all locations of asbestos on, in and a part of York Railway Institute gymnasium premises

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Dear Network Rail Limited,

Could you please provide me with all known information you have regarding Asbestos within York Railway Institute, 22 Queen Street, York, YO24 1AD. This includes all Asbestos on, within and which is a part of all of the premises which is known as York Railway Institute. Also please provide me with all information pertaining to the locations of the Asbestos.

Yours faithfully,

Jonathon James

Network Rail, Network Rail Limited

Thank you for your request for information. Your request was received by the Transparency team on the 20th March 2014

This email is just a short acknowledgement of your request.

Network Rail has made a commitment to being a more open and transparent organisation. To find out more about our transparency agenda please see http://www.networkrail.co.uk/transparency/.

Yours sincerely,

Kathryn Rutter
Programme Assistant

Legal Services
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
90 York Way
N1 9AG

Network Rail, Network Rail Limited

Dear Jonathon,

Thanks for your request. You requested:

‘Could you please provide me with all known information you have regarding Asbestos within York Railway Institute, 22 Queen Street, York, YO24 1AD. This includes all Asbestos on, within and which is a part of all of the premises which is known as York Railway Institute. Also please provide me with all information pertaining to the locations of the Asbestos’

Although we are not covered by the Freedom of Information Act, we work to disclose information as if we were.

The premises you refer to belongs to The Trustees of the York Railway Institute. The duty holder in so far as asbestos is concerned is the tenant themselves. So any enquiry should be directed to the York Railway Institute. They can be contacted using the details below:

York Railway Institute
22 Queen Street
York YO24 1AD
01904 624383

If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact me.

Best wishes,

Louise Parker
Transparency Advisor
Legal Services
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
90 York Way
N1 9AG

Dear Network Rail,

You have not made it clear who actually owns the property in question. I have spoken to the Management of York Railway Institute and they have advised me that they are just leasing the property until 2018 and that Network Rail own the property. So with that said, I would like you to explain thoroughly what you mean by "The premises you refer to belongs to The Trustees of the York Railway Institute". I would also like you to tell me all the information you have on who owns the property.

With this in mind, I am not yet satisfied that the onus of responsibility to answer my initial information request, regarding asbestos, lies with York Railway Institute staff or management. As such, I still require this information from yourselves.

ours sincerely,

Jonathon James

Dear Network Rail,

According to the notification I have received, you have not made a satisfactory response to my freedom of information request within the given time frame, as you are required to do by law. I am now formally reminding you to reply to my request.

Yours sincerely,

Jonathon James

Network Rail, Network Rail Limited

Dear Jonathon,

Thanks for your request. You requested:

‘You have not made it clear who actually owns the property in question. I have spoken to the Management of York Railway Institute and they have advised me that they are just leasing the property until 2018 and that Network Rail own the property. So with that said, I would like you to explain thoroughly what you mean by "The premises you refer to belongs to The Trustees of the York Railway Institute". I would also like you to tell me all the information you have on who owns the property.

With this in mind, I am not yet satisfied that the onus of responsibility to answer my initial information request, regarding asbestos, lies with York Railway Institute staff or management. As such, I still require this information from yourselves’

Although we are not covered by the Freedom of Information Act, we work to disclose information as if we were.

My apologies if my previous response was not as clear as it should have been. The York Railway Institute is leasing the property from us. However, the responsibility for Asbestos on the premises belongs to the York Railway Institute and not Network Rail. The duty holder as far as asbestos is concerned is the lessee themselves. This is stated in Regulation 4 of the Control of Asbestos regulations.

You can access the Control of Asbestos regulations by following this link:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/ASBESTOS/regulatio...

If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact me.

Best wishes,

Louise Parker
Transparency Advisor
Legal Services
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
90 York Way
N1 9AG