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Dear Sir,

I am emailing to confirm the receipt of your recent FOI request to Wigan Council.

We will respond as soon as possible and in any case no later than 30th January 2014 , which is 20 working days after the receipt of your request.

If you have any comments or questions in the meantime, please direct them to [Wigan Council request email], or to Wigan Council, Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan WN1 1YN. Your contact is Sharon Crippin.

Yours faithfully,

Rita Wood
Admin Assistant

Wigan Council
Resources Directorate - Legal and Risk
Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan WN1 1YN
01942 488425 (Internal Ext. 8425)
[email address]
www.wigan.gov.uk

Please note that I only work Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays

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This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and
intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom
they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please
notify the system manager.

Email may be automatically logged, monitored and/or recorded
for legal purposes.

As a public body, the Council may be required to disclose this
email or any response to it under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 unless the information in it is covered by one of the
exemptions in the Act.

This footnote also confirms that this email has been swept for
the presence of computer viruses.

Dear Sir,

The department have asked if you could clarify exactly what information you require in respect of question 2.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,

Rita Wood
Admin Assistant

Wigan Council
Resources Directorate - Legal and Risk
Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan WN1 1YN
01942 488425 (Internal Ext. 8425)
[email address]
www.wigan.gov.uk

Please note that I only work Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays

This email together with any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom they are addressed. The information may be covered by legal professional privilege. Do not copy, disclose or distribute the information. If you are not the addressee, please contact the sender and immediately delete this email and any attachments

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Dear Tyson

I am writing to respond to your freedom of information request recently
received.  This request has been handled under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000.

Your request and our response are detailed below.

1. Do you currently have any shared services within Social Care with
other/s Local Authorities? If yes, please state with who and what areas
e:g Children’s, Adults etc…
Wwish Adoption Service
Warrington, Wigan and St Helen’s Local Authorities Shared Adoption
Service.
2. Please describe your plans with joint working between Social Care and
Health.
We have a joint safeguarding unit for both Adults & Children between the
Local Authority & Health.
If you are unhappy with any aspect of this response, an independent senior
officer will review this decision. Please let me know if you would like to
arrange this.
You can also complain to the Information Commissioner, who is the
regulator for Freedom of Information. His website is
[1]www.informationcommisioner.gov.uk and his helpline number is 0303
1231113.
His staff may ask you to exhaust our internal complaints procedure if you
choose to complain to his office now.
May I take this opportunity to apologise for the delay in responding to
your request, this is due to the high volumes currently being received.
 
Yours Sincerely
 
 
Sharon Crippin
Data Protection and Freedom of Information Officer
Resources Directorate
Legal & Risk
Wigan Council
Town Hall
Wigan
WN1 1YN
Tel: (01942) 827002    Internal: 2002
email:  [email address]
[2]www.wigan.gov.uk
 
 
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intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom
they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please
notify the system manager.

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for legal purposes.

As a public body, the Council may be required to disclose this
email or any response to it under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 unless the information in it is covered by one of the
exemptions in the Act.

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