Public Health in Local Government - Find a freedom of information request

Request

The document “Public Health in Local Government” sets out the duties and responsibilities of local government and the Director of Public Health


“The Director of Public Health is the lead officer in a local authority for health and championing health across the whole of the authority’s business, including accidental injury prevention and population level interventions”


1. Please let me have copies of statements from the Director of Public Health advising cabinet colleagues, officers in departments responsible for highways and transport, officers in departments responsible for child protection and councillors of the case for or against (on public health grounds) a policy of 20mph speed limits on roads and streets where people and vehicles mix.

Decision

Lincolnshire County Council advises that they have not provided direct advice or statements to others on the case for or against 20mph speed limits

Reference number
FOI1178
Date request received
30 January 2020
Date of decision
27 February 2020