Name of contracted agencies 2019
Dear Home Office,
In a previous request (see below) I asked for a list of all the contracts that exist between the department's Research, Information and Communications Unit (RICU) and any agency or businesses employed to do work on the RICU's behalf, and the length of each contract.
The information provided in the FOI below detailed 12 such contracts.
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/5...
In addition can you provide the name of the agency or business involved in each contract, and the cost of each contract.
Yours faithfully,
Stephen Delahunty
Mr. Delahunty,
Thank you for contacting the Home Office with your request.
This has been assigned to a caseworker (case ref 54767). We will aim to send you a full response by 28/08/2019 which is twenty working days from the date we received your request.
If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact us.
Thank you,
P. Zebedee
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Dear OSCTFOI,
If my request is to be refused under section 43 can you provide a detailed explanation of your decision and how the department weighed the public interest against commercial sensitivity? For example:
For information to be witheld under Section 43 [commercial sensitivity], the following MUST be provided:
-Details of the exact FOIA exemption.
-Details of who would be prejudiced – see MoJ guidance above, page 4.
-A “Public Interest Test” where the arguments for and against release of the information should be discussed .
- If release of the information could prejudice a third party, they should be consulted with – see FOIA Section 45 Code of Practice Part IV
- In addition much information from recent public sector contracts should be made available, especially if they are from after 2005, the start date of the FOIA – see ICO Awareness guidance 5 annexe – public sector contracts.
Further, can you identify any information that might not be commercially sensitive?
Yours sincerely,
Stephen Delahunty
Dear Home Office,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Home Office's handling of my FOI request 'Name of contracted agencies 2019' as I was due a response by September 25.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/n...
Yours faithfully,
Stephen Delahunty
Please see attached in response to your Time Complaint.
Regards,
P. Zebedee
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Dear Mr Delahunty,
Apologies for the delay in responding to your Freedom of Information
request.
Please find a response to your query attached.
Yours Sincerely
Freedom of Information
Home Office
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