IG-4228xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xxDevelopment4th FloorLoxley HouseStation StreetNottinghamNG2 3NGRequester0115 876 3855At contact address specified for request number abovewww.nottinghamcity.gov.uk17 September 2014Dear RequesterThe Authority has considered your request dated 25 August 2014 and our responseto your questions are shown below.As part of the Nottingham City Council Code of Conduct for Employees, Employeesare required to inform their Head of Service of their membership of any secret society.This includes Freemasonry. This is recorded and held in a Departmental Register ateach service level. The relevant extract from the Code of Conduct is attached for yourreference.In order to extract the requested information, we would need to contact each Head ofService, of which there are currently over 50, Directors and Corporate Directors andcollate their replies. Therefore on this occasion, the Authority has decided to exemptitself, from complying with your request as the cost incurred in providing a responsewould exceed the appropriate limit of £450, which is equivalent to requests that wouldrequire more than 2.5 days' continuous work.As the Authority is withholding the information as detailed above under section 12please accept this letter as a refusal notice issued in accordance with section 17 thisAct.You are free to use any information supplied for your own personal use. However,any other type of re-use, for example, by publishing the information or issuing copiesto the public will require the permission of the copyright owner. If the copyright isowned by Nottingham City Council details of the conditions on re-use can be obtainedby contacting this office.If you are unhappy with the response provided or with the handling of your request,you can ask for an internal review by writing tostating the reasons for your dissatisfaction.If you remain unhappy after receiving the response to your initial complaint you canrequest an independent review from the Information Commissioner's Office at. You may also contact theInformation Commissioner's Office by telephone on 01625 545745 or by email atxxxx@xxx.xxx.xxx.xx.Yours sincerely,Information GovernanceNottingham City Council