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Dear Lewes District Council,

This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act and relates to overseas trips.

From June 2016 to the day this request is processed, I would like to know the number of overseas trips councillors, members of the management team (including the chief executive), and council officers have taken in the course of conducting council business. For each overseas trip, please provide the following information:

- The date and duration of the overseas trip, as well as the country/city that was visited

- The full name, title and position of the councillor/member of management team/council officer who went on the overseas trip

- The reason or reasons why the councillor/member of management team/council officer went on the overseas trip

- The cost of the overseas trip (please provide a breakdown of travel costs, accommodation costs and expenses etc.)

- Please state whether the council met the costs of the overseas 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. If it is a group or consortium, please state who or what composes the group or consortium.

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. Many thanks.

Yours faithfully,

Jenna Corderoy

foi, Lewes District Council

Thank you for your information request received today.

 

I am currently reviewing your request and investigating whether there is
any information available for disclosure.  The council, in accordance with
Section 10 of the Freedom of Information Act (2000), will reply to your
request promptly and in any event not later than the twentieth working day
following the date of receipt.

 

Please contact me again if you require any assistance with your request
and I will do my best to provide the relevant help and advice.

 

Kind Regards

 

 

Information Governance Officer

Lewes District Council and Eastbourne Borough Council

foi, Lewes District Council

Dear Ms Corderoy,

 

Information Request:  FOI 7334

 

Thank you for your information request dated 29^th July 2018 received in
our office on the same day.

 

I have reviewed your request and investigated whether there is any
information which can be disclosed to you.  Please find below the
information the council holds, and which I am pleased to provide to you.

 

It is a Nil Return for the Leader of Lewes District Council and CMT
Members and a Nil return for the rest of the Lewes District Members.

 

The Chair of Lewes District Council, Cllr Stephen Gauntlett, went to
Dieppe in August 2017, and the info related to that trip is below.

 

- The date and duration of the overseas trip, as well as the country/city
that was visited

Thursday 17 August 2017 – Sunday 20 August 2017, Dieppe, France.

 

- The full name, title and position of the councillor/member of management
team/council officer who went on the overseas trip

Councillor Stephen Gauntlett, Chair of Lewes District Council, and his
Consort, Rose Gauntlett.

 

- The reason or reasons why the councillor/member of management
team/council officer went on the overseas trip

Attended the 75^th Anniversary of the Dieppe Raid commemorations as Chair
of Lewes District Council and Consort (an annual civic engagement)

 

- The cost of the overseas trip (please provide a breakdown of travel
costs, accommodation costs and expenses etc.)

The only cost to the Council was the travel expense: £212.00

 

- Please state whether the council met the costs of the overseas trip, or
whether an individual, group, company, consortium, charity or another
organisation met the costs.

The organisers in Dieppe (Ville de Dieppe) met the cost of the
accommodation and meals.

 

- Please provide the full name of the individual, group, company, charity
or organisation that met the costs. If it is a group or consortium, please
state who or what composes the group or consortium.

Valérie Vandrille, Ville de Dieppe

 

I trust that this deals with your enquiry to your satisfaction, but if you
feel that Lewes District Council has misunderstood or not responded
appropriately to your request, you have two courses of action:

 

o You can clarify the terms of your original request to allow this to be
looked at again  (if you expand your request this will be dealt with
as a new request)
o All applicants have a 'right of appeal'.  An appeal should be focused
on the original request and should identify how the council’s response
failed to answer your Information Request.  Appeals must be made in
writing (or e-mail) within 40 working days of receipt of this response
and addressed to the Information Governance Appeals Officer, to the
address below. 

 

Information Governance Appeals Officer

Lewes District Council and Eastbourne Borough Council

1 Grove Road

EASTBOURNE

BN21 4TW     

                                  

E-mail  : [1][email address]

 

After the council’s internal appeals procedure has been exhausted, a
further appeal about the same Information Request can be directed to the
Information Commissioner for adjudication.  Full details will be provided
should an appeal proceed to this stage.

 

Please note:

If you are considering re-using the information disclosed to you through
this request, for any purpose outside of what could be considered for
personal use, you are required under the Public Sector Re-use of
Information Regulations 2015 to make an Application for Re-use to the
organisation you have requested the information from.  Applications for
Re-Use should be directed to the address detailed in the footer below.

 

Please contact me again, quoting your reference number, if you require any
further assistance with your current request and I will do my best to
provide the relevant help and advice.

 

 

Regards,

 

 

Kevin Rance

Information Governance Officer

Tel: +44(0)1273 471600

[2][email address]

Lewes and Eastbourne Legal Services acting on behalf of Lewes District
Council and Eastbourne Borough Council

 

Lewes District Council: Southover House, Southover Road, Lewes BN7 1AB 
[3]www.lewes.gov.uk. Minicom 01273 484488 Eastbourne Borough Council: 1
Grove Road, Eastbourne BN21 4TW  [4]www.eastbourne.gov.uk. Text Relay
18001 01323 410000

 

 

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Access to Information, Lewes District Council

Dear Ms Corderoy,

 

Information Request: FOI 7334

 

Thank you for your information request dated 29^th July 2018 received in
our office on the same day.

 

From June 2016 to the day this request is processed, I would like to know
the number of overseas trips councillors, members of the management team
(including the chief executive), and council officers have taken in the
course of conducting council business.

 

I have reviewed your request and investigated whether there is any
information which can be disclosed to you. Please find below the
information the council holds, and which I am pleased to provide to you.

 

There have been no overseas trips for Councillors, Management or Officers
in the period specified.

 

I trust that this deals with your enquiry to your satisfaction, but if you
feel that Eastbourne Borough Council has misunderstood or not responded
appropriately to your request, you have two courses of action:

 

o You can clarify the terms of your original request to allow this to be
looked at again (if you expand your request this will be dealt with as
a new request)
o All applicants have a 'right of appeal'. An appeal should be focused
on the original request and should identify how the council’s response
failed to answer your Information Request. Appeals must be made in
writing (or e-mail) within 40 working days of receipt of this response
and addressed to the Information Governance Appeals Officer, to the
address below.

 

Information Governance Appeals Officer

Lewes District Council and Eastbourne Borough Council

1 Grove Road

EASTBOURNE

BN21 4TW

 

E-mail : [1][email address]

 

After the council’s internal appeals procedure has been exhausted, a
further appeal about the same Information Request can be directed to the
Information Commissioner for adjudication. Full details will be provided
should an appeal proceed to this stage.

 

Please note:

If you are considering re-using the information disclosed to you through
this request, for any purpose outside of what could be considered for
personal use, you are required under the Public Sector Re-use of
Information Regulations 2015 to make an Application for Re-use to the
organisation you have requested the information from. Applications for
Re-Use should be directed to the address detailed in the footer below.

 

Please contact me again, quoting your reference number, if you require any
further assistance with your current request and I will do my best to
provide the relevant help and advice.

 

 

Regards,

 

 

Kevin Rance

Information Governance Officer

Tel: +44(0)1273 471600

[2][email address]

Lewes and Eastbourne Legal Services acting on behalf of Lewes District
Council and Eastbourne Borough Council

 

Lewes District Council: Southover House, Southover Road, Lewes BN7 1AB
[3]www.lewes.gov.uk. Minicom 01273 484488 Eastbourne Borough Council: 1
Grove Road, Eastbourne BN21 4TW [4]www.eastbourne.gov.uk. Text Relay 18001
01323 410000

 

 

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Access to Information, Lewes District Council

Dear Ms Corderoy,

 

Please accept my sincere apologies but I have just been advised that I did
not provide you with a correct response for Eastbourne Borough Council for
your Freedom of Information request.

 

Please find the correct response below –

 

From June 2016 to the day this request is processed, I would like to know
the number of overseas trips councillors, members of the management team
(including the chief executive), and council officers have taken in the
course of conducting council business.

 

- The date and duration of the overseas trip, as well as the country/city
that was visited

1 day trip to the town of Fort Mahon Plage, France, 15^th September 2017

 

- The full name, title and position of the councillor/member of management
team/council officer who went on the overseas trip

Councillor Pat Hearn, Mayor of Eastbourne

Philip Hearn, Mayor’s consort

Vicki Jago, Mayor’s driver

Mike Thompson, past Mayor of Eastbourne

Councillor Colin Swansborough

Helen Swansborough (Cllr Swansborough’s wife)

Councillor Colin Belsey, past Mayor of Eastbourne

Councillor Paul Metcalfe

Maureen Metcalfe (Cllr Metcalfe’s wife)

Councillor Penny Di Cara

Stephan Larraut (The Belgian Café)

Catherine Larraut (The Belgian Café)

 

- The reason or reasons why the councillor/member of management
team/council officer went on the overseas trip

There is a historical affinity between Eastbourne and Fort Mahon Plage,
dating from WW2, when four French teenagers fled the Nazi occupation on
rafts, landed at Eastbourne and were cared for by local people. Annual
visits are made between the two towns to commemorate the event.

 

- The cost of the overseas trip (please provide a breakdown of travel
costs, accommodation costs and expenses etc.)

Travel: £875.00 for 16 seat minibus hire; no accommodation costs or
expenses.

 

- Please state whether the council met the costs of the overseas trip, or
whether an individual, group, company, consortium, charity or another
organisation met the costs.

Council

 

- Please provide the full name of the individual, group, company, charity
or organisation that met the costs. If it is a group or consortium, please
state who or what composes the group or consortium.

N/a

 

 

Regards,

 

 

Kevin Rance

Information Governance Officer

Tel: +44(0)1273 471600

[1][email address]

Lewes and Eastbourne Legal Services acting on behalf of Lewes District
Council and Eastbourne Borough Council

 

Lewes District Council: Southover House, Southover Road, Lewes BN7 1AB 
[2]www.lewes.gov.uk. Minicom 01273 484488 Eastbourne Borough Council: 1
Grove Road, Eastbourne BN21 4TW  [3]www.eastbourne.gov.uk. Text Relay
18001 01323 410000

 

 

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have received this email in error, please contact the sender using the
contact details given above.

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aware that this email or the information contained in it may be disclosed
without notice to a third party making a request for information about the
subject matter of this email.

 

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