Council Expenditure or Payment to Suppliers from January 2019 to August 2019

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Dear Ealing Borough Council,

I am specifically looking for payments to suppliers who provide a service in Health and Social Care from 1st January 2019 - 31st August 2019 . This would include all suppliers falling under the categories :-

1. Payments to suppliers who provide fostering and adoption services to the Council (including payments made to Independent Fostering Agencies and for in-house fostering)
2. Payments to suppliers who provide care services to the council. This would include suppliers who provide care under each of below -
a. Children's Residential/ Nursing Care Providers
b. Adult Residential/ Nursing Care Providers
c. Elderly Residential/ Nursing Care Providers
d. Domiciliary Care Home Providers
e. Supported Living Care Home Providers
f. Care at Home Providers
g. Providers who carry out Homeless Services
3. Payments to suppliers who provide Special Education Services

In particular I am looking for itemized transactions for suppliers from January 2019 to August 2019 - preferably in CSV format.

I look forward to the information at the earliest.

Yours Faithfully,
Nikhil Prabhu

foirequests, Ealing Borough Council

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Dear Nikhil Prabhu,

 

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From: nikhil prabhu <[FOI #603548 email]>
Sent: 13 September 2019 11:04
To: foirequests <[Ealing Borough Council request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Council Expenditure or Payment
to Suppliers from January 2019 to August 2019

 

Dear Ealing Borough Council,

I am specifically looking for payments to suppliers who provide a service
in Health and Social Care from 1st January 2019 - 31st August 2019 . This
would include all suppliers falling under the categories :-

1. Payments to suppliers who provide fostering and adoption services to
the Council (including payments made to Independent Fostering Agencies and
for in-house fostering)
2. Payments to suppliers who provide care services to the council. This
would include suppliers who provide care under each of below -
a. Children's Residential/ Nursing Care Providers
b. Adult Residential/ Nursing Care Providers
c. Elderly Residential/ Nursing Care Providers
d. Domiciliary Care Home Providers
e. Supported Living Care Home Providers
f. Care at Home Providers
g. Providers who carry out Homeless Services
3. Payments to suppliers who provide Special Education Services

In particular I am looking for itemized transactions for suppliers from
January 2019 to August 2019 - preferably in CSV format.

I look forward to the information at the earliest.

Yours Faithfully,
Nikhil Prabhu

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Dear foirequests,

May I request an update at this point?

Thank you,
Yours sincerely,
nikhil prabhu

foirequests, Ealing Borough Council

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Dear Nikhil Prabhu,

 

Please find attached our response to your recent request.

 

I would like to apologise for the delay in responding to your request.

 

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you can request
an internal review by email to: [1][Ealing Borough Council request email] (Please
include your request Reference number). 

 

Details of our complaints process can be found at:

[2]http://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/200640/fre...

 

Your request for an internal review should be submitted to us within 40
working days of your receipt of this response. 

Any such request received after this time will only be considered at our
discretion.

 

If you remain dissatisfied by the outcome of the Internal Review you have
the right to submit your complaint to the Information Commissioner at:

 

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

(01625) 545 700

 

[3]https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/

 

Kind Regards

 

 

Stuart O'Brien

Information Governance Team

Ealing Council

Freedom of Information

Perceval House

14-16 Uxbridge Road

London

W5 2HL

Tel: (020) 8825 8367

 

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Dear foirequests,

You said "Payment to supplier information is added to our website on a quarterly basis."; however there is no data for 2019/20 financial year on your site. https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201041/co...

I don't believe that the possession of an inadequate data storage/retrieval system or data not being help in one central location warrants the use of an exclusion under the FOI Act and as such I would like to request an Internal Review.

Yours sincerely,
nikhil prabhu

Dear foirequests,

Thank you for your response.

You said "Payment to supplier information is added to our website on a quarterly basis."; however there is no data for 2019/20 financial year on your site :- https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201041/co...

I don't believe that the possession of an inadequate data storage/retrieval system or data not being help in one central location warrants the use of an exclusion under the FOI Act and as such I would like to request an Internal Review.

Hence, I would like to appeal against the council’s decision to refuse information as they feel the cost would exceed £450. We feel the cost in downloading and assessing the data should not exceed the limit as much of the work would be done by the accounting system. We therefore would like to appeal against the council’s refusal to provide information as they feel the cost will exceed the threshold.

In particular I am looking for itemized transactions for all suppliers - preferably in a CSV format. We
are looking for payments to suppliers who provide a service in Health and Social Care. This would include all suppliers falling under the following categories :-

1. Payments to suppliers who provide fostering and adoption services to the Council
2. Payments to suppliers who provide care services to the council. This would include suppliers who provide care under each of the categories below :-
a. Children's Residential/ Nursing Care Providers
b. Adult Residential/ Nursing Care Providers
c. Elderly Residential/ Nursing Care Providers
d. Domiciliary Care Home Providers
e. Supported Living Care Home Providers
f. Care at Home Providers
g. Providers who carry out Homeless Services
3. Payments to suppliers who provide Special Education Services

I sincerely hope the Council may now accommodate my request.

With Regards,
Yours Faithfully,
Nikhil Prabhu

Dear foirequests,

May I request an update at this point?

PS: Council has provided us with data in the past (by Un-redacting several payments to IFAs etc.). It should be easier for the Council to do this time around, for a shorter time-period. Hence, request Council to please take another look at my appeal & kindly revert with it's decision or fulfillment of data request.

Thank you,
Yours sincerely,
nikhil prabhu

foirequests, Ealing Borough Council

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Dear Nikhil Prabhu,

 

Thank you for your email.

We are currently proccessing your request for an Internal Review received
on the 5^th November.

We aim to provide a response to this review by the 3^rd December.

 

Kind Regards

 

 

Stuart O'Brien

Information Governance Team

Ealing Council

Freedom of Information

Perceval House

14-16 Uxbridge Road

London

W5 2HL

Tel: (020) 8825 8367

 

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From: nikhil prabhu <[FOI #603548 email]>
Sent: 22 November 2019 11:39
To: foirequests <[Ealing Borough Council request email]>
Subject: Re: FOI 19-1491 Response

 

Dear foirequests,

May I request an update at this point?

PS: Council has provided us with data in the past (by Un-redacting several
payments to IFAs etc.). It should be easier for the Council to do this
time around, for a shorter time-period. Hence, request Council to please
take another look at my appeal & kindly revert with it's decision or
fulfillment of data request.

Thank you,
Yours sincerely,
nikhil prabhu

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Dear foirequests, Mr. Stuart O'Brien,

Thank you for your response & look forward to hearing back from you soon.

Yours sincerely,
nikhil prabhu

foirequests, Ealing Borough Council

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Dear Nikhil Prabhu,

 

Please find attached our response to your recent Internal Review request.

 

If you remain dissatisfied by the outcome of the Internal Review you have
the right to submit your complaint to the Information Commissioner at:

 

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

(01625) 545 700

 

[1]https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/

 

Kind Regards

 

 

Lorraine Cox

Information Governance Team

Ealing Council

Freedom of Information

Perceval House

14-16 Uxbridge Road

London

W5 2HL

Tel: (020) 8825 8367

 

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foirequests, Ealing Borough Council

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Dear Nikhil Prabhu,

 

Please find attached our revised Publication Of Spend Reports.

 

I hope this is what you were looking for.

 

Kind regards,

Kam Ubhi

Information Governance Officer.

 

From: nikhil prabhu <[FOI #603548 email]>
Sent: 05 November 2019 09:07
To: foirequests <[Ealing Borough Council request email]>
Subject: Re: FOI 19-1491 Response

 

Dear foirequests,

Thank you for your response.

You said "Payment to supplier information is added to our website on a
quarterly basis."; however there is no data for 2019/20 financial year on
your site :-
[1]https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201041/co...

I don't believe that the possession of an inadequate data
storage/retrieval system or data not being help in one central location
warrants the use of an exclusion under the FOI Act and as such I would
like to request an Internal Review.

Hence, I would like to appeal against the council’s decision to refuse
information as they feel the cost would exceed £450. We feel the cost in
downloading and assessing the data should not exceed the limit as much of
the work would be done by the accounting system. We therefore would like
to appeal against the council’s refusal to provide information as they
feel the cost will exceed the threshold.

In particular I am looking for itemized transactions for all suppliers -
preferably in a CSV format. We
are looking for payments to suppliers who provide a service in Health and
Social Care. This would include all suppliers falling under the following
categories :-

1. Payments to suppliers who provide fostering and adoption services to
the Council
2. Payments to suppliers who provide care services to the council. This
would include suppliers who provide care under each of the categories
below :-
a. Children's Residential/ Nursing Care Providers
b. Adult Residential/ Nursing Care Providers
c. Elderly Residential/ Nursing Care Providers
d. Domiciliary Care Home Providers
e. Supported Living Care Home Providers
f. Care at Home Providers
g. Providers who carry out Homeless Services
3. Payments to suppliers who provide Special Education Services

I sincerely hope the Council may now accommodate my request.

With Regards,
Yours Faithfully,
Nikhil Prabhu

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