Transactions over £500 from January 2022
Dear Sir or Madam,
Thank you for publishing your spend data here: https://datahub.bradford.gov.uk/ebase/da...
However, I notice that you haven't published any spending data since December 2021.
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 January 2022 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,
Zsofia Molnar
Spend Network
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Dear Zsofia
Please find attached the response to your FOI request.
thanks
Michelle Carroll
Procurement Governance Specialist
Finance, IT and Procurement Service
[mobile number]
Britannia House, Bradford, BD1 1HX
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Department of Corporate Resources
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Dear Zsofia
Please find attached an updated response to your FOI request.
thanks
Michelle Carroll
Procurement Governance Specialist
Finance, IT and Procurement Service
[mobile number]
Britannia House, Bradford, BD1 1HX
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Department of Corporate Resources
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Dear Michelle Carroll,
On 15th February, I sent you a FOI request for your expenditure over £500 from January 2022 to present. It was allocated the reference 8756.
On 17th March, you refused my request citing Section 22 of the FOI Act as grounds for an exemption.
However, the local government transparency code states:
Part 2.1: Information to be published quarterly
26. Data covered by this section includes expenditure exceeding £500 (see paragraphs 28 and 29) Government Procurement Card transactions (paragraph 30), and procurement information (see paragraphs 31 and 32).
27. The data and information referred to in this Part (2.1) must be:
first published within a period of three months from the date on which the local authority last published that data under the Local Government Transparency Code 201413 and not later than one month after the quarter to which the data and information is applicable
published quarterly thereafter and on each occasion not later than one month after the quarter to which the data and information is applicable.
Please see here for more details: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/sy...
This means that the data should already be published. For this reason, I would like to request an Internal Review of the initial response to my Freedom of Information request.
Please also take note of this decision notice from the ICO on the use of Section 22 of the FOI Act in these circumstances: https://ico.org.uk/media/action-weve-tak...
I await your response within 20 working days.
Yours Faithfully,
Zsofia Molnar
Spend Network
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Dear Zsofia
Thank you for your request dated 20 March 2023 requesting an internal
review to the Councils response to your information request under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please note that it may take up to 20 working days allowed for disclosure
under a review to enable the Council to provide a response.
We aim to respond by 19 April 2023.
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Siama Kausar
Information Governance Officer
Finance, IT & Procurement Service
Telephone Number: 01274 434506
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Department of Corporate Resources
City Hall, Centenary Square, Bradford, BD1 1HY
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Date: 20/03/2023 12:04:20
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Transactions
over £500 from January 2022
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Dear Michelle Carroll,
On 15th February, I sent you a FOI request for your expenditure over 500
from January 2022 to present. It was allocated the reference 8756.
On 17th March, you refused my request citing Section 22 of the FOI Act as
grounds for an exemption.
However, the local government transparency code states:
Part 2.1: Information to be published quarterly
26. Data covered by this section includes expenditure exceeding 500 (see
paragraphs 28 and 29) Government Procurement Card transactions (paragraph
30), and procurement information (see paragraphs 31 and 32).
27. The data and information referred to in this Part (2.1) must be:
first published within a period of three months from the date on which the
local authority last published that data under the Local Government
Transparency Code 201413 and not later than one month after the quarter to
which the data and information is applicable
published quarterly thereafter and on each occasion not later than one
month after the quarter to which the data and information is applicable.
Please see here for more details:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/sy...
This means that the data should already be published. For this reason, I
would like to request an Internal Review of the initial response to my
Freedom of Information request.
Please also take note of this decision notice from the ICO on the use of
Section 22 of the FOI Act in these circumstances:
https://ico.org.uk/media/action-weve-tak...
I await your response within 20 working days.
Yours Faithfully,
Zsofia Molnar
Spend Network
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Dear Zsofia
Please find attached the response to your request for a review of FOI
8756.
Thank you
Michelle Carroll
Procurement Governance Specialist
Finance, IT and Procurement Service
[mobile number]
Britannia House, Bradford, BD1 1HX
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Department of Corporate Resources
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Dear Michelle Carroll,
Thank you very much for the review and the explanation. I am looking forward to see the data in the end of April on the website. Thank you very much in advance!
Yours sincerely,
Zsofia Molnar
Spend Network
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