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Our ref: FOI 2009-810002823/IA

Your ref:

29th July 2010

Dear Mr Taylor

Freedom of Information Request:  Reference   810002823

Thank you for your request for information received on 19.07.2010. I am responding to each of the points you have raised and will deal with each in turn. I have highlighted your questions in blue for ease of reference.

1. Please would you provide me with an electronic copy of your Whole of Government Accounts (WGA) L return for 2008/09 as supplied to the Department of Communities and Local Government

Response: This information is available from Communities and Local Government (CLG) and therefore is exempt under Section 21 of the Act.

You should direct your request to CLG  [email address]. Alternatively we can transfer your request to CLG. Please let us know how you wish to proceed. Please note that it is likely that the CLG Local Government Finance excel forms relating to capital statistics (COR, CPR, CER and CFR are exempt under section 22.

S 22. (1) (a) Information is exempt information if the information is held by the public authority with a view to its publication, by the authority or any other person, at some future date (whether determined or not).

This letter is a refusal notice as required by the Freedom of Information Act.

If you have any further queries, or are unhappy with how we have dealt with your request and wish to make a complaint or request an Internal Review, please contact the Feedback and Information Team as below.

Feedback and Information Team

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Fax: 020 8489 3992

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You may also complain to the Information Commissioner's office, who may be able to help you.  However they would normally expect the local authority to have undertaken a complaint investigation or Internal Review of the request before they will accept the referral.  You can contact the Commissioner at:

Yours sincerely,

I V Andrews

Ian Andrews for

Kevin Bartle

Head of Corporate Finance