Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Julie Hitchcock
Deputy Director
Local, Regional Governance
Area 1c, Nobel House
17 Smith Square
London SW1P 3JR
Telephone 08459 33 55 77
Website www.defra.gov.uk
Julian Todd
[FOI #13483 email]
Our ref RFI 2762
30 June 2009
Dear Mr Todd
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: LIVERPOOL MULTI-AREA AGREEMENT DRAFT
CONSULTATIONS
Thank you for your request for a copy of emails between Defra’s civil servants and officers
at Liverpool City Council relating to the second phase of Liverpool’s Multi–Area Agreement
(MAA), which we received on 18 June. We have handled your request under the
Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIRs).
Defra did not correspond directly with officers at Liverpool City Council, but we sent our
comments on the second phase of Liverpool’s MAA to Communities and Local
Government (CLG) to forward to the Council. I attach a copy of the email to CLG
containing our comments. I also attach details of comments made verbally to Liverpool
City Council on 18 May.
Defra has not received a copy of the correspondence from CLG to Liverpool City Council
in which they forwarded our comments. Therefore, if you have not already done so, you
may wish to contact CLG to request a copy. You can contact CLG at
[email address] or Communities and Local Government, Eland
House, Bressenden Place, London SW1E 5DU. Alternatively, we can transfer your
request to CLG, but before doing so we request your permission to notify them of your
name and contact details. If you agree to this, please could I ask you to either sign and
return the declaration at the foot of this letter to me or email me giving your permission for
us to contact the CLG on your behalf.
The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and
Patents Act 1988. You are free to use it for your own purposes, including any non-
commercial research you are doing and for the purposes of news reporting. Any other re-
use, for example commercial publication, would require the permission of the copyright
holder. Most documents supplied by Defra will have been produced by government
officials and will be Crown Copyright. You can find details on the arrangements for re-
using Crown copyright on OPSI (Office of Public Sector Information) at:
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/click-use/index.htm
Information you receive which is not subject to Crown Copyright continues to be protected
by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated. You
must ensure that you gain their permission before reproducing any third party (non Crown
Copyright) information.
In keeping with the spirit and effect of the EIRs, all information is assumed to be releasable
to the public unless exempt. The information you requested may now be published on our
website together with any related information that will provide a key to its wider context.
If you have any queries about this letter please contact me. I also attach an annexe giving
contact details should you be unhappy with the service you have received.
Yours sincerely
Julie Hitchcock
Direct Line 0207 238 1232
Fax
Email
[email address]
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RFI 2762
I, Julian Todd, hereby authorise Defra to transfer my information request to Communities
and Local Government
Signature: ……………………………………….
Date: ..........................
Annexe A
Complaints
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request you may
make a complaint or appeal against our decision within 40 working days of the date of this
letter. Please write to Clive Porro, Head of Defra’s Information Rights Team at, Area1B
Ergon House, Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2AL, (email:
[email address]) who will arrange for an internal review of your case.
Details of Defra’s complaints procedure can be found at:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/complain/info.htm
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Please note that generally the
Information Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have first exhausted
Defra’s own complaints procedure. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
