Transactions over £500 from March 2021

The request was refused by Islington Borough Council.

Dear Islington Borough Council,

Thank you for publishing your spend data here: https://www.islington.gov.uk/search?q=ex... . However, I notice that you haven't published any spending data since February 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 March 2021 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

Islington Council, Islington Borough Council

 
 
 
Information request
Our reference: 1267549
Your reference: [FOI #804127 email] 

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Islington Council, Islington Borough Council

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Information request
Our reference: 1267549
Your reference: [FOI #804127 email] 

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Dear Islington Borough Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

On 4 November 2021, I sent you a FOI request for your expenditure over £500 from March 2021 to present. It was allocated the reference request-804127-af82a146.

On 2 December 2021, you wrote that the information is available on your website, but it is not updated.

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,

Anna Pongracz

Spend Network

Islington Council, Islington Borough Council

 
 
 
Information request
Our reference: 1267549
Your reference: [FOI #804127 email] 

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Islington Council, Islington Borough Council

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Information request
Our reference: 1267549
Your reference: [FOI #804127 email] 

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Islington Council, Islington Borough Council

1 Attachment

 
 
 
Information request
Our reference: 1267549
Your reference: [FOI #804127 email] 
Dear  Ms Pongracz  
 
Thank you for your recent correspondence to the council.  Please see the
attached response.
Yours sincerely 
 
Brad Pearton
Islington Council
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