EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE
DISTRICT COUNCIL
THE GRANGE, NUTHOLT LANE,
ELY, CAMBRIDGESHIRE CB7 4EE
Telephone: Ely (01353) 665555
DX41001 ELY Fax: (01353) 665240
www.eastcambs.gov.uk
Further to your information request FOI/EIR 22/23-250 please find your question and our response below.
Request:
In terms of the Freedom of Information Act of 2000, and subject to section 40(2) on personal data, could
you please provide me with your local authority’s complete and most-recently updated list of all business
(non-residential) property rates data, including the following fields:
- Billing Authority Property Reference Code (linking the property to the public VOA database reference)
- Firm's Trading Name (i.e. property occupant or ratepayer)
- Full Property Address (Number, Street, Postal Code, Town)
- Occupation / Vacancy status
- Date of Occupation / Vacancy
- Actual annual rates charged (in Pounds) and/or categories of reliefs/exemptions granted
Response:
This information is exempt from disclosure under Section 31 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. In
respect of those requests that are answered in full, partially or the total refused, please take this as notice
under FOIA, that we:
a) Consider the information as exempt from disclosure under the Act;
b) Claim exempt under sections of the Act:
Section 31(1)(a) – Law Enforcement
c) State why the exemption applies:
31(1) Information which is not exempt information by virtue of section 30 is exempt information if
its disclosure under this Act would, or would be likely to, prejudice - (a) the prevention or
detection of crime.
Section 31(1)(a) provides an exemption where prejudice could be caused to allow potential
fraudsters to use the information to identify business entities or individuals which were entitled to
claim relief on their accounts, or identify accounts with credit. Once such a business or individual
had been identified, there would be a number of avenues open to the fraudsters to seek to obtain
funds.
Disclosure of this information would result in the need to implement disproportionate steps and
additional expense to the public purse to counter an increased fraud risk that does not exist at
present and this information will therefore not be released.
This concludes your request FOI/EIR 22/23-250
If information has been refused please treat this as a Refusal Notice for the purposes of the Act.
If you disagree with our decision or are otherwise unhappy with how we have dealt with your request in
the first instance you may approach xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx and request a review. A request for review
must be made in no more than 40 working days from the date of this email.
Should you remain dissatisfied with the outcome you have a right under s50 of the Freedom of
Information Act to appeal against the decision by contacting the Information Commissioner, Wycliffe
House, Water Lane, Wilmslow SK9 5AF.