Dear Ms O'Sullivan,

Thank you for your email of 12 January 2023 to Ards and North Down Borough Council, received on 13 January.

We confirm your request regarding period poverty actions 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. The 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
City Hall
The Castle
Bangor
BT20 4BT
Tel: 0300 013 3333

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Dear Ms O'Sullivan,

We refer to the above matter and write further to our acknowledgement email of 13 January 2023.

Ards and North Down Borough Council has processed your request in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and please see the Council’s response below.

Request

Under Freedom of Information Act I request;

- all documentation relating to your council's actions to combat period poverty.

Response

Please find attached:

'Background brief - Period Products meeting with local Council Officers - 17 January 2023'
'ANDBC Completed Template' (Please note that personal data has been redacted within the attached document. The names and direct contact details of individuals who would hold a reasonable expectation their personal data would not be disclosed to the world at large have been redacted in accordance with section 40(3A)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on the basis disclosure would contravene the first data protection principle of lawful, fair and transparent processing.

There have been Notices of Motion and Reports presented to the Council's Corporate Services Committee regarding this matter:

Corporate Services Committee Meeting of 13 November 2018 - 2 no. Notices of Motion; Items 16.8 and 16.9
Corporate Services Committee Meeting of 12 February 2019 - Report at Item 13
Corporate Services Committee Meeting of 4 December 2019 - Report at Item 9

In accordance with section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act, the Notices of Motion, reports and minutes are reasonably accessible to you as they are published on the Council's website and can be accessed via the following webpage:

https://www.ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk/abou...

The Council holds no other recorded information relevant to your request for information.

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 [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
City Hall
The Castle
Bangor
BT20 4BT
Tel: 0300 013 3333

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