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From: Sent: 05 April 2016 12:43 To: FOI Subject: FOI Request - Cambridgeshire County Council Boundary Review Dear Sirs Freedom of Information Request relating to the Cambridgeshire County Council Boundary Review Please send me copies of all internal LGBCE emails, correspondence, notes and minutes dated on or after 1st February 2016 relating directly to the Cambridgeshire County Council boundary review. I am happy to receive these electronically, rather than in writing, and if it is helpful for resource purposes, for emails to simply be forwarded to me, rather than collated into one file. Yours faithfully 1 From: Palacky, Alex on behalf of FOI Sent: 06 April 2016 16:31 To: ' Subject: Your FOI Request: FOI 16/04 Dear , Thank you for your request for information received on 5 April 2016 under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. You have requested: “Freedom of Information Request relating to the Cambridgeshire County Council Boundary Review Please send me copies of all internal LGBCE emails, correspondence, notes and minutes dated on or after 1st February 2016 relating directly to the Cambridgeshire County Council boundary review” The Commission aims to respond promptly and within the statutory deadline of 20 working days. Please expect a response by 3 May 2016. In some cases a fee may be payable and if that is the case I will let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you, and you will be required to pay before I will proceed to deal with your request. If you have any queries or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me on the details provided below. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications. Kind regards, ‐‐ Alex Palacky Office Manager LGBCE 14th Floor Millbank Tower London SW1P 4QP 0330 500 1264 _ _ How are we doing? Click here to give us your views. 1 From: [email protected] To: Subject: Your FOI Request: FOI 16/04 Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 16:18:36 +0000 Dear , Our ref: FOI 16/04 Thank you for your email which was received on April 5 2016, requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. You have requested: “Freedom of Information Request relating to the Cambridgeshire County Council Boundary Review Please send me copies of all internal LGBCE emails, correspondence, notes and minutes dated on or after 1st February 2016 relating directly to the Cambridgeshire County Council boundary review” The Commission does hold information relevant to your request. Please find enclosed a PDF containing all internal emails, correspondence, notes and minutes dated on or after the 1st of February 2016 relating directly to the Cambridgeshire County Council boundary review. Personal details and information not directly relating to your FOI request has been redacted. Although after the date of your request, we have included the report and minutes relating to the Commission’s decision on the new consultation. We have not included the recommendations report itself as this will be published on Tuesday 10 May and a link will be sent to you then. We have not included emails relating to other complaints concerning the Cambridgeshire review. However, for the sake of transparency, we have included all emails and word documents relating to your complaint and the development of our recent responses to you. If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact me, quoting the reference number above in any correspondence. If you are not content with the outcome of your request, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Details of this procedure can be found on the ICO website: http://www.ico.gov.uk. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Yours sincerely, 1 ‐‐ Alex Palacky Office Manager LGBCE 14th Floor Millbank Tower London SW1P 4QP 0330 500 1264 _ _ How are we doing? Click here to give us your views. 2 From: Sent: 05 May 2016 18:56 To: Palacky, Alex Subject: Additional FOI Request Dear Alex Thank you very much for this response. P137 of the response, at the bottom of the page, point 2 talks about being unclear "how we get from current East Cambs pattern to a new one (without need for yet further subsequent consultation) assuming we are persuaded to do so. Specifically, I recall that Alex drew up a pattern closer to what EC had suggested but Max did not allow it to be put forward." Can you please send me the East Cambs pattern drawn up by Alex to which this paragraph refers. Please also send all correspondence and information relating to it, including all correspondence and information about why it was not acceptable to Max? In view of the consultation period beginning in 5 days time, I would appreciate a timely response to this request. Many thanks 1 From: Palacky, Alex Sent: 06 May 2016 14:21 To: Subject: RE: Additional FOI Request Dear , Thank you for your email. I will discuss this with the relevant members of our organisation and respond to you as soon as possible. My colleague Alex who you have mentioned below is away on annual leave until Monday so I will not be able to provide any information before then. I am aware of the consultation period timings and will keep this in mind in regards to our response speed. Please let me know if you have any other questions. Kind regards, ‐‐ Alex Palacky Office Manager LGBCE 0330 500 1264 From: Palacky, Alex Sent: 09 May 2016 15:26 To: Subject: RE: Additional FOI Request Dear Anna, I just wanted to send you a quick update on the additional information you have requested. I spoke with my colleague Alex about this today and we will have this emailed through to you by the end of the week. Please let me know if you have any other questions in the meantime. Kind regards, ‐‐ Alex Palacky Office Manager LGBCE 0330 500 1264 From: Sent: 10 May 2016 11:00 To: Palacky, Alex Subject: RE: Additional FOI Request That's great, thanks for letting me know. Regards From: Cleverly, Karen Sent: 13 May 2016 12:27 To: ' Cc: Palacky, Alex Subject: RE: Additional FOI Request Attachments: East Cambridgeshire Alt scheme for Cllr Bailey.xlsx; East Cambridgeshire alternative proposal.pdf Dear , Alex Palacky has asked me to respond to you as she is on leave today. You asked us to send you the East Cambridgeshire pattern drawn up by Alex Hinds (Review Officer) and all correspondence and information relating to it, including all correspondence and information about why it was not acceptable to Max (Caller – the Chair of the Commission at the time). Please find attached the alternative scheme for East Cambridgeshire as requested. A map of the proposal is also attached. The map shows the boundaries of the alternative pattern, the division names and electoral variances. Also attached is the electorate data that accompanies this proposal. This details what polling districts are included in each of the divisions, the purple lines show which polling districts are divided between divisions. The road counts in columns L and M detail the number of electors in each split polling district. This alternative scheme was only discussed verbally with Max Caller. There is no correspondence relating to it and it was not proposed to the Commission. It is largely similar to a proposal received from East Cambridgeshire District Council in previous consultations with some amendments to provide for improved levels of electoral equality. I hope you find this helpful. Kind regards, Karen Cleverly Business Support Officer LGBCE 0330 500 1260 Polling Description of area District Parish Parish ward Existing District/City/borough ward district EX1 Example 1 Little Example EX2 Example 2 Even Littler Example EX3 Example 3 Medium Example EX4 Example 4 Big Example Big Example East EX5 Example 5 Big Example Big Example West KB1 BURWELL NORTH East Cambridgeshire Burwell BURWELL KB2 BURWELL SOUTH East Cambridgeshire Burwell BURWELL KD1 REACH East Cambridgeshire Reach THE SWAFFHAMS KE1 SWAFFHAM BULBECK East Cambridgeshire Swaffham Bulbeck THE SWAFFHAMS KF1 SWAFFHAM PRIOR East Cambridgeshire Swaffham Prior THE SWAFFHAMS HA6 ELY EAST (STUNTNEY) East Cambridgeshire Ely ELY EAST HC1 ELY EAST (PRICKWILLOW) East Cambridgeshire Ely ELY EAST HD6 ELY EAST (Q. ADELAIDE) East Cambridgeshire Ely ELY EAST HF1 ELY NORTH East Cambridgeshire Ely ELY NORTH HF1 (part) ELY NORTH PW HF2 ELY NORTH East Cambridgeshire Ely ELY NORTH HF2 (part) HG1 ELY EAST East Cambridgeshire Ely ELY EAST HH1 ELY EAST East Cambridgeshire Ely ELY EAST HJ6 ELY NORTH (CHETTISHAM) East Cambridgeshire Ely ELY NORTH HJ6 (part) HK1 ELY EAST East Cambridgeshire Ely ELY EAST HI1 ELY SOUTH East Cambridgeshire Ely ELY WEST HI2 ELY WEST East Cambridgeshire Ely ELY SOUTH HJ6 (part) JA1 HADDENHAM East Cambridgeshire Haddenham HADDENHAM JB1 ALDRETH East Cambridgeshire Haddenham HADDENHAM JD1 STRETHAM East Cambridgeshire Stretham STRETHAM JF1 THETFORD East Cambridgeshire Thetford STRETHAM JG1 WENTWORTH East Cambridgeshire Wentworth HADDENHAM JH1 WILBURTON East Cambridgeshire Wilburton STRETHAM JJ1 WITCHFORD East Cambridgeshire Witchford HADDENHAM IE1 LITTLEPORT WEST East Cambridgeshire Littleport LITTLEPORT WEST IF1 LITTLEPORT EAST East Cambridgeshire Littleport LITTLEPORT EAST IG1 LITTLEPORT (COMMUNITY CENTREast Cambridgeshire Littleport LITTLEPORT EAST LA1 CHIPPENHAM East Cambridgeshire Chippenham FORDHAM VILLAGES LB1 FORDHAM East Cambridgeshire Fordham FORDHAM VILLAGES LC1 ISLEHAM East Cambridgeshire Isleham ISLEHAM LE1 KENNETT East Cambridgeshire Kennett FORDHAM VILLAGES LF1 SOHAM NORTH East Cambridgeshire