Thank you for your recent request made under the Freedom of Information
Act, which has been received by Wirral Borough Council.

In accordance with Section 8 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, a
requester should provide their name for a request to be processed (please
see the guidance from the Information Commissioner’s Office below):

Once Wirral Borough Council are in receipt of your full name, your request
will be passed to the relevant department and we will aim to issue a
substantive response within 20 working days.

What constitutes a real name?

We consider that a relatively informal approach is also appropriate in
this context. Therefore, title and/or first name with surname satisfies
the requirement for provision of a real name, as does the use by a female
applicant of her maiden name. The prime consideration is whether enough of
a person’s full name has been provided to give a reasonable indication of
that person’s identity.

Example:

Mr Arthur Thomas Roberts could satisfy Section 8(1)(b) of the FOIA by
stating his name in a request for information as “Arthur Roberts”, “A. T.
Roberts”, or “Mr Roberts”, but not by stating his name as “Arthur” or
“A.T.R.”

In most cases, it will be reasonable for a real name to comprise a name by
which the person making the request is widely known and/or is regularly
used by that person and which is not an obvious pseudonym or fictitious
name.

Yours sincerely,

Tracy O'Hare

Information Management Officer

Wirral Council

PO Box 290

Brighton Street

Wallasey

CH27 9FQ

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Dear Mr Lowton

Please see the attached spreadsheet detailing Children’s Social Care Team Manager contact details for those posts that fall within the transparency code.

Section 40 (2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 provides an exemption to disclose information where it constitutes personal data. In accordance with the Information Commissioner’s guidance on disclosure of data about employees, which can be found at this link, https://ico.org.uk/media/1187/section_40..., we consider that contact details for staff that are not of a level of seniority constitutes their personal data and that they have a reasonable expectation that their personal data would not be disclosed. The Council relies upon Section 40 (2) of the FOIA in that regard.

You have the right under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to ask for an internal review of the refusal of the information requested. Please direct any request for an internal review to [Wirral Borough Council request email] and your request will be allocated to another officer for review. If you are dissatisfied with the outcome of an internal review you also have the right to complain to the information Commissioner, who can be contacted at https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/

Yours sincerely

Lynette Paterson
Principal Information Management Officer
Wirral Council
PO Box 290
Brighton Street
Wallasey
CH27 9FQ

Email: [Wirral Borough Council request email]

Visit our website: www.wirral.gov.uk

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