Phil Beschizza
4/A5, Eland House
Bressenden Place
London
SW1E 5DU
Direct Line: 020 7944 5818
E mail : [email address]
Web Site: www.communities.gov.uk
Mr Alex Skene
Our Ref: E0002970
Email: request-6724-
[email address]
24 February 2009
Dear Mr Skene,
Thank you for your request for the information listed below, which was received on 27
January 2009. Your request has been considered under the Environmental Information
Regulations (EIR) 2004.
1. A "data dump" of the information stored in the Non-Domestic Energy Performance
Certificate Register's underlying database.
2. A list of all data fields and their definitions for this database
3. Any advice and assistance the Department can provide about accessing Display
Energy Certificate data. If this data is readily available to be combined with (1) and (2)
above.
I am writing to advise you that the time limit for responding to your request for information
under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, needs to be extended.
The Regulations allow us 20 working days to respond to your request from the date of its
receipt. However, it is occasionally necessary to extend the 20 working day time limit for
issuing a response. In this case, I regret that we must extend the time limit for responding by
20 days because of the complexity and volume of the request. The Department does not have
direct access to the data on the central Register, which is held by the Register Operator on
behalf of the Department. The Register Operator will have to extract the data from the
Register, design and write the query, extract the information and quality assure the results.
The data will also have to be converted into a readable form. For this reason, the cost for
providing this data is likely to exceed the £600 limit. I will let you have a more accurate figure
in due course.
I hope to let you have a response by 25 March 2009, and will keep you informed of any
further delay.
Communities and Local Government as an organisation aims to be as helpful as possible in
the way it deals with requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and
the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. If, however, you are not satisfied with the
way in which your request has been handled or the outcome, you may request an internal
review within two calendar months of the date of this letter. Information about the
Department for Communities and Local Government
Tel 020 7944 5818
Eland House
Email [email address]
Bressenden Place
LONDON
SW1E 5DU
Department's review procedures and how to apply for an internal review of your case is
contained in the enclosed leaflet. This also explains your right to apply directly to the
Information Commissioner for a decision in the event that you remain dissatisfied following
the authority's review
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me.
Yours sincerely
Phil Beschizza
Department for Communities and Local Government
Tel 020 7944 5818
Eland House
Email [email address]
Bressenden Place
LONDON
SW1E 5DU
