Transactions over £500 from August 2020

The request was successful.

Dear Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead,

Thank you for publishing your spend data here: https://www3.rbwm.gov.uk/downloads/downl... . However, I notice that you haven't published any spending data since July 2020.

We understand that due to the COVID-19 pandemic it may not have been a priority to publish your spending data. However, we strongly believe that the spending data is critical to understanding how Government functions and this data is vital for our work. We would be extremely grateful if you could update this information as soon as reasonably possible.

We’ve decided to continue to use the FOI process to request data as this gives us both a formal structure for making and responding to requests. So, I'd like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act for all transactions over £500 from August to at most a quarter in arrears from the date at which you publish in response to this request.

Please provide the data in a machine readable format (preferably csv). As a minimum, please make sure to include the date, value and recipient of each transaction. Please also provide details on the procurement category of each transaction if you have it.

Your team may also be interested in the guidance on producing spending data:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio....

For the avoidance of doubt, I am making this request under the Freedom of Information Act. I await your response within 20 working days.

Yours Faithfully,

Anna Pongracz

Spend Network

foi, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

Dear Anna,

I am writing to acknowledge your information request below. This has been allocated reference number 75788.

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 allows for 20 working days to process requests for information. You will receive a response no later than 08 March 2021.

Yours sincerely

Eisha Jangda
Senior Information Governance Officer
Governance Service
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Town Hall, St. Ives Road
Maidenhead SL6 1RF

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foi, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

Dear Anna,

I am writing to respond to your Freedom of information request dated 09 February 2021, reference FOI75788.
Your questions and our answers are as follows:
Request
Thank you for publishing your spend data here: https://www3.rbwm.gov.uk/downloads/downl... . However, I notice that you haven't published any spending data since July 2020.

We understand that due to the COVID-19 pandemic it may not have been a priority to publish your spending data. However, we strongly believe that the spending data is critical to understanding how Government functions and this data is vital for our work. We would be extremely grateful if you could update this information as soon as reasonably possible.

We’ve decided to continue to use the FOI process to request data as this gives us both a formal structure for making and responding to requests. So, I'd like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act for all transactions over £500 from August to at most a quarter in arrears from the date at which you publish in response to this request.

Please provide the data in a machine readable format (preferably csv). As a minimum, please make sure to include the date, value and recipient of each transaction. Please also provide details on the procurement category of each transaction if you have it.

Response
The data is published on our website as per the link below.

https://www.rbwm.gov.uk/home/council-and...

This concludes our response to your request.

If you would still like to request a review of the information we have provided in response to your request please contact us within 40 working days of the date of this letter using the contact details below:
Suzanne Martin
Electoral & Information Governance Services Manager
Acting Data Protection Officer
Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead
Town Hall, St Ives Road
Maidenhead
SL6 1RF
or send an e-mail to [RBWM request email]

If you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request or complaint, you have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner at:
The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
Telephone: 0303 123 1113
Website: http://www.ico.org.uk/complaints/handlin...

There is no charge for making an appeal.
Kind regards,

Eisha Jangda
Senior Information Governance Officer
Governance Service
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Town Hall, St. Ives Road
Maidenhead SL6 1RF

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