New Governments Cuts

Dear Mr. Farnet

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REF: 2010-558

I am writing to confirm that we received your information request on 5
August 2010. For your information and future communications your request
has been allocated the reference number FOI2010-558. Please quote this
reference in any future correspondence.

We will consider your request and respond in accordance with the
requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Our duty is to
respond promptly or at least within 20 working days.

Yours sincerely

Robin Yu

Information Protection Assistant

FOIA Team, Business Protection Unit

Information Systems Division (ISD)

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

The Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 7NX

Tel: 020 7938 8226

Web: [1]http://www.rbkc.gov.uk

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Dear Mr. Farnet

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REF: 2010-558

I am responding to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000,
which we received on 5 August 2010, for information held by the Council.
You requested:

Please supply list of and copies of internal documents proposing savings
opportunities to meet new government's cuts, front-line facing or
back-office as proposals, project initiation documents, option papers,
business plans, business cases, board/committee papers. if these are
unfinished, still give copies.

I confirm that we do hold information on proposed saving opportunities.

The paper at the link below proposes that the Cabinet cuts revenue
spending in 2010/11 by £2.9 million. This was presented at the Cabinet
meeting on 22 July 2010.

[1]http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/Content/dbweb_HNH...

You request asks for more information about proposed savings than is
contained in the document, we have decided to withhold this information
for cost reasons. Section 12 of FOIA allows public authorities to refuse
requests for information where the cost of dealing with them would exceed
the appropriate limit, which for local government is set at £450. This
represents the estimated cost of one person spending 2.5 working days or
18 hours in locating, retrieving and extracting the information.

We estimate that it will exceed the appropriate limit to locate, extract
and retrieve all information in relation to the proposals. If you are able
to narrow the focus of your request then we will might be able to assist
you further.  

Copyright

Please note, all material provided by the Royal Borough of Kensington and
Chelsea in response to your request for information is for your personal,
non-commercial use. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea reserves
all rights in the copyright of the information provided. Any unauthorised
copying or adaptation of the information without express written
confirmation from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea will
constitute an infringement of copyright. Any intention to re-use this
information commercially will require consent. Please forward any requests
for re-use of information to the FOI officer ([2][RBKC request email]).

Complaints

I trust this has satisfied your request. Should you be unhappy with the
handling of your request, the Council has an internal complaints process
for handling FOI Act complaints. Complaints are reviewed by the Town Clerk
and Chief Executive or his nominee. A form is available from our website
to lodge your complaint
[3]http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/councilanddemocra...
Please contact us if you do not have website access and we can provide you
with a copy of the form.

Following this review, should you still be unhappy with how your
information request has been handled, you have a further right to appeal
to the Information Commissioner who is responsible for ensuring compliance
with the FOI Act.

Yours sincerely

Robin Yu

Information Protection Assistant

FOIA Team, Business Protection Unit

Information Systems Division (ISD)

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

The Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 7NX

Tel: 020 7938 8226

Web: [4]http://www.rbkc.gov.uk

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