Travel Repayments from Cllrs to NYCC

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Dear North Yorkshire County Council,

A 'Conservative Away Day' meeting took place on the 17th October 2011 at the 'Leeming Bar Hotel'. After perusing the mileage sheets of one County Cllr it became apparent he should not have claimed any travel costs for this journey and has subsequently repaid the money to NYCC.

Please can you confirm by name, which Conservative County Cllrs claimed travel costs to attend this meeting, which Conservative County Cllrs have repaid the travel costs and which Conservative County Cllrs have yet to repay the travel costs.

Yours faithfully,
Tim Thorne

Data Management Officer, North Yorkshire Council

Dear Mr Thorne

Thank you for your request for information, of which we acknowledge receipt.

Your request has been passed to the appropriate officer to provide a response as soon as possible, and in any event within 20 working days, as required by the relevant legislation.

Kind regards

Paul Atkinson, for

Data Management Officer
North Yorkshire County Council
01609 533219
[email address]

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Dear Mr Thorne,

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request.

 

Please find the response to your request below.

 

"A 'Conservative Away Day' meeting took place on the 17th October 2011 at
the 'Leeming Bar Hotel'. After perusing the mileage sheets of one County
Cllr it became apparent he should not have claimed any travel costs for
this journey and has subsequently repaid the money to NYCC.

Please can you confirm by name, which Conservative County Cllrs claimed
travel costs to attend this meeting, which Conservative County Cllrs have
repaid the travel costs and which Conservative County Cllrs have yet to
repay the travel costs."

 

We do not have information as to how many other Councillors attended the
meeting. Three other Members claimed, and the expenses are being recouped.
They cannot be identified as this information constitutes their personal
data and is, as such, considered exempt under Section 40(2) where
disclosure would contravene one or more of the principles of the Data
Protection Act ("DPA"). In this case we consider that disclosure of this
information would breach the first principle of the DPA that requires that
the processing of personal data be fair and lawful, and only be processed
if one of the conditions in Schedule 2 of the DPA is met. In this case the
disclosure would be unfair and unlawful and none of the conditions of
disclosure have been met.

 

Please find attached the Council's appeals procedure.

 

 

Kind regards

 

Paul Atkinson, for

 

Data Management Officer

North Yorkshire County Council

01609 533219

[1][email address]

 

 

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Dear Data Management Officer,

I am writing to request an internal review of 'Travel Repayments from Cllrs to NYCC' FOI request.

I believe that the Council should have released the names of the three Councillors who are being asked to repay mileage and NYCC are incorrect in their assessment. I firmly believe it is in the public interest to disclose this information.

Yours sincerely,
Tim Thorne

Data Management Officer, North Yorkshire Council

Dear applicant

 

Thank you for your email. 

 

If your email is a request for information under the Freedom Of
Information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004, please
consider this an acknowledgement of receipt. We will pass your request
onto the appropriate officer to provide a response as soon as possible,
and in any event within 20 working days, as required by the Act. If we
require any further information from you in order to respond to your
request we will contact you again shortly. If at any point you need to
contact the Council about your request please include a copy of the
request.

 

If your email is about anything else we will contact you again shortly.

 

Kind regards

 

Information Governance Team

Tel: 01609 533219

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Data Management Officer, North Yorkshire Council

Dear Mr Thorne,

Thank you for your email requesting an internal review of our response to your FOI N7291.

We will responds to your request in due course and in any event within 20 working days.

Kind regards

Paul Atkinson, for

Data Management Officer
North Yorkshire County Council
01609 533219
[email address]

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Data Management Officer, North Yorkshire Council

Dear Mr Thorne

 

Thank you for your request for internal review dated 27 September 2013.

 

The Council has reconsidered its response to you and has decided to
disclose the information you have requested.

 

I can therefore tell you that the three Councillors were Councillors John
Blackburn, Helen Swiers and Cliff Trotter.

 

I hope this now satisfies your request however if you remain dissatisfied
you have the right to seek an independent review from the Information
Commissioner. Requests for a review by the Information Commissioner should
be made in writing directly to:

The Information Commissioner

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire SK9 5AF

[1][email address]

Tel: 01625 545 700

Fax: 01625 545 510

 

Yours sincerely

 

Louise Jackson, for

 

Data Management Officer

Tel: 01609 533219

Access your county council services online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
at [2]www.northyorks.gov.uk.

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lawful purposes. All GCSX traffic may be subject to recording and/or
monitoring in accordance with relevant legislation.

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attachments are free from any virus we would advise you to take any
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from the office and you wish to request information under either the
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Information Regulations please forward your request by e-mail to the Data
Management Team ([3][email address]) who will
process your request.

North Yorkshire County Council.

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