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E Ollier made this Freedom of Information request to Department of Health
The request was partially successful.
From: E Ollier
1 September 2010
Dear Department of Health,
Please provide:
1. Evidence of which organisations and individuals you consulted
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 at CLG, and any reports,
papers or internal correspondence dealing with this issue (this
should include meetings, papers and correspondence from Cabinet
meetings,meetings between yourself and civil servants, Board
members and
Ministerial or other Government colleagues)
b) any meetings at which any civil servants within the Department
of Health discussed the future of the AC, and any reports, papers
or internal correspondence dealing with this issue
3. Details the proposed audit arrangements for the new GP consortia
prior to Eric Pickles announcement of the disbanding of the Audit
Commission and how the Department now propose to ensure that the
public money spent by the consortia and demising PCTs is
effectively audited in the future.
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
Department of Health
2 September 2010
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Department of Health
30 September 2010
Our ref: DE00000537610
30 September 2010
Dear Mr/Ms Ollier,
Thank you for your email of 2 September to the Department of Health
requesting, under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, information
relating to abolishing of the Audit Commission. Your email has been passed
to me for reply.
The Department of Health holds some information relevant to your request.
The FOI Act obliges us to respond to requests promptly, and in any case no
later than 20 working days after receiving your request. However, when a
qualified exemption applies to the information and the public interest test
is engaged, the Act allows the time for response to be longer than 20
working days, and a full response must be provided within such time as is
reasonable in all circumstances of the case. We do, of course, aim to make
all decisions within 20 working days, including in cases where we need to
consider where the public interest lies in respect of a request for exempt
information. However, in this case, we have not yet reached a decision on
where the balance of the public interest lies.
We estimate that it will take an additional 20 working days to take a
decision on where the balance of the public interest lies. Therefore, we
plan to let you have a response by 28 October. If it appears that it will
take longer than this to reach a conclusion, we will keep you informed.
The specific exemption which we consider applies in relation to your
request is provided for in Section 35 (information whose release could be
prejudicial to the formulation of government policy).
I am sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
Deepa Shah
Freedom of Information Team
Department of Health
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From: E Ollier
1 October 2010
Dear Department of Health,
You have not responded to my FOI request a required by law. I am
now requesting an internal review as to why you have failed to
comply with our legal obligations. I also expect to receive the
requested information within the next 72 hours.
Yours faithfully,
E Ollier
Department of Health
4 October 2010
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Department of Health
6 October 2010
Our ref: DE00000548436
Dear Ms / Mr Ollier,
Please find attached a response to your recent correspondence to the
Department of Health, which explains why we will not be processing an
Internal Review on your case at this stage.
Yours sincerely,
Aimee Gasston
Freedom of Information Team
Department of Health
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20 October 2010
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