Scott Review
Dear Department for Communities (Northern Ireland),
I refer to a previous request at the link below
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/s...
As the reason for non publication has effectively fallen away, I would be obliged for a copy (or publication) of the review as requested.
Yours faithfully,
Trevor McKee
ProbityaacNI
Dear Mr McKee,
Please see attached in response to your FOI request of 10 March 2020.
Regards,
Colleen Bell
Dear Department for Communities (Northern Ireland),
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Department for Communities (Northern Ireland)'s handling of my FOI request
You have sent me a draft review, the AQW reproduced below by the Minister responsible says "now complete". Please provide the completed unredacted report.
'Scott Review'.AQW 345/17-22 Mr Paul Givan
(DUP - Lagan Valley) To ask the Minister for Communities when the Scott Review of the Charity Commission, initiated in 2016 and now complete, will be published.
Answer by Minister
An internal governance review of the Charity Commission was taken forward by officials in 2016 to consider assurance regarding the approach of the Charity Commission to regulation activities, its overall governance arrangements and the relationships between the Department and the Commission, and the Commission and the Executive. The review was never finalised, or presented to the former Minister.
This internal review is now out of date and no longer relevant to current issues and circumstances. I will consider whether I wish to commission any future review of the Charity Commission in the context of the current High Court Appeal case and new governance arrangements which are currently being implemented for all arm’s length bodies.
16/01/2020 Answered on 12/02/2020 Reviews; Publications; Charity Commission for Northern Ireland; Administration; Courts
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/s...
Yours faithfully,
ProbityaacNI
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Mr McKee,
Please find attached an acknowledgement of your request for an internal
review of how the Department managed a recent Freedom of Information
enquiry.
Regards
Damian O'Hara| Information Management Branch | Department for Communities
Level 5 | Nine Lanyon Place | BELFAST | BT1 3LP
Contact: * damian.o'[email address] | ( Tel: (028) 9082 9137
| ( DD: 38137
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Dear Mr McKee,
Internal Review of FOI Request - DfC 2020-0053
Please find attached the Department’s response to your request for an
internal review.
Regards,
Adrian
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Adrian Boyce |Information Management Branch | Department for Communities
Level 5 | 9 Lanyon Place | Belfast | BT1 3LP
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