FI17296

Request

1. A copy of the council's current organisational structure chart, or equivalent document showing the council's directorates, departments and principal service areas. 

2. A list of the council's departments or service areas together with the job title responsible for each (where recorded). 

3. A list of organisations that provide services on behalf of the council, under contract with the council, through partnership arrangements, or via arm's-length bodies. This includes, where applicable: 

• Housing Associations or Registered Providers; 
• Arm's-Length Management Organisations (ALMOs); 
• Local Authority Trading Companies; 
• Joint ventures; 
• Shared service organisations; N
• Charities delivering council services; 
• Private contractors delivering public services on behalf of the council.  

4. For each organisation identified in Question 3, please provide, where recorded: 

The organisation's name; 

The service(s) it delivers; 

The council department responsible for managing the relationship;  

The type of organisation (for example, council-owned company, housing association, contractor, charity, public body, etc.).  

5. For each organisation identified in Question 3, please provide, where recorded: 

The organisation's general public contact email address;

Any published Freedom of Information contact email address;

Any Information Governance contact email address;

Any dedicated email address or online portal used for requests for recorded information. 

6. Please provide any directory, register or document identifying separate contact routes used by council departments or partner organisations for: 

• Freedom of Information requests;
• Environmental Information Regulations requests;
• Subject Access Requests;
• Information Governance enquiries 

7. Please provide any register, directory or document identifying which organisations hold information on behalf of the council in connection with outsourced or commissioned services. 

8. Please provide any existing list, register or directory of Information Asset Owners, Information Owners, Data Owners or equivalent responsible roles maintained by the council.

Response

1. This is available on the Council's website at Council Structure 2024 – Senior Management.

2. The Council does not hold a list with this information, and the Freedom of Information Act does not provide for the creation of data to be able to respond to a request.

3. As follows:

• No
• No
• Yes
• No
• No
• No

4. As follows:

• PartnershipOne
• Council Tax, Revenues & Benefits and Customer Services
• Head of People Management and Organisational Development
• Local authority trading company

5. In respect of any matters in respect of Dover District, all contact should be made to Dover District Council using the contact details available on our website at Dover District Council.

6. In respect of any matters in respect of Dover District, all contact should be made to Dover District Council using the contact details available on our website at Dover District Council.

7. The Council does not hold a register, directory or single document identifying all organisations that hold information on behalf of the Council in connection with outsourced or commissioned services, and the Freedom of Information Act does not provide for the creation of data to be able to respond to a request. This information is held in data processing schedules of relevant contracts.

8. The Council does not hold a list with this information, and the Freedom of Information Act does not provide for the creation of data to be able to respond to a request.  Responsibility for information assets sits with the relevant Service Area Manager, who acts as the Information Asset Owner for their service area. However, the Council does not maintain a separate list identifying these roles as Information Asset Owners.

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