Disclosure Log
Pothole training materials (FOI/4698)
Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 22 August 2024
Dear *****
Environmental information request: information withheld – Ref: FOI/00004698
Thank you for your request for:
Please can you provide any training materials held in relation to pot hole identification and repair that is or has been used in the last 3 years to train staff.
We received your request on the 30 July 2024.
Following careful consideration, I regret to inform you that we have decided not to disclose this information.
The information you request is being withheld because it falls under the exception in regulation 12(4)(e) of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR).
Exception 12(4)(e) says:
(e)the request involves the disclosure of internal communications.
In applying this exception, we have had to balance the public interest in disclosure. The factors we considered in deciding where the public interest lay in favour of release are:
- wishing to be open and transparent as a public authority;
- greater public awareness and understanding of environmental matters;
- more effective public participation in environmental decision-making.
The factors we considered in deciding where the public interest lay against release are:
- the training materials were designed for an internal audience;
- some of the data in the materials in relation to statistics is now out of date and may mislead if place in the public domain.
On balance we find it is not in the public interest to release the training materials.
Your privacy: we use your personal information such as name and address so that we can comply with our legal obligations to respond to EIR requests. For further details about the use of information about you, please see the information handling privacy notice on our website at https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/media/4323566/informationgovernanceandinformationrightsprivacynotice.pdf.
If you are unhappy with the way the authority has handled your request, you may ask for an internal review. Please contact: Complaints and Information – Team Manager, Nottinghamshire County Council, County Hall, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 7QP or [email protected], who will arrange to review your case. Under regulation 11(2), you must contact us for a review no later than 40 working days after the date of this letter.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, WILMSLOW, SK9 5AF or https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/foi-and-eir-complaints/.
If you have any queries about this email, please contact me.
Yours sincerely
Colin Sawers
Information Case Officer | Customers, Complaints and Information
Chief Executive"s Department | Nottinghamshire County Council
County Hall | Loughborough Road | West Bridgford | NOTTINGHAM | NG2 7QP
Tel: (0115) 977 3714