Money's to tight to mention

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Seasonal salutations chums,

Following Uncle Eric’s ‘fair’ and ‘progressive’ local government settlement there has been the usual bleatings from the usual suspects. How dare councils such as Liverpool, Hackney and Manchester suggest that the most deprived have been hit hardest? They have been receiving massive government ‘hand outs’ for years and shown such little gratitude. Whereas, the poor and needy people of Richmond, Surrey and Windsor and Maidenhead are seeing cuts as well. I am sure many are asking where their next roast swan will come from but we do not hear them moaning.

I am sure that DCLG conducted a phenomenal amount of research to support the statements on the ‘fair’ and ‘progressive’ settlement. Can you please supply me with the quantitative evidence? I am particularly interested in analysis that explored the relationship between deprivation and formula grant.

I assume multiple regression models and ANOVA tests were produced as well as other statistical jiggery-pokery. Can you please supply the outputs from these models. Please supply the sig level, p-value, r-sq, F-value and anything else that you think will help. To be honest it will just be a load of squiggles to me but it will make me feel better.

Come on let’s put these baseless accusations to rest. Good lord, do people think that important decisions at DCLG are being made by Laurel and Hardy?

Yours fiscally,
Derek Tickles

PS The Laurel and Hardy question is not part of the FoI request.

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Some background on why:-

http://derektickles.blogspot.com/

Mark Chandler,

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Dear Mr. Tickles,

Please see the attached response to your request for information of 18
December 2010.

<<110107 F0004361 response.doc>>

Best wishes

Mark Chandler
Social Services Formula and Area Cost Adjustment Team, Zone H2, Floor 5
Department for Communities and Local Government, Eland House
Bressenden Place, London SW1E 5DU
Email: [email address]
Tel.: 030 344 44271
Web: [1]www.communities.gov.uk

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Dear Mr Chandler

I assume Uncle Eric put you up to this and this is not the response you would have given of your own free will?

So is Uncle Eric tugging at my wick? The information you supplied does not come close to meeting my requirements.

The links you supplied do not extinguish the flame of my desires to unearth the real evidence (or lack of) that relate to claims of a 'fair' and 'progressive' settlement. I would expected the evidence to have waxed more lyrically about the formula grant and specific grants in general not just focus on a very small concessionary travel fund.

I am interest in the £80 billion not a few million quid. Whilst the spreadsheets and models are probably useful they are not worth the candle for my inquiry.

If on by chance Uncle Eric has no evidence to support his claims then perhaps he should be honest and say so.

Hence I request once of those nasty internal reviews (again).

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

I am writing to request an internal review of Department for Communities and Local Government's handling of my FOI request 'Money's to tight to mention'.

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

Your incandescently,

Derek Tickles

CLG-FOIAdvice,

Dear Mr Tickles

REQUEST FOR INTERNAL REVIEW

Thank you for your email sent 9th January 2011, received 10th January 2011, in which you seek a review of the response provided by Communities and Local Government to your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act.

The review will be considered under the Department's internal review procedures. A full re-evaluation of your request will be undertaken.

I will today allocate this request to an Internal Review Officer and you should receive a reply by 7th February 2011.

Yours sincerely

FOI Advice Team
Knowledge Management Division
Zone 2/A3, Eland House
0303 444 3973

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Dear Sir,

Please see the attached reply to your FOI appeal.

Jim Wager
Finance Division
Department for Communities and Local Government
2/J10 Eland House
Bressenden Place
London SW1E 5DU

<<FOIF0004361 review.doc>>

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