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Abolition of the Audit Commission

E Ollier made this Freedom of Information request to National Audit Office

The request was partially successful.

From: E Ollier

8 November 2010

Dear National Audit Office,

Please provide:
1. Evidence of which organisations and individuals you
consulted/held discussions with regarding whether to abolish the
Audit Commission (AC) prior
to 13.8.2010, and copies of their input to the consultation.
2. The minutes of:
a) any meetings at which you discussed the future of the AC since
Eric Pickles became Secretary of State, and any reports, papers or
internal correspondence dealing with this issue (this should
include meetings, papers and correspondence from Cabinet meetings,
meetings between yourselves and civil servants, Board members and
Ministerial or other Government or parliamentary colleagues)
b) any meetings at which any officers of the NAO discussed the
future
of the AC, and any reports, papers or internal correspondence
dealing with this issue
c)any meetings at which any officers of the NAO discussed the
future
of the AC, with officers of the Commission or Commissioners,
representatives of the accountancy or profession and any firms of
accountants, including naming those firms
3. Evidence of all diary appointments which can be retrieved which
discussed the future of the AC.
4. Copies of the any estimates of costs produced that relate to the
increased role envisaged for the NAO following Pickles'
announcement

If any of this information is already in the public domain, please
can you direct me to it, with page references and URLs if
necessary.

If the release of any of this information is prohibited on the
grounds of breach of confidence, I ask that you supply me with
copies of the confidentiality agreement and remind you that
information should not be treated as confidential if such an
agreement has not been signed.

If you choose to rely on either sections 35 or 36 relating to the
development of government policy or the effective conduct of public
affairs, I would remind you that the Information Commissioner sets
a very high standard of proof that releasing information will
fulfil the criteria of the exemptions when weighed against the
public interest in the information being released.

Yours faithfully,

E Ollier

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From: FOI, REQUESTS
National Audit Office

9 November 2010

REFERENCE: FOI-509

Dear Mr Ollier,

Thank you for your request for information relating to the abolition of
the Audit Commission. Your request was received 9th November 2010 and I am
dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact the FOI team. It
would be helpful if you could quote the reference number above in any
correspondence.

Yours sincerely,

Tara-Lee Platt

FOI Team
Elizabeth Centre 3
National Audit Office
151 Buckingham Palace Road
London
SW1W 9SS

Tel: 020 7798 7264
Fax: 020 7798 7903
Email: [NAO request email]
Web: www.nao.org.uk

The information contained in this email, and any files transmitted with
it, is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed.
Such information may be confidential and privileged, and no mistake in
transmission is intended to waive or compromise such privilege.

If you have received the email in error, please notify the NAO's Post
Master at mailto: [email address].

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National Audit Office

3 December 2010

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F.A.O. E Ollier

Please find, attached, a letter updating you on the progress of your
Freedom of Information request.

Yours sincerely,

Joseph da Silva
FOI Team
National Audit Office
Information Centre
157-197 Buckingham Palace Road
London
SW1W 9SP
email: [1][NAO request email]
Tel: +44 (0)20 7798 7264

The information contained in this email, and any files transmitted with
it, is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed.
Such information may be confidential and privileged, and no mistake in
transmission is intended to waive or compromise such privilege.

If you have received the email in error, please notify the NAO's Post
Master at mailto: [email address].

This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the
presence of computer viruses.

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From: FOI, REQUESTS
National Audit Office

23 December 2010

F.A.O. E Ollier

Nick Lacy wrote to you on 3 December 2010 to let you know how your Freedom
of Information request was progressing.

As stated in the letter, where information has been identified which
relates to third parties, we are required under the code of practice
established by the Act to consult with all relevant third parties prior to
reaching any decisions to release information.

I can confirm that we have identified information which requires us to
consult with third parties. The consultation process is unlikely to be
concluded until the new year and so, regrettably, we are not in a position
to send a response to your request at this time.

Although I am unable to provide you with a definite date by which our
response will be sent to you, we continue to give this matter our full
attention and will respond to you as soon as possible after the
consultation process has been concluded.

Yours sincerely,

Joseph da Silva
FOI Team
National Audit Office
Information Centre
157-197 Buckingham Palace Road
London
SW1W 9SP
email: [1][NAO request email]
Tel: +44 (0)20 7798 7264

The information contained in this email, and any files transmitted with
it, is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed.
Such information may be confidential and privileged, and no mistake in
transmission is intended to waive or compromise such privilege.

If you have received the email in error, please notify the NAO's Post
Master at mailto: [email address].

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From: FOI, REQUESTS
National Audit Office

24 January 2011

F.A.O. E Ollier

This is to update you on the current status of your Freedom of Information
request.

We had hoped to have been in a position to send you a final response by
this time. However, the third party consultations took longer than
anticipated and I am sorry to say that this has caused further delays to
us completing work on your request.

However, we are currently reviewing all the information and we hope to
finalise our response to you soon.

Yours sincerely,

Joseph da Silva
FOI Team
National Audit Office
Information Centre
157-197 Buckingham Palace Road
London
SW1W 9SP
email: [1][NAO request email]
Tel: +44 (0)20 7798 7264

The information contained in this email, and any files transmitted with
it, is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed.
Such information may be confidential and privileged, and no mistake in
transmission is intended to waive or compromise such privilege.

If you have received the email in error, please notify the NAO's Post
Master at mailto: [email address].

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presence of computer viruses.

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From: E Ollier

29 January 2011

Dear FOI, REQUESTS,

Thank you for your response. This request is now approaching three
months old and I am finding it difficult to believe that you have
not been able to finalise this when CLG and DOH responded in much
quicker times. I am also dissatisfied that you have persistently
failed to provide a definite date by which you will respond. It is
now time to draw a line in the sand and if a response is not
received by 14 February then I am likely to escalate this to the
next stage.

Yours sincerely,

E Ollier

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From: FOI, REQUESTS
National Audit Office

11 February 2011

Your ref: request-51358-726abbb9

Our ref: FOI-509

F.A.O. E Ollier,

This is to let you know that we are finalising our response to your
Freedom of Information request, which will be sent to you on Monday 14th
February.

Yours sincerely,

Joseph da Silva
FOI Team
National Audit Office
Information Centre
157-197 Buckingham Palace Road
London
SW1W 9SP
email: [1][NAO request email]
Tel: +44 (0)20 7798 7264

The information contained in this email, and any files transmitted with
it, is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed.
Such information may be confidential and privileged, and no mistake in
transmission is intended to waive or compromise such privilege.

If you have received the email in error, please notify the NAO's Post
Master at mailto: [email address].

This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the
presence of computer viruses.

Please visit our website at www.nao.org.uk

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National Audit Office

14 February 2011

Attachment 3.47 Email Minutes and Agenda for tomorrows future of local audit meeting REDACTED P1.pdf
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Attachment 3.49 FUTURE OF LOCAL AUDIT Project Board Potential Meeting Dates REDACTED P1.pdf
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Attachment 3.48 RE Minutes and Agenda for tomorrows future of local audit meeting P1.pdf
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Attachment 3.57 Minutes of 11 October meeting P1.pdf
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Attachment 3.59 Future of Local Audit Project Board Meeting 1 November 4pm P1.pdf
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F. A.O. E Ollier,

Please find attached our response to your request for information.

Yours sincerely,

Nora Miller

FOI Team

157-197 Buckingham Palace Road

London

SW1W 9SP

TEL: 0207 798 7264

email: [1][NAO request email]

[2]http://www.nao.org.uk/

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it, is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed.
Such information may be confidential and privileged, and no mistake in
transmission is intended to waive or compromise such privilege.

If you have received the email in error, please notify the NAO's Post
Master at mailto: [email address].

This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the
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Please visit our website at www.nao.org.uk

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