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Require documents produced for Islington specifying total value of contract for relocating Ashmount School

Simon Kloot made this Freedom of Information request to Islington Borough Council

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From: Simon Kloot

18 July 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please supply copies of documents produced by consultants for
Islington Council where the value of the contract has been
specified for development of the former Crouch Hill Recreation
Site, London N8 (proposed site of the new Ashmount school)

Yours faithfully,

Simon Kloot

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From: Good, Kit
Islington Borough Council

20 July 2009

Thank you for your Freedom of Information Act request received on 18 July
2009. Your request has been processed, and your unique reference number is
269481. Please make note of this reference number should you need to
contact us about your request.

Our team has sent your request to the appropriate service area within
Islington Council, and an officer from that team will respond directly to
your request.

If you have any questions, please contact us by email at
[Islington Borough Council request email] or by phone on 020 7527 1789.

Best wishes

Kit Good
Information Governance Manager
Technology Solutions Group
Corporate Resources
London Borough of Islington
60 Highbury New Park, N5 2DJ
Tel: 020 7527 1789
[mobile number]
Alternative contact: Amy Harms 020 7527 1788

[1]http://www.islington.gov.uk

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From: Good, Kit
Islington Borough Council

17 August 2009

Dear Mr Kloot

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST REF No: 269481

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request received on 18 July.
You requested the following information:

Please supply copies of documents produced by consultants for Islington
Council where the value of the contract has been specified for
development of the former Crouch Hill Recreation Site, London N8
(proposed site of the new Ashmount school)

I have consulted the Building Schools for the Future team and can
provide the following response.

If we are successful in obtaining planning permission in September we
will commence a competitive procurement exercise. To release estimates
of the value of the contract at this stage would be detrimental to the
commercial interests of the council and we are exempting this
information under Section 43 of the Freedom of Information Act,
'Commercial interests'.

Please contact me if you would like to make another request for
information.

If you have a complaint about the handling of your enquiry then please
contact Jeremy Tuck, Chief Information Officer at 60 Highbury New Park,
London N5 2DJ. Alternatively please email: [Islington Borough Council request email].

Further information is also available from the Information Commissioner
at:
http://www.ico.gov.uk/

Best wishes

Kit Good
Information Governance Manager
Technology Solutions Group
Corporate Resources
London Borough of Islington
60 Highbury New Park, N5 2DJ
Tel: 020 7527 1789
[mobile number]
Alternative contact: Amy Harms 020 7527 1788

http://www.islington.gov.uk

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From: Simon Kloot

17 August 2009

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 Islington Borough
Council's handling of my FOI request 'Require documents produced
for Islington specifying total value of contract for relocating
Ashmount School'.

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

Yours faithfully,

Simon Kloot

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From: FOIA
Islington Borough Council

17 August 2009

Thank your for your email. If your email concerns a Freedom of Information
request to Islington Council, your email has been received and will be
processed shortly.

Kind regards,

The Information Governance team
Technology Solutions Group
Islington Council
60 Highbury New Park, N5 2DJ
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Simon Kloot left an annotation (17 August 2009)

This is the 2nd time that Islington have wrongly attempted to withhold information, citing "commercial interests". Our previous FOI request 258220 was internally reviewed and the following was quoted:

"In the original response the Council also incorrectly engaged Section 43 of the Act as a blanket mechanism and should not have referred to trade Secrets (section 43(1) Freedom of Information Act), which are not relevant to a property development."

Therefore, please supply the information requested.

Regards

Simon Kloot
On behalf of Ashmount Site Action Group

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