My Ref:
IG-5856
Your Ref:
Contact:
Email:
xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Traffic & safety
Development
Loxley House
Station Street
Nottingham
NG2 3NG
Requester
Tel: 0115 8765243
www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk
At contact address specified for request number above
9th July 2015
Dear Requester
Re: Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act)
The Authority has considered your request which was received on 1st July 2015 and
our response to your questions is shown below.
“Please can you send any information which goes to explain how Nottingham City
Council was acting within the EU Competition laws on state aid when paying out over
£7.5m towards the annual losses made by health and safety equipment sales
company, Woodfield Industries.”
Woodfield Industries is the Supported Employment facility of Nottingham City Council
which provides a number of commercial services as well as training and education to
both our employees and external partners.
We can confirm that Woodfield Industries did not make a loss, or receive funding of
£7.5m. There is no breach of EU Competition laws.
You are free to use any information supplied for your own personal use. However,
any other type of re-use, for example, by publishing the information or issuing copies
to the public will require the permission of the copyright owner. If the copyright is
owned by Nottingham City Council details of the conditions on re-use can be obtained
by contacting this office.
If you are unhappy with the response provided or with the handling of your request,
you can ask for an internal review by writing to
Information Governance Specialist,
Information Governance, 4th Floor, Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham,
NG2 3NG stating the reasons for your dissatisfaction.
If you remain unhappy after receiving the response to your initial complaint you can
request an independent review from the Information Commissioner's Office at
FOI/EIR Complaints Resolution, Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe
House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF. You may also contact the
Information Commissioner's Office by telephone on 01625 545745 or by email at
xxxx@xxx.xxx.xxx.xx.
Yours sincerely,
Information Governance
Nottingham City Council