Budget cutbacks

Abigail Withington made this Freedom of Information request to Office of Water Services

Office of Water Services did not have the information requested.

From: Abigail Withington

18 May 2011

Dear Office of Water Services,

Please provide copies of all internal emails and documentation that
relates to any review of expenditure conducted in within the last
12 months that consider the following issues;
- salary and benefits provided to staff members
- reducing the cost of office buildings maintenance and
leasing/rent
- reducing the money spent on enforcement and investigations.

Yours faithfully,

Abigail Withington

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From: Paula Bennett
Office of Water Services

19 May 2011

Dear Ms Withington

Thank you for your information request below. I will be dealing with your
request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Under the FOIA
Ofwat has 20 working days to respond to the request. Accordingly, the
deadline is 17 June 2011. I will contact you again on or before this date
when I have progress to report.

Yours sincerely

Paula Bennett

Information Rights Team

Tel: 0121 644 7617

[mobile number]

Fax: 0121 644 7533

[1]ofwat.gov.uk

Address: Centre City Tower, 7 Hill Street, Birmingham. B5 4UA

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From: Paula Bennett
Office of Water Services

16 June 2011

Dear Ms Withington

I am writing further to my email below. I am writing to inform you that
we have searched our records and the information you requested is not held
by Ofwat.

If you are interested in Ofwat's budget information, you can find this in
Ofwat's Resource Accounts. You can find out more about what we do in our
strategy document. The forward programme sets out our work for the coming
financial year. Our latest annual report also contains a review of what we
did in the last year. All of these documents can be accessed on our
website using the link below.

[1]http://www.ofwat.gov.uk/aboutofwat/repor...

I hope that these documents are of some use to you.

Under the FOIA, if you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request,
you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests
should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the
response to your original letter and should be addressed to: to Roger
Dunshea, Ofwat, Centre City Tower, 7 Hill Street, Birmingham B5 4UA.

Please remember to quote the request number in any future communications.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information
Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF.

Paula Bennett

Information Rights Lawyer

Corporate Services and Programme Management

Ofwat

Tel: 0121 644 7617

[mobile number]

Fax: 0121 644 7533

[2]ofwat.gov.uk

Address: Centre City Tower, 7 Hill Street, Birmingham. B5 4UA

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