Audit Reform

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Dear BIS

Please could you provide me with all emails between the Business Environment Directorate and
1- the Financial Reporting Council
2- auditors PWC, Deloitte, KPMG, Ernst & Young

Time Period: January 2013 - July 2013.
Subject matter: audit reform

Yours faithfully,

Ginny Rous

BEIScorrespondence@beis.gov.uk on behalf of FOI Requests, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

BEIS ref: FOI2017/07096

Dear Ms Rous

Thank you for your request for information which was received on 10th
March. Your request has been passed on to the appropriate official at the
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to deal
with.

Your request is being considered under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and we will reply at the latest by 7th April.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact the Information
Rights Unit at BEIS. Please remember to quote the reference number above
in any future communications.

Kind regards,

Information Rights Unit

Information Rights Unit | Department for Business, Energy and Industrial
Strategy | 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET | www.gov.uk/beis |
[email address] |

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FOI Requests,

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Dear Ginny Rous,

Please find attached our request for clarification regarding your information request dated 10 March 2017.
Reference FOI2017/07096.

Kind regards,

Information Rights Unit.


Information Rights Unit
Finance, Commercial and Digital Transformation Group
Digital Directorate
[BIS request email]
1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET
www.gov.uk/beis | https://twitter.com/beisgovuk

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Dear Information Rights Unit

Forgive me for not specifying: my request was aimed primarily at dicsussions of audit reform within the institutions of the European Union.

Yours sincerely,

Ginny Rous

BEIScorrespondence@beis.gov.uk on behalf of FOI Requests, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

BEIS ref: FOI2017/08251

Dear Ginny Rous

Thank you for your request for information which was received on 22nd
March. Your request has been passed on to the appropriate official at the
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to deal
with.

Your request is being considered under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and we will reply at the latest by 21st April.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact the Information
Rights Unit at BEIS. Please remember to quote the reference number above
in any future communications.

Kind regards,

Information Rights Unit

Information Rights Unit | Department for Business, Energy and Industrial
Strategy | 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET | www.gov.uk/beis |
[email address] |

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making a difference by supporting sustained growth and higher skills
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Dear [email address] on behalf of FOI Requests,

I'd be grateful if you didn't treat my clarification to FOI2017/07096 as a new request.

Many thanks

Yours sincerely,

Ginny Rous

FOI Requests,

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Dear Ginny Rous,

Thank you for your request for information dated 22 March 2017.

Your request is being considered under the Freedom of Information Act (FOI
Act), our references FOI2017/08251.

The FOI Act obliges us to respond to requests promptly, and in any case no
later than 20 working days after receiving your request. Unfortunately,
this requests has taken longer than we would have liked to administer. We
can assure you this matter is currently under consideration and we hope to
respond to you in full shortly.

Please accept our apologies for the delay in responding to you.

 

Kind regards,

Information Rights Unit

 

 

[1]Department for Business, Energy & Information Rights Unit
Industrial Strategy[2]blue strip Finance, Commercial and Digital
Transformation Group

Digital Directorate
[3][BIS request email]

1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET
[4]www.gov.uk/beis |
[5]https://twitter.com/beisgovuk

 

 

 

 

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Dear BEIS

I would be grateful for a response on this FOIA, which was due on 10 April.

Yours sincerely,

Ginny Rous

Dear BEIS

Is there any response to this request? It was due on April 21st.

Yours sincerely,

Ginny Rous

FOI Requests,

Dear Ginny Rous,

Thank you for your emails regarding the current status of your information request.

Unfortunately, the Department is still working on this request and would like to apologise further for the on-going delay. We hope to have a response ready for you soon.

Thank you for your patience.

Kind regards,

Information Rights Unit

Information Rights Unit
[BIS request email]
1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET
www.gov.uk/beis | https://twitter.com/beisgovuk

Dear FOI Requests,

When can I expect a response for this FOI which is long overdue?

Yours sincerely,

Ginny Rous

Dear FOI Requests,

This response is many months late, please could you provide a response.

Yours sincerely,

Ginny Rous

Dear FOI Requests,
Please can you provide a response to this request which is long overdue.

Yours sincerely,

Ginny Rous

FOI Requests,

Dear Ginny Rous,

Apologies again for the long delay.

We can assure you that the department is working on this case, which is regretfully taking a lot longer than originally anticipated to administer. We appreciate that the time this is taking is not acceptable, and have raised it with the relevant parties.

Unfortunately, we cannot provide you with a precise date to expect a final response but we will provide you with another update shortly.

Kind regards,

Information Rights Unit.

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Hi
Any update? I wonder if you could indicate to me why the request is taking so long?
Yours sincerely,

Ginny Rous

FOI Requests,

Dear Ginny Rous,

Thank you for your recent emails regarding your information request on Audit Reform.

We can confirm that the Department does hold information falling within the terms of your request. However, the delay is due to the volume of information held that needs to be assessed. Because of this, the department has not been able to administer the request as quickly as we would have liked. At this time, we are continuing to work through the information, and assessing it in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act. Although we are unable to provide a definitive date for completion, we are making progress, and hope to have a completed response with you as soon as possible.

Again, our sincere apologies for the on-going delay.

Kind regards,

Information Rights Unit.

Information Rights Unit
[BIS request email]
1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET
www.gov.uk/beis | https://twitter.com/beisgovuk

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Dear FOI Requests,

Please provide me with a response. I understand that the department has lost a lot of personnel but your ongoing delay is illegal.

Yours sincerely,

Ginny Rous

FOI Requests,

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Dear Ginny Rous,

 

Please find attached the department’s response to your information
request.

Reference FOI2017/08251.

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Information Rights Unit.

 

 

[1]Department for Business, Energy &  
Industrial Strategy[2]blue strip
Information Rights Unit
[3][BIS request email]

1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET
[4]www.gov.uk/beis |
[5]https://twitter.com/beisgovuk

 

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Dear BEIS

Please perform an internal review.

There is broad concern about the lobbying power of Big 4 audit firms in relation to the Accounting Directive. Baroness Sharon Bowles, former head of the committee which oversaw the Directive at EU level, wrote about these concerns just today: https://www.ipe.com/news/regulation/form...

There is also concern about the capture of the FRC by these same firms. In addition to Baroness Bowles' comments in the IPE Article above, please see the Times article of November 1st which also cites a concerning conflict of interest between the FRC and BEIS: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/confl...

Investors have also complained about the lack of accountability of the FRC: https://www.sarasinandpartners.com/docs/...

Where FRC is having a key role in the policymaking process it is important that there is transparency over this.

Yours sincerely,

Ginny Rous

BEIScorrespondence@beis.gov.uk on behalf of FOI Requests, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

BEIS ref: FOI2017/08251

Dear Ginny Rous

Thank you for your request for an internal review which was received on
18th December. Your request has been passed on to the appropriate official
at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to
deal with.

In line with the Information Commissioners guidance, internal reviews
should be responded to within 20 working days unless they are complex, in
which case a response should be sent within 40 working days. Please be
aware that this does not include weekends and bank holidays. The
Department aims to respond to requests for internal reviews as quickly as
possible. We hope to be in contact with you again shortly with a decision
on your request.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact the Information
Rights Unit at BEIS. Please remember to quote the reference number above
in any future communications.

Kind regards,
Information Rights Unit

Information Rights Unit | Department for Business, Energy and Industrial
Strategy | 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET | www.gov.uk/beis |
[email address] |

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making a difference by supporting sustained growth and higher skills
across the economy. BEIS: working together for growth

Dear [email address] on behalf of FOI Requests,
I believe that my internal review was due just over a week ago and I wondered when I might expect a response?

Yours sincerely,

Ginny Rous

FOI Requests,

Dear Ginny Rous,

Apologies for the delay in responding to your internal review request.
We can confirm that the department is still currently in the process of reviewing our original response to you.

We hope to have the review completed shortly, and in any case, will contact you again by 15th February.

Kind regards,

Information Rights Unit.

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FOI Requests,

Dear Ms Rous

Apologies for the continued delay in responding to your request for an internal review of FOI2017/08251.

The Department is still in the process of reviewing our original response to you.

I hope to let you have a full response by 15 March 2018. If we are able to reply before this date, we will of course do so.

Yours sincerely,

Information Rights Unit

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Orchard 2, 2nd Floor
1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0ET
www.gov.uk/beis

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Dear BEIS

I was assured that I would receive a response to this request yesterday.

Yours sincerely,

Ginny Rous

Dear FOI Requests,

Please could you provide a response to this internal review.

Yours sincerely,

Ginny Rous

Dear FOI Requests,
Please can you provide an update on the processing of this internal review, which is months late.

Yours sincerely,

Ginny Rous

FOI Requests,

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Dear Ms Rous,

 

Apologies for the continued delay in responding to your request for an
internal review of FOI2017/08251.

 

All the relevant information relating to the information covered by your
earlier request has now been assembled and presented, with the original
response to your request, to the relevant Senior Civil Service official
for consideration.

 

I hope to let you have a full response by 1 June 2018. If we are able to
reply before this date, we will of course do so.

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Information Rights Unit.

 

 

[1]Department for Business, Energy &  
Industrial Strategy
Information Rights Unit
[2][BIS request email]

1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET
[3]www.gov.uk/beis |
[4]https://twitter.com/beisgovuk

 

 

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FOI Requests,

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Dear Ginny Rous,

 

Please find attached the Department’s response to your internal review
request.

Reference FOI2017/08251.

 

Apologies for the delay and thank you for your patience.

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Information rights unit.

 

[1]Department for Business, Energy &  
Industrial Strategy
Information Rights Unit
[2][BIS request email]

1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET
[3]www.gov.uk/beis |
[4]https://twitter.com/beisgovuk

 

 

 

 

 

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