Role & Responsibilities of a CAAL specifically the one covering Luton Borough Council

The request was successful.

Dear Audit Commission,

I would be grateful if you could supply me with the
latest version of the role and responsibilities for
a CAAL (Comprehensive Area Assessment Lead).

In addition, could you supply me with an summary of how
the CAAL covering Luton Borough Council has performed in
2008/2009 and 2009/2010 up to the point of this request.

Obviously such a summary should not contain any personal
information, I am only interested in how the Audit
Commission has quantified the performance of this particular CAAL for the time periods specified and whether
it has met the standards laid down by the Audit Commission.

Yours faithfully,

E S Bhatti

Dear Audit Commission,

It is the 14th Jan 2010, I have yet to even receive an acknowledgement of the FOI request I sent on the 31st Dec 2009.

At your earliest opportunity please explain why no acknowledgement has been forthcoming and more importantly when will my FOI request be dealt with?

Yours faithfully,

E S Bhatti

Freedom of Information,

Dear E S Bhatti, please accept my sincere apologies that you have not
received an acknowledgment to your request.

I'm unable to offer any explanation other than an oversight on our part.

Your request has been allocated reference RFI 1224. The statutory
deadline for our response is 29 January 2010, although I hope to respond
sooner if we can.

The Audit Commission is committed to the principles of the Freedom of
Information Act (FoIA) and will wherever possible provide all the
information requested unless constrained by another statute or by an
exemption within the FoIA.

Once again, please accept my apologies that your request was not
acknowledged properly.

Yours sincerely

Robert Mauler
Public Enquiries Manager
part of the Chief Executive's Office

* Audit Commission
Westward House
Lime Kiln Close
Stoke Gifford
Bristol
BS34 8SR

* [email address]
* www.audit-commission.gov.uk/complaints

i For Freedom of Information (FOI) requests please email
[Audit Commission request email]

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Dear Mr Mauler,

Thank you for the acknowledgement.

More than happy to wait until the statutory deadline.

Yours sincerely,

E S Bhatti

Robert Mauler,

3 Attachments

Dear E S Bhatti

Please find attached

* our response to your requested information,
* the disclosed information* mentioned in our response, and,
* our Access to Information complaints procedure.

<<20100118 rm to ESB.pdf>> <<20100108CAAL Job Description.doc>> <<Access
to Information Complaint and Appeal Procedure (2).pdf>>

*Although the Job Description disclosed relates to the post for the
Cheshire East & West, Wirral & Warrington CAAL, this is a generic Job
Description which applies to all CAAL's.

Yours sincerely

Rob Mauler

Robert Mauler
Public Enquiries Team Manager
part of the Chief Executive's Office

? Audit Commission
Westward House
Lime Kiln Close
Stoke Gifford
Bristol
BS34 8SR

( 0844 798 8802
E 07967 565735
? [1][email address]
ue [2]www.audit-commission.gov.uk/complaints

i For Freedom of Information (FOI) requests please email
[3][Audit Commission request email]

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Dear Robert Mauler,

Thank you very much for the prompt and very comprehensive reply to my FoI request.

Given the nature of the enquiry and the competing
priorities of accountability and privacy, I think
you did an admirably job.

Yours sincerely,

E S Bhatti