Issue - meetings

[To review and comment on the Quarter One performance for Information Governance.]

Adam Hadley, Group Manager – Democracy, presented the quarterly one Information Governance Performance report.

The Group Manager – Democracy, reported that in the absence of local statistics for the cost of processing Information Governance (IG) requests, there was national base-lining data. He referred to paragraph 3.3 of the report which outlined these costs.

In reference to paragraph 3.4, the Group Manager – Democracy, advised that there was currently a review being undertaken about mandatory training for protecting information.

Cllr O’Neill enquired about the time spent by local authorities processing requests for information by the press and media.

The Group Manager – Democracy advised that the government was currently undertaking a review of freedom of information which he would circulate once published.

A discussion took place between the Councillors and the Managing Director about the identity of those requesting information.  They recognised that processing these requests used a lot of resources and the costly exercise of processing freedom of information requests.

Resolved:

That the Group Manager – Democracy circulate results of the national review of freedom of information once published.