Provision of a Pilot Business Support Product for Entrepreneurs ID 459435

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

Dear Leeds City Council,

i am requesting all correspondence and related documents including meeting minutes, file notes, phone logs, between all partner bodies in relation to the following project from concept, design, tender and award:

“Supporting entrepreneurs from any background to turn their innovative, socially beneficial ideas into scalable businesses that investors want to back”

Provision of a Pilot Business Support Product for Entrepreneurs ID 459435

Yours faithfully,

Haydn

DPFOI, Leeds City Council

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Dear Leeds City Council,

I am waiting for a response to my FOIA. When will I receive this?

Yours faithfully,

Haydn

DPFOI, Leeds City Council

Thank you for contacting the Leeds City Council Information Management &
Governance Requests team. We confirm that we have received your
correspondence. 
 
If you have submitted a Freedom of Information or Environmental
Information Regulation request- we will respond to your request in
accordance with the appropriate legislation within 20 working days. While
you wait, you may wish to check information published by the Council on
the [1]Data Mill North to see if the information you have requested is
already available.
 
If you have submitted an access to information request or other
information rights request- we will respond to your request in accordance
with the GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. Please note in order to
process your request, we require confirmation of your identity via a
copy of one of the following forms:

o Driving Licence
o Passport
o Birth Certificate
o Council Tax bill
o Utility bill 

 

If we require further information from you before we are able to process
your request we will contact you directly to request this.  If you would
like more information on how Leeds City Council process these types of
requests, information is available on our [2]website  

 

If you are a healthcare or social work professional, or a member of the
police force making a request for disclosure of information for the
purpose of safeguarding or the prevention, investigation, detection or
prosecution of criminal offences – we will respond to your request as soon
as possible. Please note we are currently only able to offer viewings of
records on a Tuesday or a Thursday.

 

For all other queries – we will look into your request and respond as
appropriate.

 

For information about what we do with personal data please see our
[3]privacy notice.
 
Yours sincerely
 
Information Management & Governance – Requests Team

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Dear Leeds City Council,

You have not responded to my query which is now long overdue. I have received confirmation you have received my request but this should have been responded to within 20 working days as you are well aware. Where is your response?
This is unacceptable.

Yours faithfully,

Haydn

Yours faithfully,

Haydn

Dear Leeds City Council,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of Leeds City Council's handling of my FOI request 'Provision of a Pilot Business Support Product for Entrepreneurs ID 459435'.

I have had no response to my request other than acknowledgement of its receipt. This is now long overdue and is totally unacceptable.

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

Yours faithfully,

Haydn

Leeds City Council

Requests Team
Information Management & Governance
Leeds City Council
PO Box 837
LS1 9PZ
Tel: 0113 3784251
Email: [email address]

Our reference: MMMOJ3WE7

Date 12/01/2021

Dear Haydon,

Re: Freedom of Information Request - Ref: MMMOJ3WE7

I refer to your correspondence to the council and your request for the
following:

I am requesting all correspondence and related documents including meeting
minutes, file notes, phone logs, between all partner bodies in relation to
the following project from concept, design, tender and award: “Supporting
entrepreneurs from any background to turn their innovative, socially
beneficial ideas into scalable businesses that investors want to back”
Provision of a Pilot Business Support Product for Entrepreneurs ID 459435

I am unable to provide a response to your request as we estimate that it
would take us over 18 hours to retrieve and locate the information you
have requested. Therefore your request falls above the “appropriate
limit”. This limit is set by fees regulations at £450 (equally 18 hours)
for public authorities such as ours and is calculated using a rate of £25
per hour which is also prescribed under the same regulations

As a result under Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act we are
not obliged to provide the information.  We are, however, still obliged
under Section 1(a) of the Act to inform you whether or not the information
in question exists.  The project involved a lengthy procurement process
and the tender involved over 10 public sector and private sector bodies. 
We estimate that to collate all of the information you have requested
would take significantly in excess of 18 hours and, therefore, we are
unable to provide this information.

I trust that this response is satisfactory. If however you are
dissatisfied with this response you have a right to appeal to an
independent officer within the council. They will re-examine your request
and assess whether we have adhered to the requirements of the act. Should
you wish to follow this course of action please address your concerns in
writing to the above address.

You also have a right under Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act
to ask the Information Commissioner to decide whether we have met with our
obligations under the act.  The Commissioner has however made it clear
that she expects all applicants to exhaust internal appeals procedures
prior to making such an application. Should you wish to contact the
Commissioner’s office then you can contact the Commissioner via her
website at [1]www.ico.org.uk

I trust that this is self-explanatory.  If you have any queries please
contact me on 0113 3784251, or by return email.

If you have any queries or wish to discuss this matter then please contact
me on 0113 3784251 or by email to [email address].

Yours sincerely,

Information Management & Governance Team
Digital Information Service
Leeds City Council

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