Information about your funding to Stonewall

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Dave Bratt - Voice for Justice UK

Dear Natural England,

1. In respect of each of the years 2015-2021, please confirm what funding has been provided to Stonewall by:

Natural England

2. Please specify whether the funding in 1 above has been in the form of:
(a) direct grants for unlimited purposes;
(b) direct grants for limited purposes (in that event, stating the purpose);
(c) payment for goods or services (specifying the relevant goods and services).

3. Where the funding in 1 above has been by way of payment for goods or services, please specify:
(a) what analysis has been conducted to ascertain whether these goods or services meet contractual and/or legal requirements;
(b) what contractual or other recourse exists to reclaim in respect of goods or services that are defective, substandard or delivered in contravention of the law;
(c) what steps are being taken to seek recourse for any such contractual or legal shortfalls.

4. In respect of the payments referred to in 1 above, please state:
(a) What criteria were applied in deciding to make payments by way of direct grants;
(b) What tendering process was conducted with regard to provision of goods or services;
(c) What alternative suppliers of goods or services were considered.

Yours faithfully,

Dave Bratt - Voice for Justice UK

Natural England Access to Information Team,

Dear Dave Bratt

Access to Information Request - Acknowledgement - FOI2021/00058

Thank you for your request for information, which we received on 18
November 2021. We are dealing with your request under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

You asked for:
1. In respect of each of the years 2015-2021, please confirm what funding
has been provided to Stonewall by Natural England:

2. Please specify whether the funding in 1 above has been in the form of:
(a) direct grants for unlimited purposes;
(b) direct grants for limited purposes (in that event, stating the
purpose);
(c) payment for goods or services (specifying the relevant goods and
services).

3. Where the funding in 1 above has been by way of payment for goods or
services, please specify:
(a) what analysis has been conducted to ascertain whether these goods or
services meet contractual and/or legal requirements;
(b) what contractual or other recourse exists to reclaim in respect of
goods or services that are defective, substandard or delivered in
contravention of the law;
(c) what steps are being taken to seek recourse for any such contractual
or legal shortfalls.

4. In respect of the payments referred to in 1 above, please state:
(a) What criteria were applied in deciding to make payments by way of
direct grants;
(b) What tendering process was conducted with regard to provision of goods
or services;
(c) What alternative suppliers of goods or services were considered.

Your request is being considered and we will send out our response within
the legal deadline of 20 working days which is 17 December 2021. If, for
any reason we are unable to meet the deadline we will keep you fully
informed of the reasons for this.

Yours sincerely

Emma Clifton
Adviser, Access to Information
Legal, Governance and External Affairs
Natural England

[Natural England request email]

Natural England Access to Information Team,

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Dear Dave Bratt

Please find attached Natural England's response to your request for
information.

Yours sincerely

Sarah

Sarah Waterfield
Senior Adviser, Access to Information
Legal, Governance and External Affairs
Natural England

[Natural England request email]