Contract with legal firm to supply services.
Dear Surrey Police,
My request under The Freedom of Information Act is as follows:
Information requested covers each of the past five years.
1) Does Surrey Police, or Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner, have a contract, or contracts, with any legal firms for services to be provided to either Surrey Police, or Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner?
2) Which legal firms hold contracts with either of these bodies?
3) When did the contracts commence and what work do they cover?
4) How much as either Surrey Police, or Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner, paid to any legal firm in each of the past five years?
5) Have any legal actions been taken on behalf of Surrey Police, or Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner, by legal firms in each of the past five years? What was the nature of any work carried out by an outside legal firm?
6) Were the contracts put out to tender? How many firms were approached and sent estimates?
7) Has either body used the services of Weightmans LLP, and, if so, when were these services provided and at what cost?
Yours faithfully,
Jo Harding
Dear Jo HARDING,
Freedom of Information: 001287/18
I write in connection with your FOI request which was recently received.
*Please Note that due to an unprecedented amount of requests, a response
to your FOI will likely exceed the stated 20 days. We are liaising with
the Information Commissioner for a way forward on this matter but until we
find a solution, your patience is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your
understanding and we hope to have a response for you as soon as possible.
Yours Sincerely,
Carolyn Mullen
Information Access Team
Surrey Police
Telephone 01483 630007
Dear Ms Mullen,
You wrote in response to my FOI request saying that this might be delayed due to a high number of FOI requests. This request should have been answered by 7 November 2018. It is now one month overdue and this is unacceptable as well as unlawful. Please provide the information requested within the next working 10 days. Failure to do so will result in the ICO being asked to pursue this.
Yours sincerely,
Jo Harding
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This has been returned to the ICO in view of the persistent failure of Surrey Police. They appear to consider that compliance with the FOI Act is discretionary, rather than mandatory.
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The ICO has issued a Decision Notice to Surrey Police dated 1 March 2019. They have 35 calendar days to comply with the FOI request.
Dear Jo Harding,
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Surrey Police
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Jo Harding left an annotation ()
In view of the continuing failure to provide the information, a submission has been made to the ICO on 21st December 2018.