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Gareth Bryn Hughes

Dear sirs

This is a request for information relating to the council's licensing functions. Please kindly provide the following information:

1. What is the total number of licensing officers working in your licensing department?

2. Is this enough staff to handle all licensing applications under the Licensing Act 2003 and Gambling Act 2005, Local Government(Miscellaneous) Provisions Act 1982, London Local Authorities Act 1990 and other related licensing legislation in your authority?

3. If this is not enough staff, what is the optimum number of staff required to carry out the licensing function?

4. Are agency staff used to fill manpower shortfalls?

5. Are there sufficient lawyers in your authority to advise licensing committees and applications sub committees ?

6. Does the authority contract the services of external barristers to advise such committees?

7. If the answer to 6 is "yes" on what basis are such instructions made? - e.g. on the basis of lack of legal advisers for committees from within the council or on the basis of expert advice being required on particular cases, expertise which the council does not possess

Yours faithfully,

Gareth Hughes

Information Officer, Waltham Forest Borough Council

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Information request
Our reference: 1165333

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Dear Gareth Hughes
 
Thank you for your request. We will forward it to the relevant department
who will contact you shortly.
 
Information Request Team
Waltham Forest Council
Waltham Forest Town Hall
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Walthamstow E17 4JF
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Waltham Forest, Waltham Forest Borough Council

Information request
Our reference: 1165333

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Dear Gareth Hughes
 
Freedom of Information Act 2000
 
Thank you for your request for information that was received on 29 January
2025.
 
We are dealing with your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 and we aim to send a response by 26 February 2025.
 
In some case, a fee may be payable. If we decide a fee is payable, we will
send you a fee notice and we will require you to pay the fee before
proceeding with your request.
 
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 may restrict the release of some or
all of the information you have requested. We will carry out an assessment
and if any exemptions apply to some or all of the information then we
might not provide that information to you. We will inform you if this is
the case and advise you of your rights to request an internal review and
to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office.
 
We will also advise you if we cannot provide you with the information
requested for any other reason together with the reason(s) why and details
of how you may appeal (if appropriate).
 
Yours sincerely,
 
 
Marc Witham
Service Manager - Public Protection
CCC - NED - Regulatory and Contingency Planning Services
[email address]
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Information request
Our reference: 1165333

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Dear Gareth Hughes
 
Thank you for your request for information received on 29 January 2025.
 
Please find attached our response to your request.
 
Yours faithfully
 
 
Aasiyah Mohammed
Executive Assistant to Debbie Porter-Strategic Director of Neighbourhoods
and Environment
Leadership Office
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transmission. We accept no responsibility for changes made to this e-mail
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anti-virus software has failed to identify. No liability is accepted for
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