Dear Mr Rae

I acknowledge receipt of your e-mail which is receiving attention.

I shall contact you again when I am in a position to respond more fully
to your request.

Yours sincerely

Jacqueline Keachie
For Corporate Freedom of Information Officer
North Lanarkshire Council
Civic Centre
Windmillhill Street
Motherwell
ML1 1AB
01698 302232

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Dear Mr. Rae,

I refer again to your e mail dated 10 January 2010 seeking information
on Minutes of meetings regarding the closure of St. Francis of Assisi
Primary School.

Having investigated, I can advise that the information you seek is
already in the public domain, and Section 25 of the Freedom of
Information (Scotland) Act 2002 provides an absolute exemption for
information which is already accessible inasmuch as it can be reasonably
obtained by other means.

In order to assist you, the documents are available on the Council's
website at www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk under the MARS (Minutes, Agendas
and Reports System).

The relevant Committee with regard to your enquiry is the Learning and
Leisure Services Committee which on 18 August 2009 and 9 November 2009
considered reports entitled "Learning and Leisure Services Estates
Management Plan" and "Proposed Closure of St. Francis of Assisi Primary:
Consultation Paper", respectively. The Council makes a charge of 32p
per sheet for the provision of documents identified on the system which
can be arranged if you wish. Alternatively, they can be viewed on the
MARS system. For ease of reference the electronic links to the above
mentioned reports and the relevant Minutes of meetings are:-

http://mars.northlan.gov.uk/xpedio/group...
.pdf

http://mars.northlan.gov.uk/xpedio/group...
.pdf

http://mars.northlan.gov.uk/xpedio/group...
.pdf

http://mars.northlan.gov.uk/xpedio/group...
.pdf

I can advise that North Lanarkshire Council, having regard to the
provisions of Section 21 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act
2002, has established a procedure whereby any person who has requested
information and is in any way dissatisfied with the decision on that
request, can require a review of that decision by writing to the
Executive Director of Corporate Services, Civic Centre, Windmillhill
Street, Motherwell ML1 1AB. Accordingly, if you are dissatisfied with
this decision and seek such review please write to the Executive
Director of Corporate Services.

I would advise, also, that in terms of Section 47 of the Act a person
who is dissatisfied with a notice given by the local authority under
Section 21 of the Act - ie. a notice following a review of a decision by
a local authority, or by the failure of a local authority to give such a
notice - may make application to the Scottish Information Commissioner
for a decision as to whether, in any respect specified in that
application, the request for information to which the requirement
relates has been dealt with in accordance with the Act. Such an
application must be in writing or in another form which, by reason of it
having some permanency is capable of being used for subsequent reference
- for example a recording made in audio or video tape - must state the
name of the applicant and an address for correspondence and must specify
the request for information to which the requirement for review relates,
the matter which gave rise to the applicant's dissatisfaction with the
original decision of the local authority and the matter which gives rise
to the applicant's dissatisfaction with the decision on review by the
local authority or the failure of the local authority to issue such a
decision. The Scottish Information Commissioner can be contacted as
follows:-

Scottish Information Commissioner
Kinburn Castle
Doubledykes Road
St. Andrew's
KY16 9DS

I hope this information is sufficient for your purpose. If, however,
you require further information - or I can assist in any other way -
please let me know.

Yours sincerely,

Jacqueline Keachie
For Corporate Freedom of Information Officer
North Lanarkshire Council
Civic Centre
Windmillhill Street
Motherwell
ML1 1AB
01698 302232

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Dear Mr Rae

I refer to your 2 e-mails sent today and can advise that in my response
of 13 January 2010 the links have been incorrectly reproduced on the
website of What do they know.com. I can forward you the links direct if
you wish to provide me with an alternative e-mail address or you may
wish to contact What do they know.com. direct.

Yours sincerely

Jacqueline Keachie
For Corporate Freedom of Information Officer
North Lanarkshire Council
Civic Centre
Windmillhill Street
Motherwell
ML1 1AB
01698 302232

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