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Freedom of Information Request -

Fields marked with an * are required for the form to be submitted.

To help us find the records you want please complete as many of the details on this form as you can; you must give us the information which is marked by an *.

The more details that you are are able to give us the easier it will be for us to deal with your request.

You do not need to give us a reason for wanting the information you have requested.

1. About You (The person requesting the information) Please note that we cannot process your request without a name and postal address or name and e-mail address.

Title *

First Name or initials *

Last Name *

Address

Email *

Telephone

Fax

2. If you are making the request on behalf of a company or organisation, it would be helpful if you could provide the information below.

Name of organisation

Position Held

3. About the information you are requesting

Please give a description of the information you are looking for: for example, the event, issue, building, committee, decision, incident, etc

If you know the information you want is from a specific type of document or meeting e.g. report, minutes, x Neighbourhood Forum, you can say this here:

If you are requesting information that you know is from a particular time or year you can say this here e.g. Future plans, Current, Autumn 2004

If you think you know which Council department may hold the information you are looking for, you can say this here:

If some of the information you are looking for is personal information held by us about yourself please check this box :

4. Please indicate the range of ways in which you would be happy to receive information relating to this request, so that we can discuss this further with you – it may help us to keep the costs for all parties of providing the information down if we can use a range of methods.

Visit an office to view / inspect the information.

Please state which office where applicable

Printed / photocopied	Electronic	On floppy disk
On CD	Large print	Braille
Audio tape	Video tape	Microfilm
By fax	By email	By post

5. Declaration Please note that we cannot process your request unless you have confirmed that you agree with the declaration.

Part 1

The Authority may have to charge for requests that require substantial work and may have to charge for providing photocopies or copies in some formats, unless this is a format which would assist the applicant because of a disability – please check this box. I understand that charges may need to be discussed before I receive the information requested

Contact me to discuss possible charge.

Bradford Metropolitan Council has a corporate responsibility to respond to requests under Freedom of Information Act and Environmental Information Regulations; applicants should not expect that the only person who will see their request under these pieces of legislation is any named individual or Service to whom they may have sent the request. The name and contact details of the requester will move with the request as required to effectively manage the request.

Part 2

Occasionally to answer a request, we may need to work with organisations to whom we have contracted out work or with whom we work in partnership and will share information about your request with them.

Contact me to discuss possible 3rd party requests.

For the purposes of managing requests effectively and to assist in monitoring and improving the effectiveness of responses to requests, requests under Freedom of Information or Environmental Information Regulations may be discussed across public bodies affected by the legislation, with regulatory bodies and with legal advisers.

Contact me to discuss information sharing

To enhance public transparency and accountability we may choose to publish summaries of requests received and replies provided.

Contact me to discuss publishing summaries

I declare that that the address provided in section 1 is an accurate and genuine address which can be used within the next 10 days to contact me to clarify and facilitate the response to a request if this is required.

Declaration *

If you are completing this form for another person please enter your full name

Name

In what capacity do you know the person making the request?

I confirm that I am making this request on my own behalf or on behalf of, and with the permission of, the person whose details are given in section 1 and I agree with the declaration stated above.

Confirmation