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Data protection and freedom of information
 

 

Freedom of Information

 

Under the 'right of public access' you may ask for information about our policy making process, how we balance our budget, service delivery, as well as issues which affect your quality of life. To make this easier for you we have provided wou with a named contact for these kind of requests (see below).
 
We welcome our responsibilities with regard to the 'Freedom of Information Act 2000' and the 'Environmental Information Regulations 2004' and support the principles within these new laws.

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These two laws give you access to most of the information held by the Council subject to some exemptions (eg personal data remains protected by the Data Protection Act).

 

 
The first stage of our preparation was to prepare our publication scheme (see below) which lists the information we currently make available and by what means and includes any relevant costs. Any of this information is excluded from the Act as it is already available.
 
The Publication Scheme is available to download below.
 
 

Freedom of Information Requests

 
 
Month Number of requests Number of responses given within the time limit Number of requests dealt with within 48 hours Number of exemptions applied

August

2009

18 15 8 n/a

September 2009

18 12 6 1
October 2009 17 11 4 n/a
November 2009 21 20 8 1
December 2009 23 19 10 n/a
January 2010 31 26 15 n/a
February 2010 24 20 10 n/a

March

2010

18 10 8 n/a
     April      2010 26 20 4 n/a

May

2010

20 15 8 n/a

June

2010

32 20 9 n/a

July

2010

28 19 4 n/a

August

2010

25 21 11 n/a
September 2010 19 14 1 n/a
October 2010 22 18 7 n/a

November

2010

38 26 11 n/a

December

2010

20 9 2 n/a
January 2011 36 33 8 1

February

2011

47 42 15 1

March

2011

30 26 4 n/a

April

2011

29 24 7 1

May

2011

43 40 9 n/a

June

2011

36 34 7 n/a

July

2011

32 27 4 1
August 2011 44 40 11 n/a
September 2011 32 28 5 n/a
October 2011 35 34 14 n/a
November 2011 52 41 8 2
December 2011 15 14 6 0
 
 
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Some of the most frequently asked questions
 
 
 

Links

 

Publication Scheme

 

External Link: Information Commissioner

 

Documents

 

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Link to a PDF document Freedom of Information Policy

 

Contact

 

Corporate Policy Officer
South Staffordshire Council
Council Offices
Codsall
South Staffordshire
WV8 1PX.
 
Email: freedomofinformation@sstaffs.gov.uk

 

 

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Email: info@sstaffs.gov.uk