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Publications There is one approved model publication scheme, provided by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) which must be adopted by all public authorities in its entirety and cannot be altered.

Our publication scheme has been developed to fit this model, in line with the guidance issued by the ICO. It is web based and commits the Council to make information available to the public as part of its normal business activities.

To make it easier for you to find the information you are looking for, we developed a user friendly software tool we have called DataShare. This is already being used on the website to access our datasets of information such as expenditure over £500.

Our publications have now been added to DataShare, and you will be able to sort them by category, title or by date published.

The categories are:

Who we are and what we do

Here is organisation information, council office locations and contacts and details of our constitution.

What we spend and how we spend it

Here is financial information relating to income and expenditure, tendering and contracts.

What our priorities are and how we are doing

Here is strategic and performance information, including plans, inspections and reviews.

How we make decisions

Here are meeting timetables, minutes of meetings and information on consultation.

Our policies and procedures

Here are current policies and procedures for delivering our functions and responsibilities.

Lists and registers

Here are lists relating to functions of the Council and registers required by law.

Services provided by the Council

Here is advice and guidance, booklets and leaflets.

Charges

Electronic documents

Electronic documents in pdf format can be accessed free of charge from Redbridge i, the Council's website.

To read pdf documents, you will need Adobe Acrobat reader, which is freely available from the Adobe website.

Hard copy documents

Almost all documents listed in the Publication scheme are available in hard copy format if required.
Redbridge Council aims to supply hard copy documents free of charge wherever possible, but may have to make a small charge to recover costs for photocopying and postage.
Redbridge Council will charge for the additional copies and the increased charge for postage if multiple copies of a document are required. There may also be additional charges if the information required needs to be sent to a fax number.
We will notify you at the time of your request if any charges apply, and any charges will be payable in advance of the documents being sent out.

Excluded Information

Some documents in the Publication Scheme include information that may be excluded from the scope of the Freedom of Information Act. For convenience we may provide access to selected documents of this type through the Publication Scheme, even if they include material which is not within the scope of the FOI Act.

When we choose to include this type of information in our Publication Scheme it should not be taken to mean that it is within the scope of the Act.

The classes of information will not generally include:

Information the disclosure of which is prevented by law, or exempt under the Freedom of Information Act, or is otherwise properly considered to be protected from disclosure
Information in draft form
Information that is no longer readily available as it is contained in files that have been placed in archive storage, or is difficult to access for similar reasons.

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