Council Tax

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Dear Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council,
I am writing to you to request under the FOI act, for you to please furnish me with a full content copy and a total breakdown of how my council tax money is spent and to whom it goes to in the current tax year 2019/2020? I currently live in a Band A property.

Yours faithfully,

Pat Aherne

Freedom Of Info, Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear Pat Aherne

We acknowledge with thanks your request for information held by Bolton
Council received at this office on 22 March 2019.

This request will be considered under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
and may take up to 20 working days to be processed (although we will
endeavour to provide the information as quickly as possible).

Please be advised that if an exemption applies to the information that you
have requested, the statutory period may be exceeded in accordance with
the provisions of the act.

Please retain the reference number RFI 002909 for any future enquiries
regarding this matter.

Many thanks,

Information Governance Team

Room 120, 1^st Floor, Town Hall, Bolton, BL1 1RU
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Dear P Aherne

 

Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

 

In response to your request for information received at this office on
22^nd March 2019, please see the councils response below.

 

You requested:

 

please furnish me with a full content copy and a total breakdown of how my
council tax money is spent and to whom it goes to in the current tax year
2019/2020? I currently live in a Band A property.

 

Bolton Council has considered your request and feels that the information
you request is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 (“the Act”).  Section 17 of the Act provides that when refusing a
request, Bolton Council must provide a notice which (a) states that fact,
(b) specifies the exemption in question, and (c) states (if that would not
otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies.

 

In this case, we consider that the exemption under section 21(1) of the
Act applies.  Section 21(1) provides an exemption where the information is
reasonably sought by other means. The information you request can be found
on the Bolton Council website. There is a page dedicated to [1]What your
Council Tax is used for. Once on this webpage you can then navigate to the
link [2]Your Council Tax 2019/20 in the downloads section on the right
hand side. The table on Page 3 titled “How your Council Tax is used” gives
a breakdown of how Council Tax for a Band A property is used.

 

Accordingly, we feel this information is reasonably accessible by other
means, therefore making the application of section 21(1) appropriate in
this case.

In accordance with the Act, this constitutes a refusal notice for your
request.

 

Documents that we provide in response to your request are protected by
copyright. You are free to use them for your own use, including for
non-commercial research purposes. They may also be used for news
reporting. However, any other type of re-use, for example by publishing
the document or issuing copies to the public will require the permission
of the copyright owner.

 

As per the Information Commissioners Office’s Freedom of Information Code
of Practice, should you disagree with our decision, you may appeal within
40 working days of this email to:

 

 

The Borough Solicitor, Bolton Council, Town Hall, Bolton, BL1 1RU

Email: [3][email address]

 

Should you further disagree with the decision following the appeal you may
wish to contact the Information Commissioner:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire SK9 5AF

[4]www.ico.gov.uk

Tel: 01625 545700, Fax: 01625 524510

 

Should you have any queries, please contact [5][email address]

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

The Information Governance Team

Town Hall, Bolton, BL1 1RU

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