Expenditure on Consultants

Dear Mr Martin,

Thank you for your request for information in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act as detailed below. Your request is now being addressed and you will receive a response within 20 working days - 12 February 2010.

In the meantime if you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely

Patrick Griffin
FOI Officer
Crossrail Limited
25 Canada Square
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5LQ
Tel: 0345 602 3813
e-mail: [Crossrail request email]
Visit us at: www.crossrail.co.uk - "Crossing the Capital. Connecting the UK."

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Dear Mr Martin,

In your message of 18 January 2010 you requested the following information
in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act:

Please provide a breakdown of the expenditure made by your organisation on
consultants for the years 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Please provide information on the consultants used, the amount spent and
the purpose of the expenditure.

Please include within this scope all consultants, including those used for
design and management and advice.

Please also provide details of what your current projections are for years
2010, 2011 and 2012.

I very much regret that we will not be able to resolve your request within
the statutory 20 working day deadline, ie by 15 February 2010. This is
due to the amount of information you have requested.

We will provide a response to you as soon as possible and in any case by
19 February 2010. Please accept my apologies for this delay. In the
meantime, if you have any queries relating to your request, please do not
hesitate to contact me.

Please see the attached information for details of your right to appeal if
you are dissatisfied with the way CRL has handled your request.

Yours sincerely

Patrick Griffin

Freedom of Information Officer

Crossrail Limited
25 Canada Square
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5LQ

Tel: 0345 602 3813
e-mail: [Crossrail request email]
Visit us at: www.crossrail.co.uk - "Crossing the Capital. Connecting the
UK."

Appendix 1

Your right to appeal

If you are dissatisfied with the way CRL has handled your request for
information you may request an internal review of the decision. The
internal review will be conducted by someone who was not involved in the
processing of your original request, and carried out in accordance with
the CRL complaints procedure.

Any request for an internal review should be addressed to:

FOI Officer

Crossrail Ltd

25 Canada Square

Canary Wharf

London E14 5LQ

E-mail: [Crossrail request email]

Complaints to the Information Commissioner

If, following the internal review, you remain dissatisfied with the way
CRL has handled your request, then you can take your complaint to:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

A complaint form is available on the Information Commissioner's Office
website at

[1]www.ico.gov.uk

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Dear Mr Martin,

In your message of 18 January 2010 you requested the following information
in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act:

Please provide a breakdown of the expenditure made by your organisation on
consultants for the years 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Please provide information on the consultants used, the amount spent and
the purpose of the expenditure.

Please include within this scope all consultants, including those used for
design and management and advice.

Please also provide details of what your current projections are for years
2010, 2011 and 2012.

Further to my message of the 12 February, I can now confirm that Crossrail
Ltd (CRL) does hold some of the information you have requested. However
we estimate that the cost of complying with your request would
significantly exceed the FOI appropriate limit. This limit is set at
£450 and represents the estimated cost of one person spending 18 working
hours establishing whether we hold the information and then locating,
retrieving and extracting it. Under section 12 of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 we are not obliged to comply with your request and we
will not be processing it any further.

Please see the attached information for details of your right to appeal if
you are dissatisfied with the way CRL has handled your request.

Appendix 1

Your right to appeal

If you are dissatisfied with the way CRL has handled your request for
information you may request an internal review of the decision. The
internal review will be conducted by someone who was not involved in the
processing of your original request, and carried out in accordance with
the CRL complaints procedure.

Any request for an internal review should be addressed to:

FOI Officer

Crossrail Ltd

25 Canada Square

Canary Wharf

London E14 5LQ

E-mail: [Crossrail request email]

Complaints to the Information Commissioner

If, following the internal review, you remain dissatisfied with the way
CRL has handled your request, then you can take your complaint to:

Information Commissioner*s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

A complaint form is available on the Information Commissioner*s Office
website at

[1]www.ico.gov.uk

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FreedomofInformation would like to recall the message, "Freedom of Information request - Expenditure on Consultants".

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Dear Mr Martin,

In your message of 18 January 2010 you requested the following information
in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act:

Please provide a breakdown of the expenditure made by your organisation on
consultants for the years 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Please provide information on the consultants used, the amount spent and
the purpose of the expenditure.

Please include within this scope all consultants, including those used for
design and management and advice.

Please also provide details of what your current projections are for years
2010, 2011 and 2012.

Further to my message of the 12 February, I can now confirm that Crossrail
Ltd (CRL) does hold some of the information you have requested. However
we estimate that the cost of complying with your request would
significantly exceed the FOI appropriate limit. This limit is set at
£450 and represents the estimated cost of one person spending 18 working
hours establishing whether we hold the information and then locating,
retrieving and extracting it. Under section 12 of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 we are not obliged to comply with your request and we
will not be processing it any further.

Please see the attached information for details of your right to appeal if
you are dissatisfied with the way CRL has handled your request.

Yours sincerely

Patrick Griffin

Freedom of Information Officer

Crossrail Limited
25 Canada Square
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5LQ

Tel: 0345 602 3813
e-mail: [Crossrail request email]
Visit us at: www.crossrail.co.uk - "Crossing the Capital. Connecting the
UK."

Appendix 1

Your right to appeal

If you are dissatisfied with the way CRL has handled your request for
information you may request an internal review of the decision. The
internal review will be conducted by someone who was not involved in the
processing of your original request, and carried out in accordance with
the CRL complaints procedure.

Any request for an internal review should be addressed to:

FOI Officer

Crossrail Ltd

25 Canada Square

Canary Wharf

London E14 5LQ

E-mail: [Crossrail request email]

Complaints to the Information Commissioner

If, following the internal review, you remain dissatisfied with the way
CRL has handled your request, then you can take your complaint to:

Information Commissioner*s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

A complaint form is available on the Information Commissioner*s Office
website at

[1]www.ico.gov.uk

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1. http://www.ico.gov.uk/