Dear Sir/Madam,

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION - FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 / ENVIRONMENTAL
INFORMATION REGULATIONS 2004

Thank you for your email requesting information from Wakefield Council. 

Please note, responses may take longer than usual due to the current
Coronavirus situation.

Your request will now be validated and logged for processing.  For your
request to be valid under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act it will
need to include your full name and describe the information you are
requesting clearly, we will write to you to seek clarification should this
be required.  It is our intention to have the response delivered to you
within 20 working days from the working day your request is received. 
Please note, requests received on non-working days, such as weekends and
bank holidays, will be recorded as being received on the next working
day. 

All requests submitted under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 may be
subject to exemptions, which the Authority is entitled to apply to refuse
requests in full or parts of requests.  Further information around the
exemptions that may be applied can be found via the following link: 
[1]https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/gui....

In some situations the decision to withhold information, or not, will be
based on a public interest test.  You will be advised of the
considerations and decisions as well as your rights of appeal within your
response. 

Requests submitted under the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR)
2004 may be subject to exceptions, which the Authority is entitled to
apply to refuse requests in full or parts of requests.  Further
information around the exceptions that may be applied can be found via the
following link: 
[2]https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/gui....

Please note, you do not have to specify whether you are making your
request under the FOI Act or under EIR.  The officer dealing with your
request will ensure it is processed under the relevant legislation during
the validation process. 

If you are requesting information in relation to a deceased person and
have not yet provided the required proof of eligibility and identity, your
request will not be processed until we received these.  Please provide one
of the following to confirm your eligibility to access the records:

·         Grant of probate and certified copy of the last will & testament

·         Letters of administration (if the deceased died intestate)

We will also require proof of your identity if you are requesting a
deceased persons records.  If you have not done so already, please provide
one of the following as proof of your identity:

·         Valid UK Driving Licence

·         Valid Current UK Passport

·         Birth certificate OR Certificate of Registry of Birth OR
Adoption certificate

Wakefield Council publish a number of Data Sets in relation to different
topics.  You may wish to access the following links to check whether the
information you require is already published.

Data Mill North

[3]https://datamillnorth.org/publisher/wake...

Any queries or concerns in relation to this matter should be sent to the
Senior Information Governance Officer, Information Management Team, County
Hall, Wakefield WF1 2QW or e-mailed to
[4][Wakefield City Council request email].

Yours sincerely

Corporate Information Governance Team,

Legal Services

Wakefield Council, County Hall, Wakefield WF1 2QW

Email: [5][Wakefield City Council request email]  

Tel: 01924 306112

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4. mailto:[Wakefield City Council request email]
5. mailto:[Wakefield City Council request email]

Dear Ms Jones,

Thank you for your e-mail.

However, before we are able to accept and process your request, we would
respectfully ask you to confirm that there is no Question 2.

We just want to make sure that we do not miss anything.

Yours sincerely

Senior Information Governance Officer

Information Governance Team, Legal and Governance,

Wakefield Council, County Hall, Wakefield, WF1 2QW

E-mail: [email address]

Tel: 01924 306112

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Dear Ms Jones,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 

Thank you for your email requesting information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 which we received on 12 September 2022.  It is our
intention to have the response delivered to you no later than 10 October
2022.

I would like to inform you that all requests submitted under the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 might be subject to exemption(s), which the
Authority is entitled to apply to refuse the request.

Any future correspondence you may have in relation to this matter should
be marked Private & Confidential and sent to the Senior Information
Governance Officer, Information Management Team, County Hall, Wakefield
WF1 2QW or e-mailed to [1][Wakefield City Council request email].

Yours sincerely,

Information Governance Officer

Corporate Information Governance Team,

Legal and Governance,

Wakefield Council, County Hall, Wakefield WF1 2QW

Email: [2][Wakefield City Council request email]

Tel: 01924 306112

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Dear Ms Jones,

Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Request for Information

I am writing in respect of your recent enquiry for information held by the
Authority under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.

Please find the response to your request below.

In regards to Interpreting and Translations services used by your
organisation, can you please provide:

1) details of your current provider(s) (company name, date contract was
awarded and date of expiry/renewal)

We do not have a commissioned provider.

3) Please list your top ten most popular languages for the last 2 years.

Polish

Ukrainian

Urdu

Latvian

Lithuanian

Kurdish

Punjabi

Tigrinya

Czech

Farsi

4) Who is the person/department responsible for interpreting/translation
services within your organisation? Please provide contact details and job
title.

Service Manager (Innovation, Performance & Business) 0345 8 506506 or
[1][email address]

I trust that this information is satisfactory for your purposes.

Yours sincerely

Senior Information Governance Officer

Information Governance Team

Legal and Governance

Wakefield Council

Tel: 01924 306112

E-mail: [2][Wakefield City Council request email]

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