Our Ref:
FOI Request 21/2487172
Your Ref:
Date:
13 September 2021
Nikhil Prabhu
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Dear Nikhil Prabhu
Re: Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 – Request for Information
Thank you for your request for information which was received by West
Dunbartonshire Council on
17 August 2021 about:
As in the past, I would like to make an FOI request for all payments to suppliers who
provided a service in Health and Social Care from Jan-June 2021. 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 & any
additional descriptors.
This would include all suppliers falling under the categories :-
1. Children's services - Fostering & adoption (including payments made to independent
fostering agencies and for in-house fostering), residential care, SEN (special education
services) 2. Adult & elderly services - Residential/nursing care, domiciliary & supported
living, care at home providers 3. Providers who carry out homeless services.
In particular I am looking for itemized transactions for these suppliers - preferably in CSV
format. I look forward to the information at the earliest
Council’s Response
We are unable to provide this information in the format requested without
exceeding the cost of compliance.
Please find attached the information we are able to provide. The information is
for the period January – June 2021.
This information has been disclosed in terms of the Freedom of Information
(Scotland) Act 2002. Information disclosed to you may be subject to copyright
laws. By providing this information, West Dunbartonshire Council does not waive
copyright nor does it create or provide a right to publish, disclose, reproduce, re-
use or alter this information without consent of those parties holding the
copyright.
Review Procedure
If you are dissatisfied with the way in which West Dunbartonshire Council has
dealt with your request, you are entitled to require the council to review its
decision. Please note that in order for a review to take place, you must:
lodge a written requirement for review within 40 working days of the date
of this letter
include your address for correspondence, a description of the original
request and the reasons why you are dissatisfied
send your review request to the following address:
FOI Review
Regulatory Services
West Dunbartonshire Council
Municipal Buildings,
Dumbarton,
G82 1NR
Email:
xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
The review will be handled by staff who were not involved in the original decision.
You will receive notice of the result of your review within 20 working days. It will
explain the findings of the review as well as details of how to appeal to the Office
of the Scottish Information Commissioner if you are dissatisfied with the review
decision reached by West Dunbartonshire Council.
Their contact details are as follows:-
The Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner
Kinburn Castle
Doubledykes Road
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9DS
Email:
xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Tel:
(01334) 464610
Website:
www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal.
If you have any further queries about this process, please contact me.
Yours sincerely
Lisa McRae
Policy Assistant