Mobile Telephones Supplied To Elected Members

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Dear Tendring District Council,

Please let me know the number of elected Members who are presently supplied with a mobile telephone.

I would also like to know:

(i) is the Leader of the Council supplied with a mobile telephone?

(ii) how many Cabinet members are presently supplied with a mobile phone?

(iii) the make and models of the telephones

(iv) are these telephones reported to HMRC as a 'benefit in kind' and if so what is the value of the benefit stated?

(v) What is the annual cost of providing these 'phone including capital cost (if any), depreciation (if applicable), purchase from revenue budgets (if applicable), line rental costs, insurance costs (if applicable) and call costs.

Yours faithfully,

Brian Green

Dear Tendring District Council,

Please acknowledge receipt of this FOI request.

Yours faithfully,

Brian Green

Corporate Information Manager, Tendring District Council

Dear Mr green,

 

Thank you for your request for information regarding mobile telephones
supplied to elected Members, which was received on 17/02/2020. I can
confirm that your enquiry is receiving attention.

 

In accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000
you should receive a comprehensive reply to your request within 20 working
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Further information about your rights is also available from the
Information Commissioner at: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe
House, Water Lane, Wilmslow SK9 5AF Telephone: 0303 123 1113,
[1]www.ico.gov.uk.

 

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Charlene Haynes
On behalf of Corporate Information Manager

Corporate Services

Tendring District Council

 

Phone: 01255 686063
E-mail: [2][Tendring District Council request email] 

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Tendring District Council, Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
CO15 1SE

 

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Corporate Information Manager, Tendring District Council

Dear Mr Green,

 

Further to your request for information regarding mobile telephones
supplied to elected Members, which was received 17/02/2020, please see
below the answers to your enquiry.

 

(i) is the Leader of the Council supplied with a mobile telephone?
No

 

(ii) how many Cabinet members are presently supplied with a mobile phone?
6

 

(iii) the make and models of the telephones
Samsung Galaxy XCover 4
Samsung Galaxy XCover 4S

 

(iv) are these telephones reported to HMRC as a 'benefit in kind' and if
so what is the value of the benefit stated?
Devices are issued for District Council business only and therefore
reporting to HMRC is not necessary.

 

(v) What is the annual cost of providing these 'phone including capital
cost (if any), depreciation (if applicable), purchase from revenue budgets
(if applicable), line rental costs, insurance costs (if applicable) and
call costs.
Annual cost:
Samsung Galaxy XCover 4 - £69 (note, phone is end of life hence the new
model)
Samsung Galaxy XCover 4S - £102
Capital cost: None
Depreciation: None
Purchase from revenue budgets: Yes
Line rental costs: £144 per phone annually which includes data, voice and
text and each device is purchased from revenue budgets
Insurance costs: None
Call costs: Included within the line rental

 

I hope this information is of assistance to you. However if you feel that
the Council has failed to deal with your request for information correctly
you can request that the matter is reviewed. Requests for internal reviews
should be sent to [1][email address]. Alternatively, you
can post a request for an internal review to Mrs L Trembath, Corporate
Services, Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex CO15 1SE. 
Further details of this procedure can be obtained from all Council offices
or from our website ([2]www.tendringdc.gov.uk).

                            

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

 

FOI Compliance Team (complaints), Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

 

Further information about your rights is also available from the
Information Commissioner at: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe
House, Water Lane, Wilmslow SK9 5AF Telephone: 0303 123 1113,
[3]www.ico.gov.uk.

 

If you have any other queries about this matter then please contact the
Corporate Information Manager at
[4][email address].

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Charlene Haynes
On behalf of Corporate Information Manager

Corporate Services

Tendring District Council

 

Phone: 01255 686063
E-mail: [5][Tendring District Council request email] 

[6]www.tendringdc.gov.uk

Tendring District Council, Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
CO15 1SE

 

 

 

 

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