To whom it may concern
Case reference FOI2026/01055
Received 17 September 2026
Published 13 October 2026
Request
Leader of council The Mayor Member for the environment. Member for Climate Change Member for communities Director of waste Services Head of Food waste Head of Street Team Head of Waste Head of Parks Head of Highways Head of communities/Neighbourhoods Head of environment/Climate Change Director of Place
Response
Please find below our response to your request for the names and contact details of elected councillors and officers responsible for the specified service areas.
1. Elected Councillors
Information concerning the Leader of the Council, Lord Mayor and councillors responsible for Environment, Climate Change and Communities is publicly available on our website:
Your Councillors – Oxford City Council
2. Senior Management
Information concerning the Council's senior management structure, including officers responsible for Communities, Environment, Climate Change and Place, is publicly available on our website:
Staff and Management Structure – Oxford City Council
Section 21 – Information Reasonably Accessible by Other Means
Under Section 21(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, information is exempt from disclosure where it is reasonably accessible to the applicant by other means.
As the information identified above is already publicly available through the Council's website, we are applying Section 21(1) to those parts of your request.
3. Operational Management Positions – Oxford Direct Services (ODS)
The following positions included in your request relate to services delivered by Oxford Direct Services (ODS):
Director of Waste Services
Head of Food Waste
Head of Street Team
Head of Waste
Head of Parks
Head of Highways
For further information concerning these positions, please contact Oxford Direct Services directly:
Website: https://www.odsgroup.co.uk
Section 40(2) – Personal Information
We are withholding the names and individual contact details of operational officers who are not already publicly identified, where disclosure would be unfair and contrary to the data protection principles under Article 5(1)(a) of the UK GDPR.
Accordingly, Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 applies to that information.
Section 40(2) is an absolute exemption and is not subject to a public interest test.
Documents
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