Dear Dave Dunn,

Many thanks for your email dated February 6, 2022. You have requested for
information about the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS).

Your specific request; whether Salix will continue to fund Phase 1 PSDS
projects beyond 31 of March 2022 and/or that you are expecting all
projects to be completed by that date. You also ask, if any, what Phase 1
PSDS projects will be continuing beyond 31 March 2022

Please note that Salix Finance Ltd supports the department of Business
Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) in the delivery of the PSDS and
Salix holds this information on behalf of BEIS. Accordingly, BEIS is to
determine any request Salix may receive for PSDS information.

Your request is being treated under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
2000 and you can expect to receive a response within 20 working days, by
March 4 at the latest.

Kind Regards,

Hannah

Hannah Walker

Senior Communications and PR Manager
Communications Lead: Phase 2 & Phase 3 Public Sector Decarbonisation
Scheme (PSDS), & Phase 2 Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund (LCSF),
Media & Communications

Salix Finance
[1][email address]
t: 02045246668

75 King William Street 

London, EC4N 7BE 

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Dear Dave Dunn,

Thank you for your request of February 6, 2022, for the release of
information held by Salix Finance. We have considered your request within
the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

Please note that Salix Finance Ltd supports the department of Business
Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) in the delivery of the PSDS and
Salix holds this information on behalf of BEIS. Accordingly, BEIS is to
determine any request Salix may receive for PSDS information.

Your Request: [1][FOI #830573 email] “Please could
you confirm if Salix will continue to fund Phase 1 PSDS projects beyond
31st of March 2022 and/or that you are expecting all projects to be
completed by that date. If any, what phase 1 PSDS projects will be
continuing beyond 31st March 2022?”

Salix Response:  The deadline for all funds to be claimed from Salix
Finance for Phase 1 Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme projects remains
31 March 2022 (allowing for accrued claims in April).

Some local authorities received their full grant directly from BEIS at the
start of delivery under Section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003 to
address particular constraints on local authority budgets at the time,
given other pressures (including the impact of the pandemic) in order to
ensure projects could be delivered. For those projects, where required,
Salix Finance may provide a discretionary time limited extension up to,
but no later than, 30 June 2022. This discretionary extension period is
intended to allow limited flexibility for Section 31 grant recipients
whose projects are already well under way but are facing risks that
challenge their ability to complete by 31 March 2022. Salix Finance will
only grant extensions where the grant recipient can make a compelling case
as to why they cannot complete their project by 31 March 2022 and provides
a credible plan to complete by 30 June 2022.

If a grant recipient requires longer to complete their project than their
respective deadline then any remaining funding must be provided from other
sources.

Should you not be satisfied with how your request has been dealt with by
Salix Finance you have the right to request an internal review. In this
instance please contact Salix in writing to,
[2][email address] with the subject FOI Appeals.

In the event that you remain dissatisfied with the outcome you have the
right to appeal the decision to the Information Commissioner. Please
contact,

          Information Commissioner’s Office

          FOI/EIR Complaints

          Wycliffe House

          Water Lane

          Wilmslow

          SK9 5AF

[3]https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/

Kind Regards,

Hannah

Hannah Walker

Senior Communications and PR Manager
Communications Lead: Phase 2 & Phase 3 Public Sector Decarbonisation
Scheme (PSDS), & Phase 2 Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund (LCSF),
Media & Communications

Salix Finance
[4][email address]
t: 02045246668

75 King William Street 

London, EC4N 7BE 

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From: Dave Dunn <[8][FOI #830573 email]>

Sent: 06 February 2022 17:19

To: Info <[9][Salix Finance Limited request email]>

Subject: Freedom of Information request - Public Sector Decarbonisation
Scheme

Dear Olawale Adebambo,

Further to my previous requests for information.

Please could you confirm if Salix will continue to fund Phase 1 PSDS
projects beyond 31st of March 2022 and/or that you are expecting all
projects to be completed by that date. If any, what phase 1 PSDS projects
will be continuing beyond 31st March 2022?

Yours sincerely,

Dave Dunn

Hannah Walker

Senior Communications and PR Manager
Communications Lead: Phase 2 & Phase 3 Public Sector Decarbonisation
Scheme (PSDS), & Phase 2 Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund (LCSF),
Media & Communications

Salix Finance
[10][email address]
t: 02045246668

75 King William Street 

London, EC4N 7BE 

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Dear Dave Dunn,

Thank you for your latest email below regarding your FOI request, : [FOI #830573 email]

Please can I ask you to clarify; are you seeking a list of all those grant recipients who have been funded via s31, or a list of all s31 grant recipients who might be eligible for an extension?

Kind Regards,

Hannah

Hannah Walker
Senior Communications and PR Manager
Communications Lead: Phase 2 & Phase 3 Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS), & Phase 2 Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund (LCSF), Media & Communications
 
Salix Finance
[email address]
t: 02045246668
75 King William Street 
London, EC4N 7BE 

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Dear Dave Dunn,

Thank you for your request of February 6, 2022, for the release of
information held by Salix Finance. We have considered your request within
the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). My response,
as sent on 11 February, is posted below.

Please note that Salix Finance Ltd supports the department of Business
Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) in the delivery of the PSDS and
Salix holds this information on behalf of BEIS. Accordingly, BEIS is to
determine any request Salix may receive for PSDS information.

Further to my initial response on February 11, you sent a subsequent
request for information, also on 11 February.

Your request: Please could you provide me with a list of the local
authorities/projects that have the possibility to extended their deadline
using this option (i.e. who are the 'some local authorities'?).

Salix response: We do not currently have a list of grant recipients who
will request an extension beyond 31 March 2022. The attached list
identifies the grant recipients and projects who have been funded under
Section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003 and are therefore eligible to
apply for an extension should a project not be able to complete by 31
March 2022. Salix will only grant extensions in cases where the following
criteria are met:

·       The project has started – in practical terms the project will need
to have provided evidenced spend on the project to Salix Finance before an
extension can be granted. 

·       The extension must be necessary for the project to complete -
evidence is required to support this. 

·       There needs to be a credible plan to complete the project by 30
June 2022, or otherwise can demonstrate that any remaining funding which
will still need to be spent to complete the project after that date will
be provided from other sources. 

Should you not be satisfied with how your request has been dealt with by
Salix Finance you have the right to request an internal review. In this
instance please contact Salix in writing to,
[1][email address] with the subject FOI Appeals.

In the event that you remain dissatisfied with the outcome you have the
right to appeal the decision to the Information Commissioner. Please
contact,

          Information Commissioner’s Office

          FOI/EIR Complaints

          Wycliffe House

          Water Lane

          Wilmslow

          SK9 5AF

[2]https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/

Kind Regards,

Hannah

Hannah Walker

Senior Communications and PR Manager
Communications Lead: Phase 2 & Phase 3 Public Sector Decarbonisation
Scheme (PSDS), & Phase 2 Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund (LCSF),
Media & Communications

Salix Finance
[3][email address]
t: 02045246668

75 King William Street 

London, EC4N 7BE 

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