Dear Requester

This is an acknowledgement that your Freedom of Information Request has
been received:

FOI Reference: 22861

Your request is subject to the terms and timescales of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (FOIA), and you will receive a response from the
Environment and Public Protection Department in due course.

Kind regards

FOI Co-ordinator

Environment and Public Protection Department

Submit your Freedom of Information Request by clicking on the link:
[1]https://www.bromley.gov.uk/forms/form/34...

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Apologies for the delay, please find below the response to FOI 22861.

Q1. Please release all correspondence relating to the removal of European Regional Development Fund signage from any/all of the planters located in Bromley borough (including but not limited to correspondence within the Environmental Services and Public Protection department)

Response: The Council holds no correspondence relating to the removal of European Regional Development Fund signage from any/all of the planters located in Bromley Borough.

Q2. If the correspondence does not reveal this, please further confirm: the cost of removal of ERDF signage from the planters.

Response: There is no cost associated with removal of ERDF signage from the planters.

I have forwarded your request to have an internal review to a colleague, and they will be in touch with you shortly.

Kind regards

FOI Co-ordinator
Environment and Public Protection

Please note:

Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) places two duties on public authorities. Unless exemptions apply, the first duty at Sec (1)(a) is to confirm or deny whether the information specified in a request is held. The second duty at Sec (1)(b) is to disclose information which is permitted to the public domain and that has been confirmed as being held. Where exemptions are relied upon s17 of FOIA requires that we provide the requester with a notice which: a) states fact b) specifies exemption(s) in question and c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why exemption applies.

Section 12 (1) of the Freedom of the Freedom of Information Act states that a public authority is not obliged to:.. "comply with a request for information if the authority estimates that the cost of complying with the request would exceed the appropriate time limit of 18 hours of an officers time to manually review records, retrieve and collate the data which we are not obliged to do under the act if to do so would exceed the 18 hour time limit.

If you are unhappy with the way your request for information has been handled, you can make a complaint and request a review by writing to:
London Borough of Bromley, Mr Graham Walton - Democratic Services, Civic Centre, Stockwell Close, Bromley, Kent, BR1 3UH, Telephone: 0208 461 7743

If you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your review, you have a right to appeal directly to the Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, Telephone: 0303 123 1113 or 01625 545 745.

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Dear James Hamilton

Internal Review of FOI 22861

Thank you for your email we received on 16/07/2021. I can confirm an
Internal Review has been organised to discuss the points raised in your
recent email. For further details of the Internal Review procedure please
read the attached document.

The Council aims to get a response to you within 20 working days but this
may be delayed due to the current COVID-19 situation. I will get in
contact if there is any such delay.

Kind Regards

IT Project Support Officer

Information Management Team

London Borough of Bromley

Dear Mr Hamilton

Thank you for your email requesting an internal review into why your
request (22861) was “not been dealt with within the legal time limit”
which was 6 working days overdue.

The Council is committed to meeting compliance with the Freedom of
Information and Act and all other statutory obligations that it is subject
to.  Unfortunately we have, like many other organisations, found ourselves
having to manage limited resources during these unprecedented and
unpredictable times.  We recognise the importance of transparency,
however, we also have an overriding duty of care to residents and visitors
of the borough to ensure that there are services, structures and support
in place to ensure safety especially for the more vulnerable in our
community.  This has meant having to divert some of our personnel
resources to assist with this effort.

I recognise that there are always areas for improvement and I will be
working with all information coordinators across the Council to ensure
that our policy on effective communication with requestors is maintained.

If you remain dissatisfied with the Council’s response you have the right
to contact the ICO. For further details please read the attached Appeals
Procedure.

Kind regards

Lucinda Bowen

Head of Information Management

Information Management Team, Chief Executive’s Department

Civic Centre, Stockwell Close, Bromley BR1 3UH

0208 461 7467

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[2]www.bromley.gov.uk

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