Enquiries to:
Information Team
Our Ref:
FOI 3117222
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Dear Sue Wong
Freedom of Information Request 3117222 Thank you for your recent request received. Your request was actioned under the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 in which you requested the following information –
Please supply the total cost from August 2018 and the hours spent on this along
with the names of all the Echo reporters who sat in on these meeting.
1/ The total cost to the Liverpool ratepayers of this 18 month [FISP] report is
needed.
2/ Who was the person in the LCC to close this down and why?
3/ Why is there no public story on this from your local Echo in Liverpool?
Footnotes below:
There were eight meetings of the Fractional Investment & Scrutiny Panel (FISP), the
first on 30 August 2018 and the last on 19 May 2019.
Minutes are only available on your website for that first meeting. Why are the
minutes of the other seven meetings not also available online for the public to see?
It is now nearly nine months since the last meeting of the FISP yet there is still no
sign of the final report. Why is it taking the Chair, Cllr Jane Corbett, longer to
actually write the report than it took to arrange and hold the eight Panel meetings?
When exactly is the final report of this Panel likely to be produced?
Given the inordinate delay in producing the final report, is Cllr Corbett actually
qualified and competent to do so or should the defrauded investors be asking the
Government for a totally independent inquiry into what has been happening in
Liverpool that has resulted in so many stalled and unfinished developments?
Response:
Liverpool City Council would advise that with regard to any materials discussed during
informal meetings these were provided by third parties and returned to third parties and as
such information thereof is not in the control or possession of the City Council. The Minutes
of such meetings will be published in narrative form as part of the final report of the Scrutiny
Panel has been prepared and published which at this juncture has clearly not taken place.
We would confirm that the final report of the Scrutiny Panel will be published no later than
Tuesday 31 March 2020 and reported to the next available meeting of Regeneration Select
Committee
On this basis and as the requested information is intended for future publication, Section 22
of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 is applied.
Liverpool City Council Information Team
Cunard Building, Water Street, Liverpool, L3 1DS
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This concludes our response.
As we have applied an exemption under Section 22 of the Freedom of Information Act we
are required to provide you with a Notice under Section 17 of the same Act for which
purposes this letter is issued.
The City Council will consider appeals, referrals or complaints in respect of your Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and you must submit these in writing to
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx within 28 days of receiving your response. The
matter will be dealt with by an officer who was not previously involved with the response
and we will look to provide a response within 40 days.
If you remain dissatisfied you may also apply to the Information Commissioner for a
decision about whether the request for information has been dealt with in accordance with
the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The Information Commissioner’s website is
www.ico.gov.uk and the postal address and telephone numbers are:- Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
Telephone: 0303-123-113. Email
–xxxx@xxx.xxx.xxx.xx (they advise that their email is not
secure)
I trust this information satisfies your enquiry.
Yours sincerely
A Lewis
Angela Lewis Information Team
Liverpool City Council Information Team
Cunard Building, Water Street, Liverpool, L3 1DS
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