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Advice to Selector on Criterion for Shortlisting Local Government Projects
Sam Urquhart made this Freedom of Information request to Department for Communities and Local Government
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From: Sam Urquhart
19 December 2008
Dear Sir or Madam,
I would like request details of any advisory documents produced by
the Department for Communities and Local Government, for use by the
Selector, Stuart Hoggan, in drawing up his shortlist of proposals
under the Sustainable Communities Act (2007) Section 3(1).
Yours faithfully,
Sam Urquhart
From: Sam Urquhart
13 February 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Department for
Communities and Local Government's handling of my FOI request
'Advice to Selector on Criterion for Shortlisting Local Government
Projects'.
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 sincerely,
Sam Urquhart
From: CLG-FOIAdvice
Department for Communities and Local Government
13 February 2009
Did you receive a copy of this reply that I have found on our filing system? When you have given consideration to this response I would be grateful if you would let me know if a review is still required.
Juliet Tomlin
FIOAT
DCLG
020 7944 8226
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From: Sam Urquhart
13 February 2009
Hi Juliet,
Thanks for getting back to me. It appears that no review is
required, although for some reason or other I didn't get the
initial reply from Stuart.
The confusion stems from the wording of the Sustainable Communities
Act 2007, which states that "Before inviting proposals under
section 2, the Secretary of State must appoint a person (the
“selector”)" and that "The selector must be a person who represents
the interests of local authorities."
So I naturally didn't think that the LGA qualified as a "person" in
that sense, but it seems that it does (?).
With that in mind, I would like to revise my initial FOI request,
which now reads as follows:
I would like request details of any advisory documents produced by
the Department for Communities and Local Government, for use by the
Selector, under the Sustainable Communities Act (2007) Section
3(1).
Yours sincerely,
Sam Urquhart
From: Jennifer Sewell
Department for Communities and Local Government
3 March 2009
Dear Sam,
Please see attached acknowledgement of your Freedom of Information
request.
<<090302 FOI acknowlegement F0002989 - sca selector guidance.doc>>
Jennifer Sewell
Communities Programme Office
Communities and Local Government
5/A6 Eland House
Bressenden Place
London
SW1E 5DU
Tel: 020 7944 3006
email: [email address]
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recorded for legal purposes.
From: Jennifer Sewell
Department for Communities and Local Government
12 March 2009
090312 FOI response F0002989 sca selector guidance.pdf
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081002 letter to LGA for FOI F0029289.pdf
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081015 letter to LGA for FOI F0002989.pdf
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Dear Mr Urquhart,
Please find attached response and information relating to your Freedom of
Information request.
<<090312 FOI response F0002989 - sca selector guidance.pdf>> <<081002 -
letter to LGA - for FOI F0029289.pdf>> <<081015 - letter to LGA for FOI
F0002989.pdf>> <<992674 for FOI F0002989.pdf>>
Jennifer Sewell
Communities Programme Office
Communities and Local Government
5/A6 Eland House
Bressenden Place
London
SW1E 5DU
Tel: 020 7944 3006
email: [email address]
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Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or
recorded for legal purposes.
From: Jennifer Sewell
Department for Communities and Local Government
12 March 2009
Dear Mr Urquhart,
Please find attached the leaflet mentioned in the response letter
(attached to my earlier email) containing information about the
Department's review procedures and how to apply for an internal review of
your case if you are not satisfied with the way in which your request has
been handled or the outcome.
<<061027 DCLG IR procedures.pdf>>
Jennifer Sewell
Communities Programme Office
Communities and Local Government
5/A6 Eland House
Bressenden Place
London
SW1E 5DU
Tel: 020 7944 3006
email: [email address]
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