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Adult Care Consultancy OLM
Anna Taylor made this Freedom of Information request to Birmingham City Council
The request was successful.
From: Anna Taylor
30 March 2011
Dear Birmingham City Council,
Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act I would like to
make a Freedom of Information Request in relation to Birmingham
City Council’s use of OLM to review funding levels for services
provided for people with learning disabilities.
Please could you provide details of the contractual arrangement
between Birmingham Council and OLM with regard to this work.
Specifically can you provide details around:
1. what OLM are being paid for purely taking on this piece of work
2. any arrangements which relate to payment by results. i.e. the
extent to which the payment OLM will receive relates to any savings
they deliver for the local authority.
3. The start and end date of the contract
4. The number of individual care packages being reviewed by OLM
5. The criteria used to determine which placements are to be
reviewed by OLM
A copy of any contracts and appendices between the council and OLM
Group together with the monetary amounts
of these contracts (redacted where necessary)
The OLM Financial Management consultancy team is a service run by
OLM Systems Limited. Any Birmingham City Council spending on OLM
Financial Management services might therefore be recorded as being
made to OLM Systems Limited. If that is the case, please can you
send me the amount spent by your Adults Care Services on OLM
Systems Limited services in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 to date.
The guidelines for the FOI Act require you to disclose as much of
the information as possible. The fact that there may be some exempt
information does not preclude disclosure of information with
appropriate redactions.
Moreover I draw your attention to a statement made by Information
Commissioner, Chris Graham:
"It should be absolutely routine that details of contracts, value
of contracts, expenses, minutes of top-level meetings just should
be up there on departmental websites."
I should not need to outline the well-established principle that it
is in the public interest to publish contracts with suppliers in
order to create a fair marketplace. Numerous decisions by the
Commissioner and the Tribunal which you will be aware of attest to
that.
When it comes to matters of the public interest you will be aware
that the Information Commissioner has supported the disclosure of
information in many cases making amongst others the following
points as benefits of disclosure to encourage disclosure of
information by public bodies:
furthering understanding of and participation in debate about the
issues of the day.
promoting accountability and transparency regarding the spending of
public money.
improving decision-making by obliging officials to make reasoned
explanations for their decisions.
allowing individuals and companies to understand decisions made
which affect their lives and enabling them to challenge those
decisions.
Yours faithfully,
Anna Taylor
Birmingham City Council
1 April 2011
Freedom of Information Act 2000 *** Request for Information - ref: FOI
5314
Thank you for your request for information held by the Council under the
provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 [FOI] which was received
on 30 March. The council has up to twenty working days to respond to you.
In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, we
will let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you, and you will be
required to pay before we will proceed to deal with your request.
Where Birmingham City Council is the copyright holder of any information
that may be released, re-use for personal, educational or non-commercial
purposes is permitted without further reference to the City Council. Where
the re-use is for other purposes, such as commercial re-use, the applicant
should notify the City Council in writing to seek approval or agree terms
for re-use.
If you require any further information or are not happy with our response
please do not hesitate to contact me quoting the reference number above in
any future communications.
The information you have provided within your FOI request will be held on
our database and may also be held within manual records for a period of 2
years from the date Birmingham City Council received your request. Any
personal data that you provide to Birmingham City Council will be held in
line with the requirements set out within the Data Protection Act 1998.
Philip Wilson
Caldicott Co-ordinator
Tel: 0121 303 9462
email: [email address]
www.birmingham.gov.uk/adults
Change Management Team
Adults and Communities Directorate
Birmingham City Council
Louisa Ryland House
44 Newhall Street
Birmingham B3 3PL
Be safe! Be secure! Think privacy!
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Birmingham City Council
18 April 2011
Anna
please find our response to your FOI request
Philip Wilson
Caldicott Co-ordinator
Tel: 0121 303 9462
email: [email address]
www.birmingham.gov.uk/adults
Change Management Team
Adults and Communities Directorate
Birmingham City Council
Louisa Ryland House
44 Newhall Street
Birmingham B3 3PL
Be safe! Be secure! Think privacy!
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From: Anna Taylor
20 April 2011
Dear Birmingham City Council,
You have not fulfilled the below part of my request dated. Please
do so.
A copy of any contracts and appendices between the council and OLM
Group together with the monetary amounts
of these contracts (redacted where necessary)
Yours faithfully,
Anna Taylor
Birmingham City Council
20 April 2011
Anna
Thank you for your email
I am sorry that we missed that section of your request
I have passed this back to the commissioning manager for an early response
Philip Wilson
Caldicott Co-ordinator
Tel: 0121 303 9462
email: [email address]
www.birmingham.gov.uk/adults
Change Management Team
Adults and Communities Directorate
Birmingham City Council
Louisa Ryland House
44 Newhall Street
Birmingham B3 3PL
Be safe! Be secure! Think privacy!
Anna Taylor To [email address]
<[FOI #66943 email]> cc
Subject Re: FOI 5314 response
20/04/2011 11:13
Dear Birmingham City Council,
You have not fulfilled the below part of my request dated. Please
do so.
A copy of any contracts and appendices between the council and OLM
Group together with the monetary amounts
of these contracts (redacted where necessary)
Yours faithfully,
Anna Taylor
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Birmingham City Council
28 April 2011
Anna
Please see update on your request
Philip Wilson
Caldicott Co-ordinator
Tel: 0121 303 9462
email: [email address]
www.birmingham.gov.uk/adults
Change Management Team
Adults and Communities Directorate
Birmingham City Council
Louisa Ryland House
44 Newhall Street
Birmingham B3 3PL
Be safe! Be secure! Think privacy!
Anna Taylor To [email address]
<[FOI #66943 email]> cc
Subject Re: FOI 5314 response
20/04/2011 11:13
Dear Birmingham City Council,
You have not fulfilled the below part of my request dated. Please
do so.
A copy of any contracts and appendices between the council and OLM
Group together with the monetary amounts
of these contracts (redacted where necessary)
Yours faithfully,
Anna Taylor
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From: Anna Taylor
26 May 2011
Dear Birmingham City Council,
It has been a further 28 days since your last comment on a
potential delay. Please could you confirm by when you will respond.
May I also refer you to Reference: FS50258669 Freedom of
Information Act 2000 Decision Notice Date: 30 March 2011 against
Brent Council where the Information Commissioner clearly found that
contracts with OLM should be released. If you do not release the
requested information please detail how you have dealt with each of
the points that warranted disclosure identified by the Information
Commissioner in the above Decision Notice.
Yours faithfully,
Anna Taylor
From: Anna Taylor
15 June 2011
Dear Birmingham City Council,
It has been 48 days since you communicated on this matter. This is
too long and unlikely to be considered reasonable under the law. I
still await your fulfillment of my request. I will shortly be
submitting a request for an internal enquiry into why you have
taken so long and will escalate to the Information Commissioner if
necessary. Please respond with the requested information within 5
days.
Yours faithfully,
Anna Taylor
From: Anna Taylor
20 June 2011
Dear Birmingham City Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Birmingham City
Council's handling of my FOI request 'Adult Care Consultancy OLM'.
You have not given a complete response to my request and it has now
been outstanding for around 50 days. This is a reasonable time
frame.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ad...
Yours faithfully,
Anna Taylor
Birmingham City Council
21 June 2011
Dear Ms Anna Taylor
Thank you for your email.
We apologise the delay in responding to you. This has been due to an
unusual delay on the part of the third party. We have sent a chasing
letter to the third party and we hope to provide you with a full response
no later than Friday 1 July.
With kind regards
Corporate Information Governance Team
Anna Taylor To FOI requests at Birmingham City
<[FOI #66943 email]> Council
<[Birmingham City Council request email]>
20/06/2011 12:32 cc
Subject Internal review of Freedom of
Information request - Adult
Care Consultancy OLM
Dear Birmingham City Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Birmingham City
Council's handling of my FOI request 'Adult Care Consultancy OLM'.
You have not given a complete response to my request and it has now
been outstanding for around 50 days. This is a reasonable time
frame.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
[1]http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ad...
Yours faithfully,
Anna Taylor
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Birmingham City Council
1 July 2011
Dear Ms Anna Taylor
Freedom of Information Act 2000 *** Request for Information
Further to our email of 31 July, please see the attached OLM Contract.
When we scanned the redacted contract, the scanner has also scanned the
back pages of the printed contract. These are seen as blank pages. There
is no redaction just a blank page because of the way the scanning machine
has been set up!
We trust that this concludes your request.
If you are not satisfied with the response you may ask for an internal
review, please contact the corporate team at the address below:
Corporate Information Governance Team
3rd Floor, 1 Lancaster Circus
Birmingham
B4 7AB
or
[1][email address]
If subsequently you are not satisfied with the Council***s decision you
may apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure provided by the Council. The Information Commissioner can be
contacted at the following address:
The Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545745
Web Address: [2]www.ico.gov.uk
Yours sincerely
Corporate Information Governance Team
Re use of Public Sector Information
The information provided is subject to Birmingham City Council copyright,
however, it may be re-used for personal, educational or non-commercial
purposes without further reference to the City Council. If the re-use is
for other purposes, such as commercial re-use, you should notify the City
Council in writing to seek approval or agree terms for re-use. Where
Birmingham City Council does not hold the copyright, it has indicated the
copyright holder. Permission for re-use should be sought from them
directly.
FOI Mailbox To [FOI #66943 email]
Sent by: Savita Summan cc [Birmingham City Council request email]
Subject Re: Internal review of Freedom of
21/06/2011 15:35 Information request - Adult Care
Consultancy OLM[3]Link
Dear Ms Anna Taylor
Thank you for your email.
We apologise the delay in responding to you. This has been due to an
unusual delay on the part of the third party. We have sent a chasing
letter to the third party and we hope to provide you with a full response
no later than Friday 1 July.
With kind regards
Corporate Information Governance Team
Anna Taylor To FOI requests at Birmingham City
<[FOI #66943 email]> Council
<[Birmingham City Council request email]>
20/06/2011 12:32 cc
Subject Internal review of Freedom of
Information request - Adult
Care Consultancy OLM
Dear Birmingham City Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Birmingham City
Council's handling of my FOI request 'Adult Care Consultancy OLM'.
You have not given a complete response to my request and it has now
been outstanding for around 50 days. This is a reasonable time
frame.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
[4]http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ad...
Yours faithfully,
Anna Taylor
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Philip J Measures left an annotation (22 June 2011)
What is the difficulty in them supplying the copy Contract requested within a reasonable timescale?
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