Dear Amber Byrne,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST – FOIAW191223DELTA

Thank you for your request for information relating to Delta Academies Trust. Your request was received on 22 November and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

You will receive the information requested within 20 working days unless the Trust does not hold the information or there is a reason for it to be withheld. I will write to you in any event. Please note that school/bank holidays are not classed as working days.

If you have any requirements regarding the format any information should be supplied in, eg the language to be used, audio, large print and so on, then please let me know. If you have not already done so, please supply your email address if you are willing to receive the information electronically.

If you have any queries or concerns then please do not hesitate to contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Further information about your rights is also available from the Information Commissioner at: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF, telephone: 08456 30 60 60 or 01625 54 57 45, website: www.ico.gov.uk.
Yours sincerely

Amie Wagstaff
Information & Governance Manager
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Education House | Spawd Bone Lane | Knottingley | WF11 0EP

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Dear Amber Byrne

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST - FOIAW19122023DELTA

Your request for information has now been considered.

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 ('the Act'), you have the right
to:

•       know whether we hold the information you require

•       be provided with that information (subject to any exemptions under
the Act which may apply).

I can confirm that we do hold some of the information requested.

Some of the information you have requested is available via the Trust
website under the Statutory Financial Documents section as follows:
[1]https://www.deltatrust.org.uk/knowledge-...

Here you can access the Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting contained
within the  annual financial statements for year ended 31 August 2022. 
Sections of the financial statements which are particularly relevant to
your request include:

•      Measures taken to improve energy efficiency

•      UK Greenhouse gas emission and energy use data for the period 1
September 2021 to 31 August 2022

Exemption 21 under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 therefore applies
as this information is accessible to you by another means (via the Trust
website, via the link provided ).

If you have any queries about this aspect of the Trust's activities,
please use the [2][Delta Academies Trust request email] email address.

The Trust has considered which elements of your request may be deemed to
be commercially sensitive. Information is exempt from disclosure under
section 43(2) of FOIA if such disclosure would be likely to prejudice the
commercial interests of any person or body.  Information is exempt
information if its disclosure under this Act would, or would be likely to,
prejudice the commercial interests of any person (including the public
authority holding it).  As this is a qualified exemption, the Trust has a
duty to consider whether the disclosure of this information is in the
public interest. To do so the Trust has weighed the commercial interests
of itself and its suppliers against the public interest in disclosing the
information. We have considered the public interest in disclosing the
information to show transparency in the accountability for public funds
but have also considered that the commercial interests of the Trust and
its suppliers would be prejudiced by the disclosure of some of the
information requested. For this reason we have not supplied the
information in relation to some aspects of your request.  These are marked
on the attached document.

Reponses to your other questions are provided on the attached document in
blue.

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision,
you should write to the Chief Compliance Officer, Delta Academies Trust,
Education House, Spawd Bone Lane, Knottingley, West Yorkshire WF11 0EP or
email [3][email address]

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint or review, you
may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. 
Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the
complaints procedure provided by the Trust. The Information Commissioner
can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office: Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF.  Telephone: 08456 30 60 60 or 01625 54 57 45,
[4]www.ico.gov.uk

Yours sincerely,

HSawden

Helen Sawden

Compliance Administrator

Delta Academies Trust

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Education House, Spawd Bone Lane, Knottingley, WF11 0EP

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