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Helen Samuel made this Freedom of Information request to Bath and North East Somerset Council
The request was successful.
From: Helen Samuel
1 March 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
Please could you provide a full breakdown of all associated costs
to date in connection with the proposed BRT scheme. Please include
consultants' fees, administration charges, PR costs etc.
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Helen Samuel
From: Information Governance
Bath and North East Somerset Council
3 March 2009
Thank you for your information request, which is now being processed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
You can expect to receive our full response in due course.
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From: Information Governance
Bath and North East Somerset Council
25 March 2009
Dear Ms Samuel,
Thank you for your request.
We do not hold a breakdown of costs associated with the Bus Rapid Transit
scheme. To explain, the Bus Rapid Transit scheme is one part of the Bath
Transportation Package (BTP), which is comprised of a number of elements.
Funding has been provided by the Department for Transport for the BTP as a
whole, not for separate elements. Correspondingly, work and expenditure
for the Planning Applications has been for the Package in its entirety,
not for individual parts. We are therefore not able to provide separate
costs, such as those you requested, for individual elements of the
Package.
If you have any further queries, please let us know.
If you are unhappy with the response to your request, you may ask for an
internal review. Please contact the Council's Head of Audit, Risk and
Information, Mr Jeff Wring at the Guildhall, High St, Bath BA1 5AW
[1]mailto:[email address].
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to appeal directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
[2]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.
Amanda Osborne, Information Compliance Manager
Risk and Assurance Services
Bath & North East Somerset Council
Telephone: 01225 396872
Facsimile: 01225 477387
[3]www.bathnes.gov.uk
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From: Helen Samuel
25 March 2009
Dear Information Governance,
Thank you for your e-mail dated 25 March 2009 in response to my
enquiry of 1 March 2009.
I find it incredible that B&NES does not hold this information. At
the very least there must be a running total to date. I understand
that funding is to be provided for the BTP as a whole, however,
someone within the Council must know what has been spent or else
there could be a huge over/under spend.
This is a most unsatisfactory response and I await whatever
information you have on this matter.
Yours sincerely,
Helen Samuel
From: Helen Samuel
26 March 2009
Dear Information Governance,
Maybe, you have misunderstood my initial request - I was asking for
the breakdown of costs associated with the entire package.
Please could you tell me which department is responsible for
managing the scheme?
Yours sincerely,
Helen Samuel
From: Information Governance
Bath and North East Somerset Council
27 March 2009
Dear Ms Samuel,
Thank you for your email.
We note that your original request was for ' a full breakdown of all associated costs to date in connection with the proposed BRT scheme'. You are now asking for a breakdown of costs associated with the entire package.
We are treating your most recent request as a new request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. You can expect to receive our response within 20 working days.
Regards,
Amanda Osborne, Information Compliance Manager
Risk and Assurance Services
Bath & North East Somerset Council
Telephone:Â 01225 396872
Facsimile:Â 01225 477387
www.bathnes.gov.uk
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From: Helen Samuel
27 March 2009
Dear Information Governance,
Thank you for your message.
I am most surprised that you misunderstood my initial request. It
would have been helpful if you had sought clarification or covered
all the bases by providing the details required in the first
instance. However, I eagerly await the information.
I am quite sure you have the name of the department managing the
scheme to hand immediately.
Yours sincerely,
Helen Samuel
From: Information Governance
Bath and North East Somerset Council
27 March 2009
Dear Ms Samuel,
Thank you for your email.
The name of the Service managing the scheme is Planning and Transport Development.
Regards,
Amanda Osborne, Information Compliance Manager
Risk and Assurance Services
Bath & North East Somerset Council
Telephone:Â 01225 396872
Facsimile:Â 01225 477387
www.bathnes.gov.uk
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From: Helen Samuel
27 March 2009
Dear Information Governance,
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Helen Samuel
From: Helen Samuel
27 April 2009
Dear Information Governance,
This site has prompted me to inform you that this request is
currently overdue. By law, the response had to be prompt - no later
than 24 April 2009. Under the Freedom of Information Act you should
have replied by now, and are breaking the law.
Yours sincerely,
Helen Samuel
From: Amanda Osborne
Bath and North East Somerset Council
28 April 2009
Dear Ms Samuel,
Apologies for the delay in our response. We will respond to you as soon as possible.
Regards,
Amanda Osborne, Information Compliance Manager
Risk and Assurance Services
Bath & North East Somerset Council
Telephone:Â 01225 396872
Facsimile:Â 01225 477387
www.bathnes.gov.uk
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From: Information Governance
Bath and North East Somerset Council
1 May 2009
Dear Ms Samuel,
I write in relation to your recent information request. Please accept my
apologies for the delay in our response.
The requested information is attached.
If you are unhappy with the response to your request, you may ask for an
internal review. Please contact the Council's Head of Audit, Risk and
Information, Mr Jeff Wring at the Guildhall, High St, Bath BA1 5AW
[1]mailto:[email address].
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to appeal directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
[2]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.
Amanda Osborne, Information Compliance Manager
Risk and Assurance Services
Bath & North East Somerset Council
Telephone: 01225 396872
Facsimile: 01225 477387
[3]www.bathnes.gov.uk
Making Bath & North East Somerset an even better place to live, work and
visit.
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