Dear Mr Parker

Thank you for your request of 17 August

In accordance with the Act you should receive a response within 20 working
days, by 15 September.

If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact me.
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

Yours sincerely

Eleanor Dent

Cambridge City Council

>>> Tony Parker <[FOI #225378 email]> 17/08/2014
10:36 >>>
Dear Cambridge City Council,

Cambridge City Council was recently mentioned in a list of strange
requests issued by the LGA in an attempt to discredit the FOI process. The
Cambridge City Council request was about frozen animals. I would like to
request the following information about the Council's involvement.

Did officers working for the council search for any information, given the
unlikely nature of the proposition in the FOI request?

Did Cambridge City Council approach the LGA about the frozen animal FOI
request or was the Council approached by the LGA? If the LGA used the
Cambridge request without consulting the council, please confirm this.

I would like to request copies of correspondence between the Council and
the LGA about the frozen animal request and how it would be used.

I would like to request copies of any correspondence received by Cambridge
City Council from the LGA on the subject of FOI generally in the last 12
months. Please limit any search to Chief Executive’s team, the Public
Relations Team, and those staff dealing with FOI requests.

Yours faithfully,

Tony Parker

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Dear Mr Parker

Thank you for your request of 17 August, you asked for the following
information:

Cambridge City Council was recently mentioned in a list of strange
requests issued by the LGA in an attempt to discredit the FOI process. The
Cambridge City Council request was about frozen animals. I would like to
request the following information about the Council's involvement.

Did officers working for the council search for any information, given the
unlikely nature of the proposition in the FOI request?

Did Cambridge City Council approach the LGA about the frozen animal FOI
request or was the Council approached by the LGA? If the LGA used the
Cambridge request without consulting the council, please confirm this.

I would like to request copies of correspondence between the Council and
the LGA about the frozen animal request and how it would be used.

I would like to request copies of any correspondence received by Cambridge
City Council from the LGA on the subject of FOI generally in the last 12
months. Please limit any search to Chief Executive’s team, the Public
Relations Team, and those staff dealing with FOI requests.

The request is question was received by Cambridge City Council on 25
January 2014, and was logged under reference number 3021.  The request
asked what the council’s policy was on dealing with dead pets found by its
employees.  Supplementary questions were asked if the council’s policy was
to freeze pets.  The council responded to the first part of the request,
outlining the procedure followed when dead domestic animals were found. 
This procedure does not include the freezing of animals, so this part of
the request was not responded to.  The request and the council’s response
was published on our disclosure log and can be viewed at
https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/sites/www.c...

In response to your request for correspondence received by the council
from the LGA on the subject of FOI in the last 12 months I made the
following search. 

Emails to and from @local.gov.uk

Date range 17/8/13 - 17/8/14

The following mailboxes were searched

•             Chief Executive

•             Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive

•             FOI

•             Eleanor Dent (FOI Officer for the council)

•             Head of Corporate Strategy (Head of Service for FOI)

•             Corporate Marketing & Communications Manager

These searches revealed no correspondence between the LGA and Cambridge
City Council on the subject of FOI.

Cambridge City Council publishes the responses to all FOI requests it
receives, and this information is available for reuse under the terms of
the Open Government Licence.  Permission does not need to be sought for
its use provided Cambridge City Council is quoted as the source of the
information.

If you are not happy with the way in which your request has been dealt
with please contact Andrew Limb, Head of Corporate Strategy.  You may also
contact the Information Commissioner if you are still not happy with the
way your request has been dealt with.  The Information Commissioner’s
address is:

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire SK9 5AF

Yours sincerely

Eleanor Dent

Cambridge City Council

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