Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 01:10:41 +0100 Subject: Freedom of Information request - UASC Reform Programme update From: "Cassidy, J" To: FOI requests at BIA Dear Sir or Madam, Further to the information below [1] can you please email me an electronic copy of: 1) Who in connection with each of the regional strategic migration partnerships or member local authority has been tasked with preparing the proposal/response for UKBA. 1.1) How much money have you been advised on, concerning the costs of replacing/back filling for the person involved in doing the work. 2) A summary of what work has been done on the proposal packs. 2.1) Copies of any proposal documentation shared with anyone/organisation outside of the UKBA. 3) The final or current version of the specification produced by and or with the West Midlands. Reference: [1] email "* By mid-April seek details from Regional Strategic Migration Partnerships as to who would be tasked with preparing the proposal/response for UKBA. We would also need to know the cost of replacing/back filling for the person involved in doing the work. We are still looking at a number of authorities - Glasgow, Liverpool, NW Consortium (based on Manchester). NE Consortium (based on Newcastle and surrounding authorities), Yorkshire and Humberside, Wales, East Midlands, West Midlands and East of England becoming involved as specialist authorities with the Gateway Authorities of Kent, Hillingdon, Croydon and West Sussex becoming involved at the front end of the UASC process. * By end-April, UKBA complete the work on the proposal packs - including advice on what costs should be included, how any caveats should be set out. Finalise the specification with West Midlands." http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/9569/response/24463/attach/7/FW:%20UASC%20Reform%20-%20Next%20Steps.txt http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/9569/response/24463/attach/7/FW:%20UASC%20Reform%20-%20Next%20Steps.txt : Your correspondence: Please ensure that any of your general correspondence, acknowledgements or holding letters etc are included or cut-and-pasted into the body of the email messages, using plain text, rather than as attachments. As this will mean your correspondence is much easier to access, read and respond to. : Accessibility: When providing any information disclosures please provide it in the original unrestricted format such as: a. MS Word .doc or Rich Text Text .rtf format or equivalent (suitable for disclosure of email messages) b.Spreadsheets in MS Excel .xls format or equivalent c.Presentations in MS Powerpoint .ppt format or equivalent or converted to Portable Document Format (PDF), ONLY if none of the above formats are available if you only have a paper version (hard copy) available, please provide a Digital Photo Copier Scanned version in PDF format. If you do provide disclosures in PDF from a Digital Photo Copier Scan, please state that you have done so because no other format, such as a, b or c above, are available. If you need to redact text elements of any disclosure can you please ensure that the rest of text based information remains accessible to a Screen Reader. Please ensure any electronic disclosures are absolutely free of any Document limitations or controls, such as making them Read-only, Encrypted or Password restricted, as this is likely to render them less usable on a general basis and more specifically, inaccessible to Assistive Technology. Please do not send any information in compilation archive formats, such as .zip. Providing correspondence and disclosed information via these means will help ensure that text based information is accessible for use with a Screen Reader or a Magnifier for none text based information and will prevent any further and separate representations under the Disability Discrimination Act. If you are unable to meet these reasonably practicable accessibility requests please state why and provide a copy of any internal information, such as a policy relied upon that would explain such a decision. Yours faithfully, Cassidy, J ------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/help/about#officers Is xxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xxx.xx the wrong address for Freedom of Information requests to UK Border Agency? If so please contact us using this form: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/help/contact ------------------------------------------------------------------- This email was received from the INTERNET and scanned by the Government Secure Intranet anti-virus service supplied by Cable&Wireless in partnership with MessageLabs. (CCTM Certificate Number 2007/11/0032.) In case of problems, please call your organisation’s IT Helpdesk. Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or recorded for legal purposes.