Transactions over £500 from January 2019
Dear Sir or Madam,
Thank you for publishing your spend data here: http://www.reading.gov.uk/council-spendi.... However, I notice that you haven't published any spending data since December 2018.
I'd like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act for all transactions over £500 from January 2019 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,
Dora Homoki
Spend Network
Dear Reading Borough Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
Dear Sir or Madam,
On 9 May 2019, I sent you a FOI request for your expenditure over £500 from January 2019 to present.
I've received no response from you since then and the data is still not available on your website.
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,
Dora Homoki
Spend Network
Dear Ms Homoki,
Thank you for your email of 11^th June. I will be dealing with your
request for an internal review into the handling of your freedom of
information request and you should expect a response no later than 9^th
July. If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the internal review
then you have the right to refer the matter to the Information
Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and details of how to do this will be set out
in my response letter.
Yours sincerely
Sarah Smith
Information Officer
Legal Services, Directorate of Resources
Reading Borough Council
Floor 2
Civic Offices
Bridge Street
Reading RG1 2LU
0118 937 2289 (72289 internal extension)
Days of work Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
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Dear Ms Homoki,
Please find attached the outcome of your internal review.
Yours sincerely
Sarah Smith
Information Officer
Legal Services, Directorate of Resources
Reading Borough Council
Floor 2
Civic Offices
Bridge Street
Reading RG1 2LU
0118 937 2289 (72289 internal extension)
Days of work Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
[1]Website | [2]Facebook | [3]Twitter | [4]YouTube
The information in this e-mail is confidential to the intended recipient to whom it has been addressed and may be covered by legal professional privilege and protected by law. Reading Borough Council does not accept responsibility for any unauthorised amendment made to the contents of this e-mail following its dispatch. If received in error, you must not retain the message or disclose its contents to anyone. Please notify us immediately quoting the name of the sender and the addressee and then delete the e-mail. Reading Borough Council has scanned for viruses. However, it is your responsibility to scan the e-mail and attachments (if any) for viruses. Reading Borough Council also operates to the Protective Document Marking Standard as defined for the Public Sector. Recipients should ensure protectively marked emails and documents are handled in accordance with this standard (Re: Cabinet Office - Government Security Classification).
References
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1. http://www.reading.gov.uk/
2. http://www.facebook.com/readingcouncil
3. http://www.twitter.com/readingcouncil
4. http://www.youtube.com/readingbc
Dear Smith (Legal), Sarah,
Thank you for the provided information, I appreciate the cooperation.
Yours sincerely,
Spend Network
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