Cyfarwyddwr Strategol: Rheoli Gwybodaeth/
Adnoddau
Information Compliance
Strategic Director: Resources
Neuadd Y Sir / County Hall
David Powell
Spa Road East

Llandrindod Wells

Powys LD1 5LG
  If calling please ask for / Os yn galw
gofynnwch am
 
 
 
Tel / Ffôn:  01597 82 7543         
 
Fax / Ffacs:  01597 82 6215      
 
Email/Llythyru electronig:
  [1][Powys County Council request email]

Our ref / Ein cyf:  F2018-0791

Date / Dyddiad:   27/07/18

Request Accepted

FREEDOM of INFORMATION ACT 2000

Reference No: F2018/0791

Dear Ms Corderoy,

Thank you for your request for information, received at this office on 
26/07/2018, in which you requested details of the following:

Overseas Travel

The above is a summary of your request. The full details of the
information sought is provided to the officer to whom the request is
tasked.

Please note with the time frame given for the data you have requested, we
refer back to a previous FOI  F2017-0791-Overseas Travel provided to
yourself. This Holds the data you are requesting for a large portion of
the time frame given, therefore we shall be processing your FOI request
but limiting the timeframe to be between 14/07/2017 – 27/07/2018.    

Your request will now be considered and you will receive a response within
the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Act, subject
to the information not being exempt or containing a reference to a third
party. In some circumstances Powys County Council may be unable to achieve
this deadline. If this is likely you will be informed and given a revised
time-scale at the earliest opportunity.

There may be a fee payable for the retrieval, collation and provision of
the information you request. If this is the case you will be informed and
the 20 working day timescale will be suspended until we receive payment
from you. If you choose not to make a payment then your request will
remain unanswered.

Some requests may also require either full or partial transference to
another public authority in order to answer your query in the fullest
possible way. Again, you will be informed if this is the case.

The due date for responding to this request for information is 24/08/2018.

Should you need to discuss this further please contact the Information
Compliance Team on 01597 827543.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in
Powys County Council.

Yours sincerely,

Flo Buckle

Information Compliance Officer

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Dear Ms Corderoy,

Please be aware that your reference number has now been updated to
F2018-0792 and should be quoted in any future correspondence.

Many Thanks

Information Compliance

Cyfarwyddwr Strategol: Rheoli Gwybodaeth/
Adnoddau
Information Compliance
Strategic Director: Resources
Neuadd Y Sir / County Hall
David Powell
Spa Road East

Llandrindod Wells

Powys LD1 5LG
  If calling please ask for / Os yn galw
gofynnwch am
 
 
 
Tel / Ffôn:  01597 82 7543         
 
Fax / Ffacs:  01597 82 6215      
 
Email/Llythyru electronig:
  [1][Powys County Council request email]

Our ref / Ein cyf:  F2018-0792

Date / Dyddiad:   27/07/18

Request Accepted

FREEDOM of INFORMATION ACT 2000

Reference No: F2018/0792

Dear Ms Corderoy,

Thank you for your request for information, received at this office on 
26/07/2018, in which you requested details of the following:

Overseas Travel

The above is a summary of your request. The full details of the
information sought is provided to the officer to whom the request is
tasked.

Please note with the time frame given for the data you have requested, we
refer back to a previous FOI  F2017-0791-Overseas Travel provided to
yourself. This Holds the data you are requesting for a large portion of
the time frame given, therefore we shall be processing your FOI request
but limiting the timeframe to be between 14/07/2017 – 27/07/2018.    

Your request will now be considered and you will receive a response within
the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Act, subject
to the information not being exempt or containing a reference to a third
party. In some circumstances Powys County Council may be unable to achieve
this deadline. If this is likely you will be informed and given a revised
time-scale at the earliest opportunity.

There may be a fee payable for the retrieval, collation and provision of
the information you request. If this is the case you will be informed and
the 20 working day timescale will be suspended until we receive payment
from you. If you choose not to make a payment then your request will
remain unanswered.

Some requests may also require either full or partial transference to
another public authority in order to answer your query in the fullest
possible way. Again, you will be informed if this is the case.

The due date for responding to this request for information is 24/08/2018.

Should you need to discuss this further please contact the Information
Compliance Team on 01597 827543.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in
Powys County Council.

Yours sincerely,

Flo Buckle

Information Compliance Officer

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Cyfarwyddwr Strategol: Rheoli Gwybodaeth/
Adnoddau
Information Compliance
Acting Director: Resources
Neuadd Y Sir / County Hall
Mark Evans
Spa Road East

Llandrindod Wells

Powys LD1 5LG
  If calling please ask for / Os yn galw
gofynnwch am
 
 
 
Tel / Ffôn:  01597 82 7543         
 
Email/Llythyru electronig:
[1][email address]

Our ref / Ein cyf:  F2018-

Date / Dyddiad:   14/09/2018

Reference No: F2018-

Dear Ms Corderoy

Thank you for your request for information dated 27/7/18 concerning
Overseas Travel

This is to inform you that your request has been considered and I can
provide the following response:

The Request:

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

-       From 14/07/2017 -27/07/2018, 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.

-       We use the definition of ‘overseas’ from the dictionary which
states “across or beyond sea; places of across sea; foreign”

1 trip to Johannesburg

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

Wednesday 7^th February flew to Johannesburg and returned to the UK on
Sunday 18^th February

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

Senior Museum Curator visited Johannesburg

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

-        

·         The trip to Johannesburg was a research trip visiting a number
of South African museums in relation to a planned exhibition at Powysland
Museum on the Zulu and Boer Wars and their local connections.

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

Expense -
  South Cost
Africa
1 Flights £881.36
2 Tolls £34.47
3 Overnight £525.54
Stay
5 Car £178.30
Parking
6 Meals £36.11
7 Sundries £567.05
  Total: £2,222.83

-       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 trip to Johannesburg was met by two grants from the Art Fund
(the Jonathan Ruffer Curatorial Fund) and ICOM (International Council of
Museums), the curator used their  holiday entitlement and Powys County
Council didn’t contribute towards the trip.

-       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.

Art Fund (the Jonathan Ruffer Curatorial Fund) and ICOM

We regret the delay you have experienced with this request. We acknowledge
that Powys County Council has failed in its obligation under the Freedom
of Information Act 2000, to provide you with a response to your request
within the statutory timescale of 20 working days. Please accept our
apologies for this and for any inconvenience this may have caused.

We believe that this request is now complete and shall be closed
immediately. Should any further information be requested regarding this
topic, a separate request will need to be submitted.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in
Powys County Council.

Yours sincerely,

Information Compliance Team

The supply of documents under Freedom of Information does not give the
person or organisation who receives them an automatic right to re-use the
documents in a way that would infringe copyright.

You are free to use any information supplied for your own use, including
for non-commercial research purposes. The information may also be used for
the purposes of news reporting. However, any other type of re-use, for
example, by publishing the information or issuing copies to the public
will require the permission of the copyright owner.

The copyright of most of the information that we provide in response to
Freedom of Information Act requests will be owned by Powys County Council.
The copyright in other information may be owned by another person or
organisation, as indicated in the information itself.

For HMSO Guidance Notes on a range of copyright issues, see the Office of
Public Sector Information(OPSI) website.

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If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received in relation to
your request and wish to make a complaint, please contact Information
Compliance. Our complaints procedure is available on request or on our
website.

If you are still not satisfied following this, you can make an appeal to
the Information Commissioner, who is the statutory regulator. The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office

2nd floor

Churchill House

Churchill way

Cardiff

CF10 2HH

Tel: 029 2067 8400

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