Thank you for contacting Southampton City Council.

Your enquiry will be passed to the relevant team/officer for action.

If you have made a request for information, you will receive a response
promptly, and within the statutory timeframe for compliance. Once your
request has been logged, you will receive further details of this, and you
may be contacted if we require further information from you.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Due to unprecedented challenges facing the Council during the coronavirus
(COVID-19) pandemic, resources are being diverted from service areas, so
that key services can be provided. As such, there may be a delay in
providing you with the information requested within the statutory
timeframe.

The Council is will still process your request promptly, and you will
receive a response as soon as possible. I hope that this is understandable
during this extraordinary period.

If you have any queries, please contact the Council's Corporate Legal Team
on 023 8083 2129.

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Dear Clive Clifford,

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request received on 19/11/2020.
This matter has been logged under reference number FOI-2021-0702-039431.

Due to unprecedented challenges facing the Council during the coronavirus
(COVID-19) pandemic, resources are being diverted from service areas, so
that key services can be provided. As such, there may be a delay in
providing you with the information requested within the statutory
timeframe.

The Council will still process your request promptly, and you will receive
a response as soon as possible. I hope that this is understandable during
this extraordinary period.

Unless clarified otherwise, your request is being dealt with under the
terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and will be forwarded to the
service area(s) holding the information. The Council will do everything it
can to ensure your request is answered promptly, and within twenty working
days of the date your request was received. However, there may be
instances where this not possible.

Please note, the service area(s) holding the information may need further
information from you to locate the information sought once they have
received the request, and you will be contacted should this be necessary.

If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact us
at [1][email address]. Please remember to quote the
reference number above in any future communications.

Please note, the Council routinely publishes information on its
Publication Scheme:

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You may wish to view our Publication scheme to ascertain whether the
information you are seeking is already published. If you find the
information you are seeking, please let us know accordingly and we will
close your request. If we do not hear from you further we will continue to
process your request in accordance with the relevant legislation.

Regards,

Nathan Matterson
Information Governance Officer

Legal & Governance

Southampton and Fareham Legal Services Partnership
Southampton City Council
Tel: 023 8083 3000 (switchboard)

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was meant for, apologies, please ignore it, delete it, and notify us. SCC
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its attachments) is intended only for the use of the person(s) to whom it
is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged and/or
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Dear Mr Clifford,

Thank you for your recent request of 19/11/2020 where you requested
information about Southampton City Council Highways Services Partnership
contract with Balfour Beatty.

We do hold information within the terms of your request, however we need
more time to consider your request.

I wish to advise you that the following exemption applies to the
information that you have requested:

·        Section 43 - Commercial Interests

This exemption is a qualified exemption, which means that the Council must
consider the public interest before making a decision as to whether this
information can be disclosed.

By virtue of section 10(3) of the FOIA, where public authorities have to
consider the balance of the public interest in relation to a request, they
do not have to comply with the request until such time as is reasonable in
the circumstances.  

The Council has not yet reached a decision on the balance of the public
interest. Due to the need to consider, in all the circumstances of the
case, where the balance of the public interest lies in relation to the
information that you have requested, the Council will not be able to
respond to your request in full within 20 working days. 

I hope to let you have a response as soon as possible, and no later than
19^th January 2020.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your
original letter and should be addressed to:

Head of Legal and Democratic Services, Southampton City Council, Civic
Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LT; Email: [1][email address], Fax:
023 8083 2308

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

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF; Tel: 0303 123 1113, Fax: 01625 524510, Email:
[2][email address]

Kind Regards,

Nathan Matterson, Information Governance Officer

Southampton & Fareham Legal Partnership

Southampton City Council

Civic Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LY

DX115710 Southampton 17

023 8083 2129

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its attachments) is intended only for the use of the person(s) to whom it
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Dear Clive Clifford,

I understand you were anticipating a response to your freedom of
information request no later than close of play, 17/12/2020.

Unfortunately, your request has taken longer than anticipated to process,
and as such the Council is not currently in a position to respond. This is
largely due to technical complication that have arisen with the Council’s
network this week, which have severely slowed my ability to compile all
the relevant documents required to respond.

However I hope to respond as soon as possible and will persist through
these issues to finalise and send out your response.

Please note - Due to unprecedented challenges facing the Council during
the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, resources are being diverted from
service areas, so that key services can be provided. As such, there may be
further delays in providing you with the information requested, however
you will receive a response as soon as possible.

I hope that this is understandable during this extraordinary period.

Regards,

Nathan Matterson
Information Governance Officer

Legal & Governance

Southampton and Fareham Legal Services Partnership
Southampton City Council
Tel: 023 8083 3000 (switchboard)

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This email is confidential but may have to be disclosed under the Freedom
of Information Act 2000, Environmental Information Regulations 2004 or
data protection legislation. If you are not the person or organisation it
was meant for, apologies, please ignore it, delete it, and notify us. SCC
does not make legally binding agreements or accept formal
notices/proceedings by email. E-mails may be monitored. This email (and
its attachments) is intended only for the use of the person(s) to whom it
is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged and/or
confidential. If it has come to you in error, you must take no action
based on it, nor must you copy or show it to anyone.

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Dear Clive Clifford,

Thank you for your information request received on 19/11/2020. Please find
attached the Council’s response.

Please accept my sincere apologies for the delays in responding. As
previously mentioned, we experienced some IT issues which caused further
delays in preparing the documents for disclosure.

I hope this is understandable during these unprecedented times.

Kind Regards,

Nathan Matterson
Information Governance Officer

Legal & Governance

Southampton and Fareham Legal Services Partnership
Southampton City Council
Tel: 023 8083 3000 (switchboard)

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This email is confidential but may have to be disclosed under the Freedom
of Information Act 2000, Environmental Information Regulations 2004 or
data protection legislation. If you are not the person or organisation it
was meant for, apologies, please ignore it, delete it, and notify us. SCC
does not make legally binding agreements or accept formal
notices/proceedings by email. E-mails may be monitored. This email (and
its attachments) is intended only for the use of the person(s) to whom it
is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged and/or
confidential. If it has come to you in error, you must take no action
based on it, nor must you copy or show it to anyone.

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