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Ref No: FOI479145858

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Dear Sir/Madam,

Freedom of Information/ Environmental Information Regulations Request:
Acknowledgement 

Thank you for your request received on 2023-01-17 12:22:35 asking for
information about Lobbying for climate action & funding.

This request has been allocated a reference number of FOI479145858.

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The Information Officer

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Dear Requester,

I am writing to confirm that the Council has now completed its search for
the information which you requested on 16 January 2023 about Lobbying for
climate action & funding (Council Climate Action Scorecards). For ease,
your questions have been separated out with the corresponding response, as
set out below.

The information supplied has been provided by the department responsible
for the service delivery.

Your request:

I would like information about your council’s lobbying work in relation to
climate action for the Council Climate Action Scorecards.

In particular, please supply me with information relating to the following
question:

Has the council written to or met with UK national or devolved governments
to ask or lobby for climate action since 1st January 2019? Please provide
some evidence of the most recent letter or meeting such as a copy of the
letter or email sent, or the date, topic of meeting and position of the
person that the meeting was held with.

This includes either asking for more powers and funding for local
authorities to take climate action, or asking for the government to take
further action themselves. This includes working with other local
authorities to send joint letters or meetings to lobby UK or devolved
governments, and includes both general climate action and calls for action
on specific issues such as transport where climate change is mentioned as
a motivating factor for taking action.

This includes if a cabinet member or other councillor has written to or
met with the UK or devolved governments on behalf of the council.

The Council’s response:

Ipswich Borough Council has not written or met with UK national or
devolved governments to ask or lobby for climate action since 1st January
2019.

You may re-use this information under the terms of the [1]Open Government
Licence. While re-use is permitted, you should refer to the specific
licence conditions.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number FOI479145858 in any future
communications.

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Road, Ipswich IP1 2DE, within 40 working days of the date of response.
Please note that we are not obliged to accept requests for internal
reviews after this date.

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for a decision.
Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the
complaints procedure provided by the Council.

Kind regards,

The Information Officer

[2][Ipswich Borough Council request email]

Ipswich Borough Council

Grafton House

15-17 Russell Road

Ipswich

IP1 2DE

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