Lets have a party!

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Stuart Thornton gets a response to his Freedom of Information request and makes the following observations.

It seem as though Dazza gets the Town hall for free to run the interviews for the Labour Party selection process.

Dazza is not a RMBC Cllr and the selection process is a private labour party process, how can he hold an interview process in the town hall for free?

Maybe we all should ask if we can have free use of the Town hall for a celebration Party?

Subj: Freedom Of Information Request (344) – Response From Rotherham RMBC

Dear Mr. Thornton

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request for Information – 344

Thank you for your request for information received on the 8th July 2014, please find detailed below the response from Rotherham MBC.

Request

The Local Labour Party are to hold interviews for its Candidates in the 2015 Elections at the Town Hall on the following days:

Tue 15th July 2014 5PM
Thur 17th July 2014 5PM
Sat 19th July 2014 9AM
Tue 22nd July 2014 5PM
Sat 26th July 2014 9Am

Could you please state how long the room(s) have been hired for and please state at what cost per hour is being charged for the use of the room(s).

Could you please state if any RMBC Council equipment is to be used and what rate will be charged for that use.

A room was booked at the Town Hall for a ‘District Labour Party’ meeting at the following dates and times:

Tuesday 15.7.14 – 5pm to 7pm
Thursday 17.7.14 – 5pm to 7pm
Tuesday 22.7.14 – 5pm to 7pm

No meeting was held on Saturday 19.7.14 and no meeting is to be held on Saturday 26.7.14

The 3 meetings that were held took place during normal opening hours for the Town Hall and no charge was made for room hire.

There is no separate charge for the use of equipment in Town Hall meeting rooms.

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If you are not satisfied with this response you have the right to an internal review by the Council. Please contact us via the above email address or by post to Gary Walsh, Information Governance Manager, Legal Services, Riverside House, Main Street, Rotherham, S60 1AE.

If you are not satisfied with the internal review, you can appeal to the Information Commissioner. Contact details are: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire. SK9 5AF. Telephone 01625 545700. Alternatively go to http://www.ico.gov.uk/

Yours Sincerely,

Wayne Singleton

Records & Information Management Officer

Information Governance Unit

Legal Services

Resources Directorate

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

6 thoughts on “Lets have a party!”

  1. This is a clear example of misuse of a community asset. Let me be clear about this; RMBC will not give free use of the Town Hall or any of its offices for political interviewing and selection purposes to any other political party. Once again the Labour party shows us they expect and demand favouritism ( the practice of giving special treatment to a person or group) at the expense of local taxpayers.
    Shame on you.

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  5. I may well be winging another FOI request off very soon.
    It has occurred to me that a recent meeting chaired by the Rt Hon Sarah Champion, is also a freebie.
    Either Marhoof or Sarah must have requested the room that held the meeting regarding Gaza. This discussion was not anything to do with any business of RMBC. It was a privately arranged meeting (probably for publicity reasons) and therefore either Mrs Champion or Cllr Hussain must cough up.
    These people ( labour Members) are abusing Tax payers money, for personal gain. but that’s what happens when a Council has an overwhelming majority.

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