Dear Ms Corderoy,

Thank you for your email and request for information of 21 March 2022 to Ards and North Down Borough Council.

We confirm your request regarding MIPIM exhibition 2022 will be processed as a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Accordingly, you will receive the information you have requested within 20 working days of the date of receipt of your request by the Council unless the Council does not hold the information or there is a reason to withhold all or part of the information requested. Council will write to you in any event.

For further information in relation to the Freedom of Information Act we would refer you to the Information Commissioner's Office website, www.ico.org.uk

If you wish to discuss the above, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Regards,

FOI Team
Ards and North Down Borough Council
Town Hall
The Castle
Bangor
BT20 4BT
Tel: 0300 013 3333

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Dear Ms Corderoy,

We refer to the above matter and write further to our acknowledgement
email of 21^st March 2022.

Ards and North Down Borough Council has processed your request in
accordance with the Freedom of Information Act and please see the
Council’s response below.

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. Ards and North Down Borough Council did not
attend or send any representatives to MIPIM 2022.

(2) For each council representative’s trip to attend MIPIM 2022, please
provide the following: N/A – please see response to Question 1.

- 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. N/A –
please see response to Question 1.

Should you require clarification on any part of this response, please do
not hesitate to contact us.

We trust this is of assistance. However, should you be unhappy with the
response you may request an Internal Review by contacting
[1][Ards and North Down Borough Council request email]. Please note that requests for Internal
Reviews must be submitted within two months from the date of this
response.   Further information on the Internal Review process is
available on the Council’s website.  In the event you are unhappy with the
outcome of any Internal Review conducted by Council you may apply to the
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for a review of our response.
Please note that the ICO generally expects Internal Reviews to be
completed prior to reviewing the decisions of public bodies.

Regards,

FOI Team

Ards and North Down Borough Council
Town Hall
The Castle
Bangor
BT20 4BT
Tel: 0300 013 3333

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