Expanded Retail Discount October 2020
Dear Greenwich Borough 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 Mr Roberts
Freedom of Information request: FOI-44325
Thank you for your request dated 08 October 2020
Your request is due to be answered by 05 November 2020, however, please
note that your request for information may be delayed due to urgent
operational responses to dealing with Covid-19 priorities. We apologise
for any inconvenience this may cause, we do remain committed to responding
to your request and will respond as soon as we are able to do so.
If you have any queries about this request, please contact me, quoting the
reference number above.
Yours sincerely,
David White
Information & Systems Manager
Directorate of Communities and Environment
Royal Borough of Greenwich
* The Woolwich Centre, Wellington Street, Woolwich, London, SE18 6HQ
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Dear Mr Roberts,
Freedom of Information: FOI-44325
Thank you for your request dated 8^th October 2020.
Our response is as follows:
The information you have requested with regard to a list of businesses
that have been granted the Extended Retail Relief due to the Covid-19
virus for the 2020/21 financial year is disclosed in the attached
spread-sheet.
You will note that we are withholding the information for individual
owner/occupiers because this is personal data in accordance with section
40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This provides that personal
data about third parties is exempt information if one of the conditions
set out in section 40(3) is satisfied. Under the Act disclosure of this
information would breach the fair processing principle contained in the
Data Protection Act (DPA), where it would be unfair to those individuals
if we released such information without their consent. Also, there would
be a reasonable expectation held by these individuals that the Council
will keep this information confidential. For the same reason, we have not
provided the unique account reference for each ratepayer.
If you have any queries about this correspondence, please contact me,
quoting the reference number above.
If you are not satisfied with our response to your request, you can ask
for an Internal Review. Internal review requests should be submitted
within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original
request. If you wish to do this, please contact us, setting out why you
are dissatisfied.
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the Internal Review, you may
apply directly to the Information Commissioner (ICO) for a decision.
Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the
Internal Review procedure provided by the Council.
Yours sincerely,
David White
Information & Systems Manager
Directorate of Communities and Environment
Royal Borough of Greenwich
* The Woolwich Centre, Wellington Street, Woolwich, London, SE18 6HQ
8 [1]www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk
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From: foi
Sent: 08 October 2020 14:55
To: 'Richard roberts' <[FOI #697141 email]>
Cc: foi <[Greenwich Borough Council request email]>
Subject: FOI-44325: Freedom of Information request - Expanded Retail
Discount October 2020
Dear Mr Roberts
Freedom of Information request: FOI-44325
Thank you for your request dated 08 October 2020
Your request is due to be answered by 05 November 2020, however, please
note that your request for information may be delayed due to urgent
operational responses to dealing with Covid-19 priorities. We apologise
for any inconvenience this may cause, we do remain committed to responding
to your request and will respond as soon as we are able to do so.
If you have any queries about this request, please contact me, quoting the
reference number above.
Yours sincerely,
David White
Information & Systems Manager
Directorate of Communities and Environment
Royal Borough of Greenwich
* The Woolwich Centre, Wellington Street, Woolwich, London, SE18 6HQ
8 [2]www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk
ü Please consider the environment before printing this email
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