PFI schemes

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Newport City Council should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

To whom it may concern,

Please can I request under the Freedom of Information Act the following information in relation to the Private Finance Initiative contract(s) struck by yourselves (or your predecessor organisations):

1) For each contract, the projected total (whole life) cost of the scheme, in £, detailed when the scheme was first agreed (i.e. the original projected cost of all Unitary Charge Payments over the full life of the scheme).
2) The projected total (whole life) cost of the scheme, in £, as at August 1, 2019 (i.e. the real cost for previous years and projected cost for future years of all Unitary Charge Payments over the full life of the scheme).

If there is a difference between 1 and 2, please can you provide details of:
A) The date(s) the projected costs changed
B) The reason(s) the projected costs changed

Please can I also request:

3) A copy of the original contract/agreement;

4) An itemised list of any payments made to the PFI contractors for services not included in the original PFI deal, from the beginning of the deal to the current date, and to include exact details of what was being paid for.

If the following request cannot be met within cost limits, please can you provide me with guidance and assistance on how I may refine my request.

Kind regards,

Newport City Council

Dear Sir/Madam

Thank you for your request for information about :

PFI schemes

Received on 23/08/2019

This request has been formally logged in our FOI management system and has been assigned the reference REQ07321.
You should receive a reply to your request within the statutory time limit of 20 working days.

Please remember to quote the reference number REQ07321 in any future communications.

Yours sincerely,
Information Management

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Apologies, I missed my name by accident.

It's Claire Wilde

Kind regards,
Claire Wilde

Johnson, Emma (Income Collection Manager), Newport City Council

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Dear Ms Wilde,

 

Thank you for your recent request for information which I have enclosed
below for ease of reference. I apologise for the delay in responding and
confirm that your request has been treated in accordance with the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental Information Regulations
2004.

 

Your Request :  REQ07321

 

I can confirm that we do hold information that falls within the scope of
your request. The answers to your questions have been provided in Red Text
below.

 

Original questions and answers.

 

Please can I request under the Freedom of Information Act the following
information in relation to the Private Finance Initiative contract(s)
struck by yourselves (or your predecessor organisations):

 

1) For each contract, the projected total (whole life)cost of the scheme,
in £, detailed when the scheme was first agreed (i.e. the original
projected cost of all Unitary Charge Payments over the full life of the
scheme). This information is considered to be commercially sensitive and
is not able to be supplied.

2) The projected total (whole life) cost of the scheme,in £, as at August
1, 2019 (i.e. the real cost for previous years and projected cost for
future years of all Unitary Charge Payments over the full life of the
scheme).

The details of our PFI and future commitments are all included within the
Statement of Accounts, Note number 36.  On the attached link:

 

[3]http://www.newport.gov.uk/documents/Coun...

 

I hope this provides the information you were looking for; if there is any
further information that we can provide, please submit a further request.
If you have any queries about this email or if you are unhappy with the
service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a
complaint or request a review of our decision, please contact me.

 

If you are not content with the subsequent outcome of your complaint, you
may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.
Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the
Councils complaints procedure. The Information Commissioner can be
contacted at: The Information Commissioners Office, Wycliffe House, Water
Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

 

For future reference, all Freedom of Information requests can now be
submitted via the link below.

 

[4]www.newport.gov.uk/foi

 

Regards

 

Emma Johnson

Rheolwr Casglu Incwm - Income Collection Manager

Cyllid - Finance

Cyngor Dinas Casnewydd - Newport City Council

 

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feel free to communicate with us in Welsh and English

 

 

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iaith. Byddwn yn cyfathrebu â chi yn ôl eich dewis. Ni fydd gohebu yn
Gymraeg yn arwain at oedi.

The Council welcomes correspondence in English or Welsh or both, and will
respond to you according to your preference. Corresponding in Welsh will
not lead to delay.

Disclaimer/Ymwadiad

This email contains information intended for the addressee only and may be
confidential, the subject of legal or professional privilege, or be
otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient
of this message, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose,
distribute or copy the email to any other party. This email and any
attached file are the property of Newport City Council.

When you email Newport City Council, you consent to the Council monitoring
and reading any such emails for the purposes of security and legislative
compliance. For the full disclaimer please access
http://www.newport.gov.uk/disclaimer.

Mae'r e-bost hwn yn cynnwys gwybodaeth y bwriedir ar gyfer y derbynnydd yn
unig a gall fod yn gyfrinachol, yn destun ragorfraint gyfreithiol neu
broffesiynol, neu fel arall wedi’i diogelu rhag cael ei rhyddhau. Os nad
chi yw derbynnydd bwriadedig y neges hon, a fyddech cystal â rhoi gwybod
i'r anfonwr ar unwaith a pheidio â datgelu, dosbarthu neu gopïo’r e-bost i
unrhyw barti arall. Mae’r e-bost hon ac unrhyw ffeiliau atodedig yn eiddo
i Gyngor Dinas Casnewydd.

Pan fyddwch yn anfon e-bost at Gyngor Dinas Casnewydd, rydych yn cydsynio
i’r Cyngor fonitro a darllen unrhyw e-byst o’r fath at ddibenion
cydymffurfio â diogelwch ac â deddfwriaeth. I weld yr ymwadiad llawn ewch
i http://www.newport.gov.uk/ymwadiad

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Hello, the information I had requested is not included in the annual accounts. Specifically - the WHOLE-LIFE costs of the schemes, both at their outset and as at 2019.

Please can the information I had requested be supplied?