Consultancy Fees
Dear City of Bristol College,
Can you please tell me how much money was spent on consultancy.
Please can you provide a list in excel format of the consultants employed by City of Bristol College in the academic year of 2021-2022, please provide the following.
- The name of the consultant
- Title of the consultancy
- Department working for
- Cost of their consultation to date
Yours faithfully,
Cllr Lisa Stone
Dear Councillor Stone
Thank you for your Freedom of Information Request regarding consultancy
fees, received 6 October 2022.
We will respond to this request within the 20 working day deadline (or
earlier if this is possible).
Yours sincerely
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Dear Councillor Stone
Refusal notice issued under Freedom of Information Act Section 43(2)
Further to your Freedom of Information Request of 6 October 2022, we can confirm that we hold the information you requested but are unable to provide in full.
We have assessed the content against the Freedom of Information Act, the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 and have concluded that we are unable to release the information in full under Section 43(2) of the Freedom of Information Act – Prejudice to commercial interests and under Section 40 (2) - Personal Information.
Section 43(2) exempts information whose disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of any person (an individual, a company, the public authority itself or any other legal entity). We believe that disclosing this information would be likely to prejudice our commercial interests. We have also concluded that consultants may not expect this information to be disclosed.
We have applied the public interest test and concluded that in this instance we do not believe it is in the public interest to disclose all the information you requested relating to consultancy spend.
Section 40 (2) covers the personal data of third parties and exempts disclosure of information that would breach any of the principles in UK GDPR. Providing a breakdown in consultancy spend as you request by named consultant/consultancy/department would potentially identify data subjects and so contravene the GDPR data protection principle to safeguard the rights and freedoms of individuals.
We have applied the public interest test and concluded that in this instance we do not believe it is in the public interest to disclose all the information you requested relating to spend by each named consultant/consultancy/department.
We have concluded that it is in the public interest to disclose our total spend on consultancy and can confirm as follows:
£159,565.50 was spent on consultancy during the 2021-22 academic year
You have the right to appeal this decision. If you wish to do so please contact us at [City of Bristol College request email] within 14 days.
If you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request you have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner’s Office – www.ico.org.uk
Regards
Corporate Services
City of Bristol College
PO Box 3373, Bristol, BS4 9GX
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