Issue - meetings

Freedom of Information and Data Protection

Meeting: 25/01/2011 - Audit and Governance Committee (Item 38)

38 Compliance with Data Protection Act (1998), Freedom of Information Act (2000) and Environmental Information Regulations (2004) pdf icon PDF 61 KB

The report of the Head of Policy and Performance provides an update on how Cheshire East Council fulfils it obligations under this legislation and highlights the volumes of requests, trends and current and future issues.

 

The Committee is asked to note the processes in place to ensure that the Council complies with the relevant legislation and is sufficiently well-informed and well-positioned to effectively handle any future demands, changes and/or developments to the legislation.

 

Minutes:

The Committee considered a report which detailed how the Council fulfilled its obligations under the Data Protection Act 1998, Freedom of Information Act (2000) and the Environmental Information Regulations (2004).  The report also highlighted volumes of requests, trends, and current and future issues.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That the processes in place to ensure that the Council complies with the relevant legislation and is sufficiently well-informed and well-positioned to effectively handle any future demands, changes and/or developments to the legislation be noted.