Lobbying the Government on Climate Change
Climate Emergency UK made this Freedom of Information request to Cumbria County Council as part of a batch sent to 10 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Cumbria County Council,
Please treat this as a Freedom of Information/Environmental Information Regulations request.
I would like information about how the council seeks to influence higher levels of government on climate change .
In particular, please supply me with:
1. Has the Council written to or met with the UK National or devolved governments to ask for more powers and funding for local authorities to take climate action?
This includes joint letters or meetings with other local authorities, and includes both general climate action and calls for powers and funding on specific issues such as transport where climate change is mentioned as justification for increasing powers and funding. This also includes if a councillor has written to or met with the National or devolved governments on behalf of the council. Please provide either a copy of at least one of the letters or emails sent, or the date, topic of meeting and position of the person that the meeting was held with for at least one meeting.
2. Has the Council written to or met with the UK or devolved governments to call for the government to take further climate action?
This includes joint letters or meetings with other local authorities, and includes both general climate action and calls for action on specific issues such as transport where climate change is mentioned as justification to take action. This also includes if a councillor has written to or met with the National or devolved governments on behalf of the council.
I look forward to hearing from you in due course.
Yours faithfully,
Hannah Jewell, Climate Emergency UK
Dear Hannah Jewell
Environmental Information Regulations 2004 Reference: FOI-50586-2022
Thank you for your request for information regarding Lobbying the
Government on Climate Change, which was received on 08/09/2022.
The council aims to provide you with the information within the statutory
timescale of 20 working days in this case the date is 05/10/2022.
Subject to the information not being exempt or containing any references
to third parties.
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Many thanks
Information Governance Team
Corporate, Customer & Community | Cumbria County Council
Service Centre | Parkhouse Building | Kingmoor Business Park
| Carlisle | CA6 4SJ
t: 01228 221234
[1]https://cumbria.gov.uk
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Dear Hannah Jewell
Environmental Information Regulations 2004, Reference: FOI-50586-2022
Please see attached for a response to your request for information.
Many thanks
Information Governance Team
Corporate, Customer & Community | Cumbria County Council
Service Centre | Parkhouse Building | Kingmoor Business Park
| Carlisle | CA6 4SJ
t: 01228 221234
[1]https://cumbria.gov.uk
References
Visible links
1. https://cumbria.gov.uk/
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