Decant Policy
Dear Kingston upon Thames Borough Council,
I am writing to make a Freedom of Information request for the following information.
Any information held, including e-mails and other electronic records, printed or handwritten notes, relating to the Decant Policy (including the drafting of said policy) for the council's regeneration programme.
Yours faithfully,
Derek Moss
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From: Derek Moss[[2][email address]]
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2016 2:43:32 PM
To: FOI
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Decant Policy Auto forwarded by
a Rule
Dear Kingston upon Thames Borough Council,
I am writing to make a Freedom of Information request for the
following information.
Any information held, including e-mails and other electronic
records, printed or handwritten notes, relating to the Decant
Policy (including the drafting of said policy) for the council's
regeneration programme.
Yours faithfully,
Derek Moss
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Good Afternoon Mr Moss
RE:
Freedom of Information Request - Decant Policy
Your request for information in respect of Kingston Council's Decant
policy has been sent to me for a response.
Having read your request, I am unclear about what you would like to know
specifically.
I am concerned that in seeking to meet the specific wording of your
request there is a real
chance that
we inadvertently breach Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act.
I wonder if you would kindly resubmit your request stating specifically
what you would like to know.
You should also be advised that Kingston Council intends to publish
the Decant Policy (Tenants and Leaseholders/Freeholders)
in the immediate future
.
I am copying in colleagues in the Contact Centre so they are aware of
this response.
Regards
Barbara Grant
Lead Officer Strategy & Performance
Phone: 0208 547 5389
Email: barbara.grant[1]@rbk.kingston.gov.uk
The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
3rd Floor Guildhall 2
High Street
Kingston upon Thames
Surrey
KT1 1EU
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From: Derek Moss [[2][email address]]
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2016 2:43:32 PM
To: FOI
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Decant Policy Auto forwarded by
a Rule
Dear Kingston upon Thames Borough Council,
I am writing to make a Freedom of Information request for the
following information.
Any information held, including e-mails and other electronic
records, printed or handwritten notes, relating to the Decant
Policy (including the drafting of said policy) for the council's
regeneration programme.
Yours faithfully,
Derek Moss
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Dear Ms Grant,
Thank you for your e-mail.
The information I am seeking is that showing why and when the decision was made to produce/draft a Decant Policy and who made, or was involved in, that decision; any records pertaining to discussions or decisions about the content of said Policy; any records showing what plans have been made to further discuss, modify, or ratify, internally or with input from residents or other persons, said Policy.
It was my understanding that a decision was made recently to postpone the publication of the draft Decant Policy until June. If this is incorrect, please advise when it is due to be published. Just to be clear, this doesn't affect my request for the information specified above.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely,
Derek Moss
Dear Kingston upon Thames Borough Council,
You have failed to reply to my FoI request submitted on 26 February 2016 and clarified on 10 March in response to Ms Grant's e-mail of the same date. By law you are required to respond to such requests promptly and within 20 working days and you have failed to comply with this legal requirement.
As such I will be filing a complaint with the Information Commissioner but if you decide to provide the requested information promptly on receipt of this e-mail, it may not be necessary for him to become involved.
The full correspondence for my request can be read at https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/d...
Yours faithfully,
Derek Moss
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02 Apr 2016 22:26:28 -0000
Dear Mr Moss,
Thank you for your email.
Following on from your clarification provided to Ms Grant on the 10th
March, she advises that she is currently working on your FOI request and
aims to provide you with a response by 11th April 2016.
We appreciate your patience during this period.
Kind Regards,
Freedom of Information Team
Royal Borough of Kingston
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From: Derek Moss[[1]SMTP:[email address]]
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2016 11:26:25 PM
To: FOI
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - Decant Policy Auto forwarded
by a Rule
Dear Kingston upon Thames Borough Council,
You have failed to reply to my FoI request submitted on 26 February 2016
and clarified on 10 March in response to Ms Grant's e-mail of the same
date. By law you are required to respond to such requests promptly and
within 20 working days and you have failed to comply with this legal
requirement.
As such I will be filing a complaint with the Information Commissioner but
if you decide to provide the requested information promptly on receipt of
this e-mail, it may not be necessary for him to become involved.
The full correspondence for my request can be read at
[2]https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/d...
Yours faithfully,
Derek Moss
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Good Afternoon Mr Moss
Please find attached the formal response to your FOI Request.
Ashley/Asim - can you kindly close the case and show as a response has now
been provided.
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Regards
Barbara Grant
Lead Officer Strategy & Performance
Phone: 0208 547 5389
Email: barbara.grant[1]@rbk.kingston.gov.uk
The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
3rd Floor Guildhall 2
High Street
Kingston upon Thames
Surrey
KT1 1EU
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08 Apr 2016 14:41:03 -0000
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Dear Kingston upon Thames Borough Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of your handling of my FOI request 'Decant Policy'.
I do not accept that your refusal to release the draft decant policy is justified on the grounds that it is due for future publication in September. I understand that this draft policy was available some time ago but was then withdrawn and it's release was then pushed back from March to June and now to September. Accordingly I believe the draft already exists and there is no justification for withholding it until September. As a draft it is understood that it may change before being finalised and agreed by the Housing sub-committee in September and you claim you will be discussing it with "stakeholders" before September, which can only happen if you have a draft to discuss and it is in the public interest that residents are able to view, discuss and comment on the proposed policy long before it goes before the sub-committee and is approved as official policy.
I also do not accept that there are no notes, e-mails or other information held relating to the draft decant policy, other than what is written into the draft document. Work would not have started on drafting such a policy without this first being discussed and there must be records pertaining to or following from this discussion, including records of the instructions given to those tasked with drafting said policy confirming the purpose of doing so, how they should go about it, what form it should take, what materials they should reference, etc. There must also be records relating to the decision to release the draft policy and then withdraw it and postpone its release from March to June and then September and records regarding any further work that is to be done on the document before September, as well as the plans to discuss it with "stakeholders" before it is ratified in September. None of these records would be written into the draft policy.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/d...
Yours faithfully,
Derek Moss
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27 Apr 2016 12:08:11 -0000
Dear Mr Moss,
Please find the Council's Internal Review response to your FOI request for
the Council's decant policy.
Regards,
Phillip Furby
Team Leader, Risk & Assurance
The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Guildhall, High Street, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1EU
020 8547 5190
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Dear Mr Moss,
The draft Decant Policy became available for public access on Wednesday,
28th June 2016. Please find below a link to view the draft policy.
[1]https://moderngov.kingston.gov.uk/ieList...
We are in the process of compiling the information held by the Royal
Borough of Kingston, that relates to the Decant Policy, which you
requested in your original FOI. Unfortunately, this process will take
longer than anticipated. We aim to get this to you within a week (8th July
2016).
I sincerely apologise for our delay. Please confirm if this is fine with
you.
Kind regards,
Emmanuella Chinedu
Business Analyst - Risk & Assurance
The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Guildhall, High Street, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1EU
020 8547 5089
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Dear Emmanuella Chinedu,
Thank you for your e-mail.
You have only provided a link to the leaseholders draft Decant Policy. Have you also published the tenants draft Policy?
I look forward to receiving the other information referred to by 8th July.
Yours sincerely,
Derek Moss
Dear Mr Moss,
Sorry about that. Please find attached a copy of the draft Decant Policy
for tenants.
Kind regards,
Emmanuella
Dear Mr Moss,
Sorry about that. Please find attached a copy of the draft Decant Policy
for tenants.
Kind regards,
Emmanuella
Dear Mr Moss,
Please find attached The Royal Borough of Kingston internal review
decision for the below FOI request.
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Kind regards,
Emmanuella Chinedu
Business Analyst - Risk & Assurance
The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Guildhall, High Street, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1EU
020 8547 5089
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Dear Ms Chinedu,
Thank you for your e-mail and attached letter.
There appears to be some confusion as your letter relates to CAS-852096 and this chain of correspondence is about CAS-858987. Nonetheless I acknowledge your response to the former and hope to receive your overdue response to the latter, which you promised to provide by 8th July.
Yours sincerely,
Derek Moss
Dear Mr Moss,
Please find attached Royal Borough of Kingston's response to your FOI
request. I am unable to send the zip files in one email, so you will
receive the 'Decant Policy 2' zip file separately.
Yours sincerely,
Emmanuella Chinedu
Business Analyst - Risk & Assurance
The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Guildhall, High Street, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1EU
020 8547 5089
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Dear Mr Moss,
Please find attached 'Decant Policy 2' zip file as promised.
Yours sincerely,
Emmanuella Chinedu
Derek Moss left an annotation ()
Dear Doug
Thanks for letting me know. FYI I have filed a complaint with the ICO regarding the redactions the Council have already made, so they may be required to reverse these redactions in any event.
Regards
Derek Moss
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Doug Paulley left an annotation ()
The Borough Council has been in touch about their redaction failure of their legal rep's messages in "Email 20160606.pdf", and we're seeking to establish if there is any material which we should remove from public view.
We only remove material if we are legally required to do, or in exceptional, very rare cases of clear moral need to do so. Our legal obligations are not the same as a public body's.
As far as we know at the moment, there doesn't appear to be any compelling reason for us to remove any information published on this request.
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