Dear Richard Roberts,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST IG000156

Thank you for your request for information about:

Covid-19 relief fund

Your request was received on 17/02/2022 and is being handled under the
terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.  You may expect a response
within 20 working days.

Yours sincerely

Information Governance Team

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NWLDC
Council Office
Whitwick Road
Coalville
Leicestershire
LE67 3FJ
01530 454545
[North West Leicestershire District Council request email]

Dear Richard Roberts,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST IG000156

I write further to your email dated 17/02/2022.

Your request has been dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (FOIA), explained on our [1]freedom of information
page.

Your request:

The local authority guidance issued in December 2021 requires each local
authority to design the discretionary relief scheme in their area. Please
provide details of the parameters and application process in your borough
as we have clients who wish to pursue the relief.

Our response:

I can confirm that North West Leicestershire District Council holds the
information you have requested. However, the information you have
requested is intended for future publication and is, therefore, exempt
from disclosure under section 22 of the FOIA.

When applying an exemption under section 22 of the FOIA, the Council must
consider whether to do so is in the public interest. In this case, we
consider that the public interest favours withholding the information at
this time because it will be available at a future date.

The Covid-19 Additioanl Relief Fund (CARF) has not yet been determined,
but when approved will be a credit to Business Rates accounts in respect
of 2021/22, with awards been made by an application process. Details will
be available on the Council website once the scheme has been determined. 

The supply of information in response to a freedom of information request
does not confer the right to re-use the information. UK copyright law
allows information supplied for the purposes of private study and
non-commercial research to be used without permission. Information
supplied can also be re-used for the purposes of news reporting except for
in the case of photographs.

GOING FORWARD

If you are dissatisfied with the information supplied please feel free to
contact me on the number above for any queries in relation to this
response. Please note that in responding to further enquiries I can only
comment on the information contained within this correspondence and cannot
provide any further information that may pertain to an additional FOIA
request.

Please remember to quote the Authority’s eight digit reference number
given at the top of this email in any future communications.

If you remain dissatisfied following the conclusion of the above informal
review, you have the right to ask for an internal review. A request for a
review whether formal or informal should be submitted within two calendar
months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and
should be sent to [2][email address] or the address above.

Further details on our appeals and complaints procedure can be found on
our website [3]here.

If you remain dissatisfied following the conclusion of the internal
review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information
Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted
at [4][email address].

Yours sincerely

Information Governance Team

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NWLDC
Council Office
Whitwick Road
Coalville
Leicestershire
LE67 3FJ
01530 454545
[North West Leicestershire District Council request email]

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