Vikki Smith Legal & Democratic Services West Northamptonshire Council Lodge Road Daventry NN11 4FP 0300 126 7000 www.westnorthants.gov.uk | [email protected]
Jamie Cook Telephone: 0300 126 7000 By email: request-726234- Email: [email protected] [email protected] Our Ref: FOI7605 Date: 20th May 2021
Dear Jamie
Internal Review under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
Thank you for your Internal Review request made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 received on 8th March 2021. Please accept my apologies for the considerable delay with my review.
In your original request you asked for the following:
“I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act to request that Daventry District Council provide me with the current number of registered electors eligible to vote at local elections living in each of the following parishes:
Althorp Parish Arthingworth Parish Ashby St Ledgers Parish Badby Parish Barby and Onley Parish Boughton Parish Braunston Parish Brington Parish Brixworth Parish Brockhall Parish Byfield Parish Canons Ashby Parish Catesby Parish Charwelton Parish Church with Chapel Brampton Parish Clay Coton Parish Clipston Parish Cold Ashby Parish Cottesbrooke Parish Creaton Parish Crick Parish Daventry Town Dodford Parish East Farndon Parish East Haddon Parish Elkington Parish Everdon Parish Farthingstone Parish Fawsley Parish Flore Parish Great Oxendon Parish Guilsborough Parish Hannington Parish Harlestone Manor Parish Harlestone Parish Haselbech Parish Hellidon Parish Holcot Parish Holdenby Parish Hollowell and Teeton Parish Kelmarsh Parish Kilsby Parish Lamport and Hanging Houghton Parish Lilbourne Parish Long Buckby Parish Maidwell with Draughton Parish Marston Trussell Parish Moulton Parish Naseby Parish Newnham Parish Norton Parish Old Parish Overstone Parish Pitsford Parish Preston Capes Parish Ravensthorpe Parish Scaldwell Parish Sibbertoft Parish Spratton Parish Stanford-on-Avon Parish Staverton Parish Stowe Nine Churches Parish Sulby Parish Thornby Parish Walgrave Parish Watford Parish Weedon Bec Parish Welford Parish Welton Parish West Haddon Parish Whilton Parish Winwick Parish Woodford-cum-Membris Parish Yelvertoft Parish”
The Council’s response to the internal review:
The purpose of an internal review is to determine if our response to your original Freedom of Information request was (a) processed in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act, (b) comprehensive and factual, and in the case of exempt information, the exemption is applied appropriately.
This is an independent review and has been considered by a senior officer to that which undertook the original decision.
Regarding point (a) your request was refused on the basis that the information requested was not held by the Council and therefore did not fall within the scope of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). I have considered this further and conclude that this was an error. The information is held by the Council and does fall within the remit of the FOIA. Please find the information attached.
Regarding point (b) no exemption was applied, so this has not been considered as part of my review.
This completes my review.
If you remain dissatisfied with the Council’s internal review, you have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). It is recommended that you contact them no later than 3 months from the date of our final response, using the contact details below:
Information Commissioner’s Office Wycliffe House Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF
Telephone: 0303 123 1113 https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/
Yours sincerely
Vikki Smith Reviewing Officer and Deputy Data Protection Officer