Investigation into sale of Earl's Court West Kensington Opportunity Area land

The request was refused by Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council.

Dear Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council,

I have been told that in 2019 the council hired a company called Kroll Inc to investigate the council's sale of land that was included in the so-called Earl's Court West Kensington Opportunity Area.

I would like to receive copies of any documents the council possesses which hold information about the findings of Kroll Inc's investigation.

In addition, can you please tell me how much money the council paid to Kroll to undertake this investigation.

And can you tell me when this investigation was commissioned, and when it was completed.

Yours faithfully,

Owen Sheppard

iCaseworkInformation, Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council

Our reference: 1718978
 
 
Dear Mr. Sheppard 
 
Thank you for your request for information that was received on 4 February
2020.  Your request has been summarised as follows:
 
I have been told that in 2019 the council hired a company called Kroll Inc
to investigate the council's sale of land that was included in the
so-called Earl's Court West Kensington Opportunity Area.

I would like to receive copies of any documents the council possesses
which hold information about the findings of Kroll Inc's investigation.

In addition, can you please tell me how much money the council paid to
Kroll to undertake this investigation.

And can you tell me when this investigation was commissioned, and when it
was completed.
 
We are dealing with your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000and we aim to send a response by 3 March 2020- this is 20 working days
from the date of receipt. 
 
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Dear iCaseworkInformation,

It has been a month since I sent my request. Could you please advise when you will be able to provide a response?

Yours sincerely,

Owen Sheppard

Gary Clothier, Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council

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Our reference:  1718978
 
Dear Mr. Sheppard
 
Thank you for your request for information received on 4 February 2020. I
apologise for the delay in responding.
 
Please find attached our response to your request.
 
Yours sincerely
 
 
Matt Rumble
Head of Area Regeneration (Earl`s Court)
 
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Dear Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council's handling of my FOI request 'Investigation into sale of Earl's Court West Kensington Opportunity Area land'.

I believe it will be possible for the council to provide copies of the requested documents, simply by redacting any specific lines of text that could be used by a third party to identify those people who provided information in confidence.

I therefore expect my original request to be fulfilled in a timely way with this condition taken into account.

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

Yours faithfully,

Owen Sheppard

Dear Mr Rumble

With regards to my FOI request:718978

It has been two months since I requested an internal review into the council's decision not to release the documents I requested. Please advise when you will be able to respond and provide the outcome of your interview review.

Yours sincerely,

Owen Sheppard

Busola Awani, Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council

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Dear Mr Sheppard,

Please find attached an extension letter from us.

Regards

Busola Awani
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Busola Awani, Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council

Dear Mr Sheppard,

Your FOIA internal review is due on 3 August 2020.  Regrettably, we are
unable to respond on the said date.  We are very sorry for this.

We recently reviewed our workload and the plan is to respond by 14 August
2020 unfailingly. 

Regards

Busola Awani
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Dear Busola Awani,

Please can you advise when you will be able to provide the outcome of the internal review.

This was promised on August 14, having twice been postponed before.

Yours sincerely,

Owen Sheppard

Dear Busola Awani,

Please advise when you will be able to provide the outcome of the internal review

Yours sincerely,

Owen Sheppard

Busola Awani, Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council

Dear Mr Sheppard,

We are so sorry for the length of time it has taken to respond to your
FOI/EIR internal review.  The delay experienced is as a result of the
current extenuating circumstances.

We have reviewed our workload and the plan is to respond on or before 9
October 2020.

Regards

Busola Awani
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Busola Awani, Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council

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Dear Mr Sheppard,

We are very sorry for the length of time it has taken us to provide a full
response to your request - please see attachment.

Busola Awani
Digital Services
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