Authorisation/approval of legal expenses in relation to public inquiry

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Dear Education and Skills Funding Agency,

I request disclosure of a copy of any express prior authorisation/approval given by the
EFA/ESFA to Cotham School, Bristol in relation to the appointment of leading counsel to represent it at a public inquiry and subsequent judicial review in relation to an application for Town or Village Green status at Stoke Lodge, Bristol. The public inquiry took place in June/July 2016; authorisation would have been granted at a date prior to this.

I previously made this request on 13 September (ref: 2018-0036198) and as advised by you in your letter of 24 September 2018 this represents a significant narrowing of my original request.

Yours faithfully,

Helen Powell

Dear Education and Skills Funding Agency,

The deadline for this request expires tomorrow; please can you confirm when the information will be provided?

Yours faithfully,

Helen Powell

Dear Education and Skills Funding Agency,

The deadline for response to this request has now expired; by law a response should be provided within 20 working days of the request. The request is extremely narrow and should not be difficult to provide - please can you let me know the reason for the delay as a matter of urgency?

Yours faithfully,

Helen Powell

Dear Education and Skills Funding Agency,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Education and Skills Funding Agency's handling of my FOI request 'Authorisation/approval of legal expenses in relation to public inquiry'.

A response to this request is now overdue and I have received no response to emails asking for updates.

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

Yours faithfully,

Helen Powell

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Dear Ms Powell

 

Thank you for your recent enquiry. A reply will be sent to you as soon as
possible. For information; the departmental standard for correspondence
received is that responses should be sent within 20 working days as you
are requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Your
correspondence has been allocated reference number 2018-0042144.

 

Thank you

 

Department for Education

Ministerial and Public Communications Division

Tel: 0370 000 2288

 

 

 

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