Dobson Crowther Limited

The request was successful.

Dear Sirs,

Please advise upon what date Finance Wales took an interest in Dobson & Crowther Limited and:

1. Why did FW decide to take an interest in the Company and what benefit will this produce for the people of Wales;

2. What representations were made to Finance Wales leading to their actions and please reveal any correspondence or verbal appeals made by Elected Representatives and or Government Ministers or officials of Welsh Government;

3. Please disclose who was elected to the Board of Dobson & Crowther as a result of FW interventions and also confirm that none of these persons has a conflict of interest or connection with J. Ross Ltd, the Pickstock Group or Sainsbury's Plc:

Yours faithfully,

Michael Edwards

Dear Sirs,

I recently sent you a Freedom of Information request in relation to Dobson & Crowther and you have so far not even acknowledged receipt of this request.

Please reply as soon as possible and certainly within the Statutory Period?

Yours faithfully,

Michael Edwards FRICS, IRRV(Hons)

Dear Sirs,

You have failed to respond to my Freedom of Information request in relation to Dobson & Crowther Ltd as required by law.

Please comply with your legal obligations without further delay.

Yours faithfully,

Michael W. Edwards

Beverley Downes,

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Dear Mr Edwards,

 

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request for Information:

 

I refer to your e-mail sent to Finance Wales on 21^st August 2014  in
which you requested:-

 

1. Why did FW decide to take an interest in [Dobson and Crowther Ltd] and
what benefit will this produce for the people of Wales;

Following significant due diligence and in compliance with Finance Wales
investment criteria it was agreed to support with the aim of saving the
business and retaining 70 jobs for this major employer in Llangollen.

 

2. What representations were made to Finance Wales leading to their
actions and please reveal any correspondence or verbal appeals made by
Elected Representatives and or Government Ministers or officials of Welsh
Government;

I can confirm that no information concerning any representations by
Elected Representatives or their Officials in connection with this
investment is held by Finance Wales.

 

3. Please disclose who was elected to the Board of Dobson & Crowther as a
result of FW interventions and also confirm that none of these persons has
a conflict  of interest or connection with J. Ross Ltd, the Pickstock
Group or Sainsbury's Plc:

Mr David Murray was appointed to the Board following the Finance Wales
investment, I can confirm no conflict of interest with either J. Ross Ltd,
the Pickstock Group or Sainsbury’s plc.

 

Your request has been considered according to the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 and principles set out in the National Assembly for Wales Code of
Practice on Public Access to Information the Code is published [1]here.

 

If you believe that Finance Wales has not applied the Code correctly or
has not followed the relevant legislation please contact me.  If you are
still not satisfied you may make a formal complaint to Finance Wales. 
Details of Finance Wales complaint procedure are available via e-mail from
[2][Finance Wales request email] or alternatively can be obtained by writing
to:-

 

Customer Services

Finance Wales

Oakleigh House

Park Place

Cardiff

CF10 3DQ

 

If you remain dissatisfied with the way that Finance Wales has dealt with
your request you are advised that you have a right to complain to the
Information Commissioner who can be contacted at:-

 

Information Commissioner’s Office,

Wycliffe House,

Water Lane,

Wilmslow,

Cheshire,

SK9  5AF

 

Yours sincerely

 

Beverley Downes

Head of Services - Pennaeth Gwasanaethau

 

+44 (0)7919 324 606

+44 (0)29 2033 8176

 

[3]www.financewales.co.uk

[4]www.cyllidcymru.co.uk

 

 

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This email is confidential and is intended for the addressee only. If you
are not the addressee, please delete the email and do not use it in any
way. The Finance Wales Group may monitor outgoing and incoming emails and
other telecommunications on its IT systems. By replying to this email you
give your consent to such monitoring. 

 

Finance Wales plc is registered in England & Wales under number 4055414.

Finance Wales Investments Limited is registered in England & Wales under
number 1833687.

Registered office: Oakleigh House, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3DQ.

Finance Wales plc and Finance Wales Investments Limited are part of the
Finance Wales Group.  Details of the Finance Wales Group are available via
the following link [6]www.financewales.co.uk

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Beverley Downes,

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Dear E Thomas,

 

Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOI) – Request for Information:

 

I refer to your e-mail in which you requested:

‘Details of pay grades and typical roles within each pay grade.

The numbers of male and female employees at each pay grade.

The average salaries for male and female employees for each pay grade
including any bonus or other payments provided separately.

Details of and outcomes of any pay reviews that have considered salaries
according to gender and any measures introduced to remedy and
discrepancies.’

 

 

In response to your request I can provide the following:

 

No of
No of males Average Average
females in salary salary Average Average
Pay Roles within each in each each female by male by Bonus Bonus
Grades grade band band band band Female Male
1 Administration 21 7 £20,871 £21,884 £1,674 £1,661
2 Coordinators 21 6 £30,681 £28,953 £1,438 £1,661
Senior Executives,
Executives &
3 Technical 22 33 £43,892 £51,728 £2,126 £2,888
Departmental
4 Managers 7 10 £67,223 £73,093 £3,553 £4,494
5 Directors 1 4 Withheld £99,058 Withheld £5,405
             

 

In respect of Pay Grade 5, only one female is employed. Following careful
consideration and in view of the fact that disclosure of an average figure
would be to disclose and individual salary, Finance Wales considers such
personal information to be exempt from release under section 40(2) of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000. Section 40(2) provides that ‘If the
personal data is about someone other than the applicant, there is an
exemption if disclosure would breach any of the Data Protection
Principles’. In this case, the information is such that in our view, its
release would breach the Data Protection Principles. This is an absolute
exemption.

 

I can also advise that no pay reviews specifically considering gender have
been carried out by Finance Wales.

 

Your request has been considered according to the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 and principles set out in the National Assembly for Wales Code of
Practice on Public Access to Information. The Code is published [1]here.

 

If you believe that Finance Wales has not applied the Code correctly or
has not followed the relevant legislation please contact me.  If you are
still not satisfied you may make a formal complaint to Finance Wales. 
Details of Finance Wales complaint procedure are available via e-mail
from [2][Finance Wales request email] or alternatively can be obtained by
writing to:-

 

Customer Services

Finance Wales

Oakleigh House

Park Place

Cardiff

CF10 3DQ

 

If you remain dissatisfied with the way that Finance Wales has dealt with
your request you are advised that you have a right to complain to the
Information Commissioner who can be contacted at:-

 

Information Commissioner's Office
2nd Floor, Churchill House
Churchill Way
Cardiff
CF10 2HH

 

Yours sincerely

 

Beverley Downes

Head of Services - Pennaeth Gwasanaethau

 

+44 (0)7919 324 606

+44 (0)29 2033 8176

 

[3]www.financewales.co.uk

[4]www.cyllidcymru.co.uk

 

 

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This email is confidential and is intended for the addressee only. If you
are not the addressee, please delete the email and do not use it in any
way. The Finance Wales Group may monitor outgoing and incoming emails and
other telecommunications on its IT systems. By replying to this email you
give your consent to such monitoring. 

 

Finance Wales plc is registered in England & Wales under number 4055414.

Finance Wales Investments Limited is registered in England & Wales under
number 1833687.

Registered office: Oakleigh House, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3DQ.

Finance Wales plc and Finance Wales Investments Limited are part of the
Finance Wales Group.  Details of the Finance Wales Group are available via
the following link [6]www.financewales.co.uk

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Dear Ms. Downes,

I made an FoI earlier in the year in relation to Dobson & Crowther Ltd and eventually received a reply from you.

However today I received a further notification which is addressed to an "E. Thomas" containing information in relation to various salary grades! I assume this was sent to me in error, but no doubt you will investigate how this came about since it is a serious breach of the Data Protection Laws!

Yours sincerely,

Michael W. Edwards

Beverley Downes,

Dear Mr Edwards,

Thank you for your email. The information you received in error was in
response to another Freedom of Information Request submitted via the 'What
Do They Know' portal and as such was published anonymised data.

With apologies for the inconvenience,

Yours sincerely,

Beverley Downes
Head of Services - Pennaeth Gwasanaethau

+44 (0)7919 324 606
+44 (0)29 2033 8176

[1]www.financewales.co.uk
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