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Your enquiry is important to us and will be recorded and responded to in
line with respective timeframes.  Our team will monitor the progress of
your enquiry to ensure you receive a timely response.

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share your personal data between our services and with partner
organisations, such as government bodies and the police. We will do so
when it is of benefit to you, or required by law, or to prevent or detect
fraud. To find out more, go to [1]thurrock.gov.uk/privacy. Get free
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Regards,

Rachael Steel

Information Services Manager

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Dear Mr Allen,

Thank you for your request dated 06/03 for the following information:

1. Full list (including models) of Mercedes-Benz all-terrain vehicles and
trucks you have purchased, hired or leased (including Unimogs).

2. (if leased/hired) Lease/hire start date & end date.

3. Name of service provider for any Mercedes-Benz Vehicles you have
purchased, hired or leased.

4. (If owned) year purchased and when are you looking to renew your fleet
of Mercedes-Benz models?

5. Contact details for the person(s) responsible for managing the fleet of
Mercedes-Benz all terrain and truck vehicles, including name, job title,
contact number and email address.

We aim to deal with your request as quickly as possible and within 20
working days in line with The Freedom of Information Act. We will contact
you again should we have any queries and/or once the request is complete.

If in the meantime you have any further queries or would like to discuss
your case, please contact us quoting the above reference number.

Harry Mancktelow l Information Management Apprentice l Corporate Services

[1]thurrock.gov.uk l Thurrock Council, Civic Offices, New Road, Grays,
Essex RM17 6SL

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and excited by its diverse opportunities and future

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content by anyone else other than the addressee(s) may be unlawful and
will not be recognised by Thurrock Council for business purposes. If you
have received this message by mistake, please notify the sender
immediately, delete it and do not copy it to anyone else. Thurrock Council
cannot accept any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of this
message as it has been transmitted over a public network.

Any opinions expressed in this document are those of the author and do not
necessarily reflect the opinions of Thurrock Council.

Any attachment(s) to this message has been checked for viruses, but please
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Senders and recipients of e-mail should be aware that under the UK Data
Protection and Freedom of Information legislation these contents may have
to be disclosed in response to a request. For more information about how
we use your personal data, please go to [6]www.thurrock.gov.uk/privacy

All e-mail sent to or from this address will be processed by Thurrock
Council's corporate e-mail system and may be subject to scrutiny by
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Dear Mr Allen,

Thank you for your recent communication which is being managed in line
with the Freedom of Information Act under the above reference number.  The
details of your request are outlined below together with the council’s
response.

Your request | Our Response

1. Full list (including models) of Mercedes-Benz all-terrain vehicles and
trucks you have purchased, hired or leased (including Unimogs).

We do not have any Mercedes Benz all terrain or trucks. We do have some
welfare buses that info can be provided if requested.

2. (if leased/hired) Lease/hire start date & end date.

N/A

3. Name of service provider for any Mercedes-Benz Vehicles you have
purchased, hired or leased.

Welfare buses purchased through ESPO framework, awarded to Treka bus.

4. (If owned) year purchased and when are you looking to renew your fleet
of Mercedes-Benz models?

For buses they are owned, purchased in 2019 and 2023 , replacements 2026
and 2030.  Please note we only have 4

5. Contact details for the person(s) responsible for managing the fleet of
Mercedes-Benz all terrain and truck vehicles, including name, job title,
contact number and email address.

We are unable to provide the contact details for any staff members below
the directorate level under S40. However, we are able provide the email
address of the team who is responsible for the above:
[1][email address]

Unfortunately we are unable to provide in full the information you have
requested.  We do hold the information but an absolute exemption applies. 
Personal Information (Section 40,2) 

Personal data of any other person (third party data) is exempt under
section 40(2) if disclosure would breach one of the data protection
principles. This aspect of Section 40 is an Absolute Exemption and is
therefore not subject to the Public Interest Test. 

The names of officers working for the Council is personal data specific to
them. It is therefore subject to the provisions of the Data Protection
Act. Information can be withheld if its disclosure would be likely to
breach one or more of the Principles of the Data Protection Act. There is
no prior expectation on the part of team Managers (or other officers
working below the level of Director) that their names and job titles /
positions would be published into the wider public domain under FOI. A
disclosure made under FOI constitutes a publication to the world at large.
We believe that to disclose this would be likely to breach the first
Principle of the Data Protection Act by unfairly contravening their right
to privacy and confidentiality in the work place.  

However, in the interests of transparency we are able to share details
relating to senior officers (Director  level and above). For these
officers, there is already a greater expectation of openness about their
role given their level of accountability for service provision and
budgetary decision making.  

For your information please see the following link which outlines staff
details of Director and above:
[2]https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/chief-execut...

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which the council have managed
your FOI request you can pursue an Internal Review by contacting us using
the above email address. An internal review must be submitted within 40
working days of your original reply. Your request will be considered by a
senior member of the Information Management Team who will update you with
the outcome of the review.  

If you remain unhappy following the outcome of your Internal Review you
may wish to refer your case to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
and details of this organisation can be found at [3]www.ico.org.uk .
Please be advised that the ICO will not consider your case until they have
confirmation that you have already been through the Internal Review stage
with the council. 

Harry Mancktelow l Information Management Apprentice l Corporate Services

[4]thurrock.gov.uk l Thurrock Council, Civic Offices, New Road, Grays,
Essex RM17 6SL

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and excited by its diverse opportunities and future

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The information in this e-mail and any attachment(s) are intended to be
confidential and may be legally privileged. Access to and use of its
content by anyone else other than the addressee(s) may be unlawful and
will not be recognised by Thurrock Council for business purposes. If you
have received this message by mistake, please notify the sender
immediately, delete it and do not copy it to anyone else. Thurrock Council
cannot accept any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of this
message as it has been transmitted over a public network.

Any opinions expressed in this document are those of the author and do not
necessarily reflect the opinions of Thurrock Council.

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Protection and Freedom of Information legislation these contents may have
to be disclosed in response to a request. For more information about how
we use your personal data, please go to [9]www.thurrock.gov.uk/privacy

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Council's corporate e-mail system and may be subject to scrutiny by
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