Expanded Retail Discount October 2020
Dear Carlisle City Council,
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000.
In accordance with the provisions specified within the above Act I hereby request the following information.
Required Information; - A list of all hereditaments where you have granted EXPANDED RETAIL DISCOUNT for the 2020/21 rate year.
This request relates to business rates but please only refer us to data available for download on your website if it contains the requested EXPANDED RETAIL DISCOUNT data.
• Property Reference Number (also known as Billing Authority Reference Number) of the property on which the charge is made. This is not the Rate Demand or Account Number.
• Current Rateable Value
• Account holder name
• Property address
• The billing address (where different to the property address)
Please provide the information in an electronic, spreadsheet format ideally excel. The Act requires that a response be provided within a period of 20 working days from the date hereof.
This request for information falls within the parameters of the Act but if you require clarification on any of the points above or should you wish to discuss this further then please do not hesitate to contact me. The requested information passes all required public interest tests and other requirements and is not exempt from disclosure.
Yours faithfully,
Richard roberts
Dear Richard Roberts,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000/ ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION REGULATIONS
2004
Thank you for your request for information about:
Expanded retail discount
Your request was received on 08/10/2020 and is being handled in accordance
with the above legislation.
Your query has been given the reference 00000368 and we would appreciate
it if this can be quoted on all correspondence to us.
Under the terms of the legislation, we have an obligation to respond to
your request within 20 working days from the day after your request was
received. We will therefore aim to respond to your request
by 05/11/2020. However, please be aware that some services may experience
a reduction in staffing levels due to absence or because resources have
been diverted to support front line services to respond to the Covid-19
pandemic. Therefore, in some cases, there may be a delay in issuing your
response.
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retrieval, collation and provision of the information you have requested.
If this is the case, a fees notice will be issued, which would need to be
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the Council.
If you have any queries in the meantime, please contact
[Carlisle City Council request email] quoting the reference number above.
Further information about your rights is also available from the
Information Commissioner at:
The Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House,
Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
Cheshire
SK9 5AF.
Telephone: 0303 123 1113
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Kind regards,
Information Team
Carlisle City Council
Civic Centre
Carlisle
CA3 8QG
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