Alternative delivery models

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To the information officer,

I am emailing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. My request relates to alternative delivery models used by the council as of September 17, 2019. Specifically, can you list:

(1) All Local Authority Trading Companies owned by the authority, including the following details:
(a)The name of the company
(b)Company number
(c) Date of incorporation
(d)Services provided/purpose

(2) All Public Service Mutuals (PSM) connected to the authority, including the following details:
(a) The name of the PSM
(b) The date it was created
(c) Any other stakeholders formally involved
(d) Services provided/purpose

(3) All outsourced services, including the following details:
(a) The name of the service
(b) The date on which it was outsourced
(c) The organisation(s) that operates the contract
(d) The length of the contract
(e) The annual cost to the council of the contract

(4) All joint ventures entered into by the authority, including the following details:
(a)The name of the venture
(b)The date on which it began
(c) The other organisation(s) involved
(d) The services provided/purpose

I would like the responses in Excel format with the questions and sub-questions as column headers.

For definitions of the above terms, please see the guidance 'Alternative Delivery Models Explained' issued by the Government on 28 March 2017 (https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...)

If you need clarification please contact me at this email address. Under your section 16 duty to provide advice and assistance I would expect you to contact me if you find this request unmanageable in any way before the 20th working day.

I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have received this request, and I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.

Thank you for your time,

Gareth Davies

COL-EB-InformationOfficer, City of London Corporation

Dear Gareth Davies,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 (FOIA) – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

The City of London (CoL), sometimes also called the City of London Corporation, acknowledges receipt of your two identical requests for information of 17 September 2019.

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Yours sincerely,

Information Officer
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City of London
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Dear Gareth Davies

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 (FOIA) – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

 

Following your request of 17 September 2019, and our acknowledgement of
the same day, the City of London (CoL) responds as follows. 

 

Query:

 

To the information officer,

 

I am emailing to request the following information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. My request relates to alternative delivery models
used by the council as of September 17, 2019. Specifically, can you list:

 

(1) All Local Authority Trading Companies owned by the authority,
including the following details:

(a)The name of the company

(b)Company number

(c) Date of incorporation

(d)Services provided/purpose

 

(2) All Public Service Mutuals (PSM) connected to the authority, including
the following details:

(a) The name of the PSM

(b) The date it was created

(c) Any other stakeholders formally involved

(d) Services provided/purpose

 

(3) All outsourced services, including the following details:

(a) The name of the service

(b) The date on which it was outsourced

(c) The organisation(s) that operates the contract

(d) The length of the contract

(e) The annual cost to the council of the contract

 

(4) All joint ventures entered into by the authority, including the
following details:

(a)The name of the venture

(b)The date on which it began

(c) The other organisation(s) involved

(d) The services provided/purpose

 

Please see the attached document, which provides answers to each question.

Please note that the FOIA applies to the CoL as a local authority
(including police authority and port health authority); and to the
Guildhall School of Music and Drama, which is managed by the CoL, and is
not part of our functions as a “council”, ie local authority.

 

We hope that this response is of assistance.

 

If you wish to make a complaint about the way the CoL has managed your
enquiry, please make your complaint in writing to email address:
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procedure, please visit the following page:
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Procedure, you are still dissatisfied, you may request the Information
Commissioner to investigate. Please contact: Information Commissioner,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Telephone:
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