Please provide all email correspondance between;
– Meg Booth – Director of Climate Change, Environment and Transport.
– Councillor John Hart
– Any other related officer to the Transport department who contributed to the production of the report
In regard to the creation of the update report issued on the 23rd Jan 2024 as part of Active Streets Heavitree and Whipton Trial Scheme.
The correspondence can be seen online at: correspondence
The emails include personal information which has been redacted. This information is exempt from disclosure under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Personal Data).
The Council cannot disclose personal information if releasing it would contravene any of the provisions in the Data Protection Act 2018. In this instance release of this information would contravene the first data protection principle and therefore the information is withheld.
The email correspondence also include legal advice which has been provided concerning the scheme. This correspondence is therefore subject to legal professional privilege and is exempt from disclosure under section 42 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.