MIPIM exhibition 2022
Dear Suffolk County Council,
This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act. This request relates to MIPIM 2022, a 4-day real estate exhibition, conference and networking event gathering held in Cannes, France, from 15th-18th March 2022. I would like to request the following information:
(1) Please provide a list of council representatives (including councillors) who attended MIPIM 2022. Please provide their full name and position at the council.
(2) For each council representative’s trip to attend MIPIM 2022, please provide the following:
- The date and duration of the trip
- The reasons why the council representative attended MIPIM 2022
- The cost of the MIPIM 2022 trip (please provide a breakdown of costs, including travel costs, accommodation costs and expenses)
- Please state whether the council met the costs of the MIPIM 2022 trip, or whether an individual, group, company, consortium, charity or another organisation met the costs. Please provide the full name of the individual, group, company, charity or organisation that met the costs.
(3) For each council representative that attended MIPIM 2022, please indicate whether they attended (a) meetings held by companies (b) private events held by companies (c) breakfasts/lunches/dinners held by companies. For each meeting/private event/breakfast/lunch/dinner, please name the company involved and provide a description as to what was discussed.
I would like to receive the information electronically. If you feel that a substantive response to this request is not possible within a reasonable time frame, or the request is too broad or too vague, I would be grateful if you could contact me and provide assistance as to how I could refine the request.
Yours faithfully,
Jenna Corderoy
INFORMATION REQUEST – ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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Kind regards
Tanya
Information Governance
Governance, Legal and Assurance
Suffolk County Council
Constantine House
Ipswich
IP1 2DH
Email: [email address]
Phone: 01473 265138
INFORMATION REQUEST RESPONSE
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Kind regards
Tanya
Information Governance
Governance, Legal and Assurance
Suffolk County Council
Constantine House
Ipswich
IP1 2DH
Email: [email address]
Phone: 01473 265138
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