Covid 19 grants or loans to 3rd party organisations
Dear Argyll and Bute Council,
Please supply details of every 3rd party organisation that has received financial support from the council, to date, in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic. For the avoidance of doubt, this means any Covid-19 related payment from January 24th 2020.
Such support could take the form of grants, loans or waived fees or taxes.
Please provide me with the following details for each organisation supported:
1. The name, address, and registration number, if known, of the organisation supported.
2. The value of the support provided, the nature of the support (grant, loan etc), the date payment was made.
3. The name of the funding scheme or funding stream that the organisation qualified for.
To be clear, I do not seek personal information, or information on financial support provided to individuals. Therefore, data protection concerns should not mitigate against providing this information.
In addition, I would be grateful if you could provide me with a total figure for Covid-19 support spending with 3rd party organisations for the period in question.
I would prefer not to receive the requested information in pdf format files. Please supply the requested information in a machine readable format file, such as MS Excel or CSV format files.
You will note that I sent a similar request on November 14 2020. A large number of Scottish local authorities declined to provide the requested information, because they relied on advice provided from the Scottish Government, via COSLA, that a Section 35 (1) a exemption would apply to this request.
With regards to this exemption, I have now received a decision from the Scottish Information Commissioner on this. You can find it here: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/...
In addition, I seek up to date information that covers the whole period from January 24 2020 to the present day.
I look forward to hearing from you in due course.
Yours faithfully,
Ally Tibbitt
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Dear Ally Tibbitt
Request for information: Covid-19 pandemic
Thank you for your information request which we have logged as reference
argyllbuteir:13336.
It has been passed to the relevant service(s) for attention and you should
receive a response under either the Freedom of Information (Scot) Act 2002
or the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 by 2021-11-04
00:00:00. We hope to respond within this timescale but, due to the
staffing/capacity issues with COVID-19, some requests may take little
longer.
Please quote the reference number above in any correspondence you may have
with the Council in regard to this request.
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Classification: OFFICIAL
Dear Ally Tibbitt
Request for information: Covid-19 pandemic
Reference: argyllbuteir:13336.
I refer to your request for information below, in order that I can assist
you I would ask that you clarify the information you are requesting to
ensure that you receive the information that you want. Could you please
clarify what you mean by "3rd Party Organisation"?
I must advise that the timescale for responding to your request will reset
to 20 working days from the date on which I receive clarification of the
terms of your request.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Regards,
David Sinclair
Compliance and Regulatory Assistant
Legal and Regulatory Services
01546 604352
Dear David,
By 3rd party organisation I mean any incorporated body. This could be, for example, a registered charity, limited company, or LLP.
I do not seek information on sole traders or private individuals as this would be a breach of GDPR rules.
I hope this helps,
Ally Tibbitt
Classification: OFFICIAL
Good afternoon,
Thank you for the clarification, much appreciated
Regards,
David Sinclair
Compliance and Regulatory Assistant
Legal and Regulatory Services
01546 604352
Classification: OFFICIAL
Dear Ally Tibbitt,
Request for information: Covid-19 pandemic C19
Reference: argyllbuteir:13336
I refer to your above request for information and write to advise that
unfortunately there will be a delay in getting this information to you. It
is anticipated that a response will be issued to you no later than 15^th
December 2021. I apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Regards
Alison McGinty
Assistant Compliance & Regulatory Officer
Legal and Regulatory Support
Argyll and Bute Council
Kilmory
Lochgilphead
PA31 8RT
01546 604057
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Classification: OFFICIAL
Dear Ally Tibbitt
Request for information: Covid-19 pandemic C19
Reference: argyllbuteir:13336.
I refer to your request for information which was dealt with in terms of
the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) and apologise for
the delay in response.
I have provided the following information in fulfilment of your request:
Please supply details of every 3rd party organisation that has received
financial support from the council, to date, in relation to the Covid-19
pandemic. For the avoidance of doubt, this means any Covid-19 related
payment from January 24th 2020.
Such support could take the form of grants, loans or waived fees or taxes.
Please provide me with the following details for each organisation
supported:
1. The name, address, and registration number, if known, of the
organisation supported.
2. The value of the support provided, the nature of the support (grant,
loan etc), the date payment was made.
3. The name of the funding scheme or funding stream that the organisation
qualified for.
Please see attached spreadsheets in fulfilment of your request.
If you are dissatisfied with the way in which your request for information
has been dealt with you are entitled to request a review by writing to the
Executive Director Customer Services, Argyll and Bute Council, Kilmory,
Lochgilphead, Argyll PA31 8RT, or by email to [1][Argyll and Bute Council request email].
Your request for review must state your name and address for
correspondence, specify the request for information to which your request
for review relates and why you are dissatisfied with the response.
You must make your request for review not later than 40 working days after
the expiry of the 20 working day period for response to your initial
request by the Council, or not later than 40 working days after the
receipt by you of the information provided, any fees notice issued or any
notification of refusal or partial refusal.
If you make an application for review and remain dissatisfied with the way
in which the review has been dealt with you are entitled to make an
application to the Scottish Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle,
Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9DS (Tel: 01334 464610) for a
further review. You can now do this online here -
[2]www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal.
You must make representation to the Scottish Information Commissioner no
later than 6 months after the date of receipt by you of the notice or
decision you are dissatisfied with or within 6 months of the expiry of the
period of 20 working days from receipt by the Council of your request for
review.
Yours sincerely
Alison McGinty
Assistant Compliance & Regulatory Officer
Legal and Regulatory Support
Argyll and Bute Council
Kilmory
Lochgilphead
PA31 8RT
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