Request:
Please provide emails and attachments exchanged between the Communications/Press Office and the Mayor’s Office that mention the Langley First School and Appletree Gardens merger, from 1 January 2023 to the present.
If helpful for scope, please prioritise threads containing press releases, Q&A briefs, or messaging about surplus places, site choice, safety/access, and consultation timelines.
Response:
Please see the attached email and Cabinet Briefing.
Staff names and emails are withheld under Section 40(2) of the Act. Information is exempt from disclosure if it is the personal data of an individual other than the requester and where the disclosure of that personal data would be in breach of any of the data protection principles.
Please be advised, the documents highlighted in the Zip folder are refused under section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 as the information is accessible via another means. This is because this information is already published here: https://haveyoursay.northtyneside.gov.uk/