Dear Sir or Madam,

RE: THE LONDON FREEWHEEL EVENT (GOOGLE LONDON FREEWHEEL)

I wish to make an Freedom of Information Act request about the
aforementioned event, as follows:-

1. What is the length of the Sky sponsorship contract?

2. Are/were there any other sponsorship agreements in place?

3. How much is Sky paying for the sponsorship ?

4. How much taxpayers money was spent on the event in 2008 ?

5. How much council taxpayers' money was spent on the event in
2008?

6. What consultants, agents or other thrid parties were used in
advising on the Sky sponsorship contract?

7. Are any accounting or financial reserves held against
prospective claims against GLA/Mayor of London's office in
connection with the Sky sponsorship contract ?

8 Could I have a copy of the Sky sponsorship contract (I appreciate
that the commercial confidential data may need to be redacted).

Please send your reply by email and any documents in electronic
format to: [email address]

Yours faithfully,

Liam Hemmings

From: [FOI #4339 email]
To: [Greater London Authority request email]
Subject: Freedom of Information request - London Freewheel Event

The Mayor would like to thank you for your interest in his work and he is
keen to answer your query as fully as possible. As you will appreciate, he
has received a very large amount of correspondence from Londoners since
the election and it is proving quite challenging to respond as quickly as
we would like.

Please note that non Greater London Authority (GLA) related queries will
be referred to the appropriate functional body for them to reply e.g.
transport related queries will be referred to Transport for London (TfL).

However, the Mayor is committed to responding to all appropriate
correspondence and everything is being done to reply to your query as
quickly as possible.

This is an automated message and therefore does not require any response.

Dear Mr Hemmings

Thank you for your email requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act. Due to the subject matter, we believe that some of the information may fall under the exemption for Commercial interests within section 43 of the Act and as such may need to be witheld.

The Freedom of Information Act (ss.10(3) and 17(2)) allows public authorities to extend the period for responding to requests under the Act if some or all of the information requested may be subject to exemptions and longer is needed to consider the public interest. I am writing to inform you that it will be necessary to extend the time limit to respond to your request beyond 20 working days in this case. We expect to have made a decision in this matter by 23 January 2009, though if we are able to make a decision before then, we will contact you sooner.

Jason Cross
Senior Marketing Manager
Greater London Authority

GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY

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Dear Mr Cross,

I refer to your email of 19.12.2009. Please may I hear from you. In
the absence of a prompt reply I shall raise your lack of response
with the Information Commissioner.

Yours sincerely,

Liam Hemmings

From: [FOI #4339 email]
To: [Greater London Authority request email]
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - London Freewheel Event

The Mayor would like to thank you for your interest in his work and he is
keen to answer your query as fully as possible. As you will appreciate, he
has received a very large amount of correspondence from Londoners since
the election and it is proving quite challenging to respond as quickly as
we would like.

Please note that non Greater London Authority (GLA) related queries will
be referred to the appropriate functional body for them to reply e.g.
transport related queries will be referred to Transport for London (TfL).

However, the Mayor is committed to responding to all appropriate
correspondence and everything is being done to reply to your query as
quickly as possible.

This is an automated message and therefore does not require any response.

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Greater London
Authority's handling of my FOI request 'London Freewheel Event'.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/lo...

I have not had an adequate reply nor one that accords with your
obligations under the FOI Act. Unless I receive a proper response I
shall take matters up with the Information Commissioner.

Yours sincerely,

Liam Hemmings

From: [FOI #4339 email]
To: [Greater London Authority request email]
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - London
Freewheel Event

The Mayor would like to thank you for your interest in his work and he is
keen to answer your query as fully as possible. As you will appreciate, he
has received a very large amount of correspondence from Londoners since
the election and it is proving quite challenging to respond as quickly as
we would like.

Please note that non Greater London Authority (GLA) related queries will
be referred to the appropriate functional body for them to reply e.g.
transport related queries will be referred to Transport for London (TfL).

However, the Mayor is committed to responding to all appropriate
correspondence and everything is being done to reply to your query as
quickly as possible.

This is an automated message and therefore does not require any response.

Dear Liam,

Please see attached documents for the reponse to your FOI request.

Yours sincerely

Jason Cross
Greater London Authority

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Dear Mr Hemmings,

Following today's response to your Freedom of Information request (London Freewheel Event), please accept our apologies for the time taken to respond. Your request for a review of the handling of your request has been received and the Information Governance Manager will now carry out a review and write to you with the outcome in due course.

Yours sincerely

Paul Robinson
Information Governance Officer

GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY

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Dear Mr Hemmings

I am writing in response to your request for an internal review of the Greater London Authority's (GLA) handling of your FoI request relating to the London Freewheel Event.

My understanding is that the final response to your request was sent out the day after your complaint was submitted. Therefore I understand your complaint to relate to the way the request was handled rather than our application of any exemptions in the final response.

Your initial request was received by the GLA on 24 November 2008, and a response therefore due by 22 December 2008. A holding response was sent to you on 19 December 2008, which explained that some of the information was subject to exemptions and that longer would be needed to consider the public interest. The GLA is entitled, under section 10(3) of the Act, to do this where information falls under an exemption that is subject to a public interest test. However, it appears that some of the information that you had asked for was not subject to such an exemption (specifically how much taxpayers' money/council taxpayers' money was spent on the event in 2008), and this information should have been disclosed by the due date of 22 December.

Following the holding response of 19 December, there was a further delay in responding, and as indicated above, the final response was sent out on 4 February 2009. Although I understand that time was required to consult third parties and consider the public interest in regard to some of the information, this does not explain the significant delay which you encountered. I have brought this to the attention of the Director of Communities and Intelligence and the individuals concerned.

Please accept my apologies for the unacceptable delay in responding to your request. If you are not satisfied with this response, you may complain to the Information Commissioner, whose contact details can be found at www.ico.gov.uk. Should you wish to request a review of the final response and any exemptions applied, please contact me via [Greater London Authority request email] in the first instance.

Yours sincerely

Paul Gibbons
Information Governance Manager
Greater London Authority

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Greater London
Authority's handling of my FOI request 'London Freewheel Event'.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/lo...

I have not had an adequate reply nor one that accords with your
obligations under the FOI Act. Unless I receive a proper response I
shall take matters up with the Information Commissioner.

Yours sincerely,

Liam Hemmings

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