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Dear Liverpool City Region Combined Authority,

There have been a series of revelations about independent Liverpool over the weekend. many who have come into contact with them have concerns about them. The business seems happy to take money from independent businesses in places like Baltic, but the Directors take high salaries, and not much more seems to happen.

They’ve been saying for some time they have the backing of the Combined Authority.

Has Steve Rotherham met any of the Directors of Independent Liverpool?

Has Mark Bousfield met the Directors of Independent Liverpool or been in correspondence with them as he has been named as a contact?

Has the CA given money to Independent Liverpool?

Has the CA been considering giving money to Independent Liverpool?

Given the multitude of issues with Independent Liverpool how could it possibly be considered by the CA as an organisation to back and support?

Yours faithfully,

Liam Jones

FOI CA, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

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Dear Mr Jones

 

RSN22493

 

Thank you for your recent request made under the Freedom of Information
Act. Please find the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s response
below.

 

o Has Steve Rotherham met any of the Directors of Independent Liverpool?

 

Searches have been conducted of Mr Rotheram diary and email account, and
we have found no records of any meetings or correspondence with any of the
Directors of Independent Liverpool.

 

o Has Mark Bousfield met the Directors of Independent Liverpool or been
in correspondence with them as he has been named as a contact?

 

Searches have been conducted of Mr Bousfield’s diary and email account,
and we have found no records of any meetings or correspondence with any of
the Directors of Independent Liverpool.

 

o Has the CA given money to Independent Liverpool?

 

The Combined Authority has not allocated any funding to Independent
Liverpool.

 

In line with our duty to provide you with relevant advice and assistance,
the Combined Authority has co-ordinated the allocation of the Government’s
Additional Resources Grant funds to our constituent local authorities
during the COVID-19 pandemic. Decisions on whether to grant assistant to
applying organisations is made by the local authority. Our records show
that Liverpool City Council awarded funding to IL Markets Ltd. (t/a Baltic
Market) as detailed below:

 

o £19,000 in November 2020
o £10,500 in February 2021
o £15,217.87 in June 2021

 

Should you have any further questions regarding these grants they should
be directed to the Council.

 

o Has the CA been considering giving money to Independent Liverpool?

 

No

 

o Given the multitude of issues with Independent Liverpool how could it
possibly be considered by the CA as an organisation to back and
support?

 

As stated above, the Combined Authority has not provided any financial
support to Independent Liverpool. Should we receive any applications for
funding they will be considered in line with the relevant eligibility
criteria.

 

I trust that this information is of interest to you.

 

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right to ask for an internal review, which should be addressed to:

Jill Coule

Chief Legal Officer / Monitoring Officer

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

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have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner, whose address
is

The Information Commissioner’s Office,

Wycliffe House,

Water Lane,

Wilmslow,

Cheshire SK9 5AF

[2]www.ico.org.uk

 

Andy Henderson

 

Senior Information Management Officer | LCRCA | Mann Island, PO Box 1976,
Liverpool, L69 3HN

Office: 0151 330 1679 | Email: [3][Liverpool City Region Combined Authority request email]

 

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