Fargate Future High Street Fund
Dear Sheffield City Council,
1. Please provide Equality Impact Assessment, with the ID number " 918".
This is the EIA specifically related to "Future High Streets Fund – Fargate and High
Street.
https://democracy.sheffield.gov.uk/docum...
2. Please provide the results of the first consultation event, held in partnership with Sheffield University at the Millennium Galleries,
3. Please provide the full, final application made by SCC to the Future High Street Fund
4. Please provide the HSF MHCLG Capital Funding Acceptance documents and specifically, the terms of the grant provided by the MHCLG. These include:
"MHCLG Grant Offer Letter 27 April 2021 and enclosures . Grant Determination
2020/21, Memorandum of Understanding 2021/22, Grant Determination 2021/22"
5. Please provide any emails between SCC and MHCLG which show that the Memorandum of Understanding has been changed to remove "improve green transport connectivity" as part of the public realm works.
Yours faithfully,
Colin Bentley
Dear Sheffield City Council,
To be very clear, question 3 is intended to read as the "Strategic Case and final business case" which was submitted to government.
Yours faithfully,
Colin Bentley
Dear Colin Bentley,
Thank you for your request for information relating to future high street
fund which we received on 03/11/2022.
This has been logged as a Freedom of Information Request and will be dealt
with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The reference number for
your request can be found above.
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Yours sincerely,
Sheffield City Council
PO Box 1283
Sheffield, S1 1UJ
Email: [1][Sheffield City Council request email]
From: Colin Bentley <[FOI #913577 email]>
Sent: 03 November 2022 09:28
To: FOI <[Sheffield City Council request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Fargate Future High Street Fund
Dear Sheffield City Council,
1. Please provide Equality Impact Assessment, with the ID number " 918".
This is the EIA specifically related to "Future High Streets Fund –
Fargate and High
Street.
[2]https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlo...
2. Please provide the results of the first consultation event, held in
partnership with Sheffield University at the Millennium Galleries,
3. Please provide the full, final application made by SCC to the Future
High Street Fund
4. Please provide the HSF MHCLG Capital Funding Acceptance documents and
specifically, the terms of the grant provided by the MHCLG. These include:
"MHCLG Grant Offer Letter 27 April 2021 and enclosures . Grant
Determination
2020/21, Memorandum of Understanding 2021/22, Grant Determination 2021/22"
5. Please provide any emails between SCC and MHCLG which show that the
Memorandum of Understanding has been changed to remove "improve green
transport connectivity" as part of the public realm works.
Yours faithfully,
Colin Bentley
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Dear FOI,
A kind reminder that is FOI is due in just over a week.
Yours sincerely,
Colin Bentley
Good Morning,
As today is the deadline for this FOI request, could you provide the timescales for when you intend to provide the information?
Yours sincerely,
Colin Bentley
Dear Colin Bentley,
Thank you for your request for information relating to future high street
fund which we received on 03/11/2022.
Please find Sheffield City Council’s response to your request set out
below:
Please find the below documents attached in response to your request:
1. EIA 918 is attached
2. Summary of the Stakeholder Engagement/Consultation attached
3. Full Business Case submission to MHCLG (now DLUHC) attached
4. Delegation and Acceptance of funding reports at
[1]https://democracy.sheffield.gov.uk/ieIss...
and
[2]https://democracy.sheffield.gov.uk/ieDec...
5. Grant Offer letter, MoU and Grant Determination 20/21 and 21/22
Please note that the names of individuals have been redacted under section
40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on the grounds that these are
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Kind Regards,
Sheffield City Council
PO Box 1283
Sheffield, S1 1UJ
Email: [5][Sheffield City Council request email]
From: FOI
Sent: 03 November 2022 15:48
To: Colin Bentley <[FOI #913577 email]>
Subject: Re – Freedom of Information Request – Reference – FOI /
2022-23-0878
Dear Colin Bentley,
Thank you for your request for information relating to future high street
fund which we received on 03/11/2022.
This has been logged as a Freedom of Information Request and will be dealt
with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The reference number for
your request can be found above.
Please be aware that Sheffield City Council’s response to the global
COVID-19 pandemic has led to a reduction in resources across the Council,
meaning that we are currently dealing with a backlog of requests.
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 states that we must respond to you
within 20 working days, by 01/12/2022, but we kindly ask for your patience
as we anticipate that there may be a delay in some cases. Please do not
hesitate to contact us at the email address below if you have any queries.
Yours sincerely,
Sheffield City Council
PO Box 1283
Sheffield, S1 1UJ
Email: [6][Sheffield City Council request email]
From: Colin Bentley <[7][FOI #913577 email]>
Sent: 03 November 2022 09:28
To: FOI <[8][Sheffield City Council request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Fargate Future High Street Fund
Dear Sheffield City Council,
1. Please provide Equality Impact Assessment, with the ID number " 918".
This is the EIA specifically related to "Future High Streets Fund –
Fargate and High
Street.
[9]https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlo...
2. Please provide the results of the first consultation event, held in
partnership with Sheffield University at the Millennium Galleries,
3. Please provide the full, final application made by SCC to the Future
High Street Fund
4. Please provide the HSF MHCLG Capital Funding Acceptance documents and
specifically, the terms of the grant provided by the MHCLG. These include:
"MHCLG Grant Offer Letter 27 April 2021 and enclosures . Grant
Determination
2020/21, Memorandum of Understanding 2021/22, Grant Determination 2021/22"
5. Please provide any emails between SCC and MHCLG which show that the
Memorandum of Understanding has been changed to remove "improve green
transport connectivity" as part of the public realm works.
Yours faithfully,
Colin Bentley
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Dear FOI,
Thank you for the response in relation to questions 1 to 4.
The questions asked are repeated as:
1. Please provide Equality Impact Assessment, with the ID number " 918".
This is the EIA specifically related to "Future High Streets Fund – Fargate and High
Street.
2. Please provide the results of the first consultation event, held in partnership with Sheffield University at the Millennium Galleries,
3. Please provide the full, final application made by SCC to the Future High Street Fund
4. Please provide the HSF MHCLG Capital Funding Acceptance documents and specifically, the terms of the grant provided by the MHCLG. These include:
"MHCLG Grant Offer Letter 27 April 2021 and enclosures . Grant Determination
2020/21, Memorandum of Understanding 2021/22, Grant Determination 2021/22"
5. Please provide any emails between SCC and MHCLG which show that the Memorandum of Understanding has been changed to remove "improve green transport connectivity" as part of the public realm works.
Question 5 asks for any emails between SCC and MHCLG, showing that the cycle lane has been removed with their permission. Within the full business case, this is referred to as KPI 16.
Can you please provide the relevant emails as mentioned above.
Yours sincerely,
Colin Bentley
Dear FOI,
Can you please acknowledge the previous email was received successfully?
Yours sincerely,
Colin Bentley
Dear Sheffield City Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Sheffield City Council's handling of my FOI request 'Fargate Future High Street Fund'.
Request, subsection 5: "Please provide any emails between SCC and MHCLG which show that the Memorandum of Understanding has been changed to remove "improve green transport connectivity" as part of the public realm works." has now exceeded 40 days since the last communication.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/f...
Yours faithfully,
Colin Bentley
Dear Colin Bentley,
Thank you for your recent request for an internal review relating to
future high street fund which we received on 11/01/2023. We are sorry to
hear that you are not happy with your response.
This has now been logged and will be carried out by a member of the team.
The Freedom of Information Code of Practice states that we should aim to
your request for internal review within 20 working days, by 08/02/2023,
but we kindly ask for your patience as we anticipate that there may be a
delay in some cases. Please do not hesitate to contact us at the email
address below if you have any queries.
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Yours sincerely,
Sheffield City Council
PO Box 1283
Sheffield, S1 1UJ
Email: [1][Sheffield City Council request email]
From: Colin Bentley <[FOI #913577 email]>
Sent: 11 January 2023 21:10
To: FOI <[Sheffield City Council request email]>
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Fargate
Future High Street Fund
Dear Sheffield City Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information
reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Sheffield City Council's
handling of my FOI request 'Fargate Future High Street Fund'.
Request, subsection 5: "Please provide any emails between SCC and MHCLG
which show that the Memorandum of Understanding has been changed to remove
"improve green transport connectivity" as part of the public realm works."
has now exceeded 40 days since the last communication.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on
the Internet at this address:
[2]https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlo...
Yours faithfully,
Colin Bentley
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Dear FOI,
Please withdraw my request for an internal review and consider this FOI closed.
Yours sincerely,
Colin Bentley
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