theo Gribb

Dear Ingleby Barwick Town Council,

Are you able to provide an answer to the information requested. The request has now reached the 20 working day statutory time limit as defined by the Freedom of Information Act.

Yours sincerely,

Theo Gribb

Dear Ingleby Barwick Town Council,

Section 17(7) of FOIA explains that you must inform requestors whether or not you have an internal review procedure in any response you issue to a request for information. This must explain how requestors can ask for an internal review, as well as informing them of their right to complain to the Information Commissioner under section 50 of FOIA should they be unhappy following the review outcome. It is noted that this was missing from your response.

However, please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews. It is good practice for the internal review to be carried out, wherever possible, by somebody other than the person who issued the initial response.

I am requesting an internal review of Ingleby Barwick Town Council's handling of my FOI request 'Ingleby Barwick Mass Surveillance of Residents Consultation'.

The following questions have not been fully addressed, with a very generalised response given:

1 Please can you provide information about how the council ensured that the consultation was representative of the community?
2 How were residents and the wider community made aware of the consultation?
3 Were steps taken to make sure residents who are not "online" were made aware of the consultation?
4 What steps were taken to ensure older people including those in care homes were aware of the consultation and able to participate?
5 What steps were taken to ensure young people including those in schools were aware of the consultation and able to participate?

Please can you provide individual responses, making it clear which response is to which question. I have numbered the questions to make it easier for you to reference each one.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/i...

Yours faithfully,

Theo Gribb