Business Rates Waivers in Rochdale

Chris Paul made this Freedom of Information request to Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

Waiting for an internal review by Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council of their handling of this request.

From: Chris Paul

14 February 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please provide a list of premises in Rochdale MBC which
were granted (a) 100% Business Rates Waiver (b) 80% Business Rates
Waiver (Charities) (c) Other discretionary, statutory and other
waivers and reductions of Business Rates.

For the assessment years covering the calendar years 2005, 2006,
2007, 2008 and 2009 to date.

Yours faithfully,

Chris Paul

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From: Mailbox Council
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

16 February 2009

Thankyou for your email, I have passed it to the appropriate section and
asked that they reply to you direct.

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From: Sue Hill
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

19 February 2009

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Performance & Development

Head of Service

Pam Smith

SERVICE UNIT

Data Protection & Freedom of Information

Service Address:

RMBC

Telegraph House

Floor 6

Baille Street

Rochdale

OL16 1JH

Tel: (01706) 925211

Fax: 0845 833 3980

Email:[email address]

Web site: [1]www.rochdale.gov.uk

Your ref:

Our Ref: 71.09

Enquiries: Sue Hill

[2][email address]

Date: 19/02/09

Dear Chris Paul,

RE: - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

I acknowledge with thanks your request for information held by Rochdale
Metropolitan Borough Council.

I write to advise to you that your request is being considered.

Please be advised that a charge may be applicable for your request. We
will advise you of this in due course.

Should you have any queries, please contact me on the number above.

Yours sincerely,

Sue Hill

RMBC

Admin office

Performance & Development

[3][email address]

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From: Chris Paul

20 March 2009

Dear Sue Hill

I note that a response to my request was due by Monday and at the
time of writing is five working days late. Could you please
expedite your response and explain the delay, or if a proper answer
is not possible in the very near future provide your expected
timetable to respond properly to this request.

Yours sincerely

Chris Paul

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From: Chris Paul

13 May 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Immediate response or immediate internal review please. This is a
relatively straightforward matter and your response is now around
EIGHT WEEKS late.

Yours sincerely,

Chris Paul

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From: Chris Paul

11 June 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please deal with this request promptly. It is now four months since
the request was made. And my reminder of four weeks ago has not
even been acknowledged.

Yours sincerely,

Chris Paul

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From: Mailbox Council
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

11 June 2009

Your email has been forwarded to the appropriate section who will reply
to you directly, thanks

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From: Ami Dennison
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

17 June 2009

Dear Mr Paul

Thank you for your email of 11^th June.

I am sorry that you have not had a reply to your request. I have today
chased this up with the service it had been forwarded to and have made
enquiries as to why no response has been sent after such a long time.

I am also sorry but no email was received 4 weeks ago regarding this
particular request. However, an email was received from yourself on 29^th
May regarding your request 72.09 (your ref begins 8131). This email was
acknowledged and I chased that request up for you.

Regarding your other request about Knowl View School governors 73.09 (you
ref beginning 8132), in addition to the response sent regarding request
72.09 (now answered) the information you request is not held as the school
closed some years ago. However, the minutes of meetings that took place do
exist and this may give an indication of some of the governors but not all
their details. Please confirm if you would like this to be followed up,
quoting my reference 73.09 and bearing in mind that there may be an admin
charge for this.

I realise that our responses have not been adequate in these cases and,
with a view to correcting the problems, I would be grateful if you could
direct all your requests to me. I then log them and can chase them up
using my reference number. This also helps distinguish between requests
when they are similar or sent on the same day. I would also be grateful if
you could keep me informed if any other requests are late or not responded
to in order that I can identify and correct any problems.

I hope no inconvenience has been caused by this but please feel free to
contact me again if you have any comments or queries.

Regards

Ami

Ami Dennison

Information Protection & Assurance Officer

Rochdale MBC

6^th Floor, Telegraph House

Baillie Street, Rochdale OL16 1JA

01706 926211

[1][email address]

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From: Chris Paul

21 June 2009

Dear Ami Dennison,

Ref FOI requests 71.09, 72.09, 73.09

I still wish for an internal review on Rochdale MBC's performance
in answering my FoIA requests. This has been very poor in my
opinion.

Clearly if there is in your view a rechargeable cost to answer any
of these requests you need to advise that cost and allow me to
respond to that.

My view is that feet are being dragged on all three of my requests.
These may be regarded as politically sensitive areas. Nonetheless
that is no excuse for delay and would be no excuse for charging for
material that should be easily retrievable.

I am not impressed. Please provide the answers that you can provide
urgently and free and gratis. Or failing that quote the costs
involved and what will be available if those costs are met.

Yours sincerely,

Chris Paul

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From: Chris Paul

21 September 2009

Dear Ami Dennison,

Three months have passed since my last follow up. Can I please have
a reply at your earliest convenience? Thanks.

Yours faithfully,

Chris Paul

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