Hi Tim
I asked this question a while ago and unfortunately didn't get many
helpful responses. A lot of replies I got indicated that the
information councillors held was included in the LA notification but of
course it's not. I'm aware that party election canvassing information
should be covered by the relevant political party notification (unless
he/she is an independent) but their own constituency casework should be
notified by each councillor. However, the DP officers in my
neighbouring authorities (except Vale Royal) have not notified their
Councillors' processing but indicated that the council would pay if it
was decided to do so. All of Vale Royal's Councillors have notified and
the council pays their annual fees.
I have been gathering these details so I am armed with comparable
information for my own council to make a decision. Unfortunately our
Chief Executive, Asst Chief Executive and their PA all retired from the
council on the same day last week so no decision has yet been made. My
proposal was to prepare notifications for all elected members and hold
briefing sessions for them about their DP responsibilities and suggest
that the council pays their fees. With the current situation at the top
of the tree I don't know when a decision will be made.
Julie Gibbs
Information Officer, ICT
Treasury & Corporate Support
Crewe & Nantwich Borough Council
Tel: 01270 537733
Fax: 01270 537662
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Subject: [data-protection] Who pays for elected member notification?
With apologies to all those to whom this means nothing...
Would any local council DP officers please tell me whether their council
pays for the notification of their elected members, or whether members
pay
for it themselves? Reply to me direct, and if anyone would like to know,
I
will post anonymous scores based on the responses I get.
Thanks in advance
Tim Turner
Data Protection / FOI Officer
Legal and Property Services
Wigan Council
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