Dear Sir or Madam,

I would like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act to the Crown Commercial Service regarding the Electricity Supply and Ancillary Services framework.

Please could I access all the MISO submissions made under this framework in a machine readable format (preferably .csv). As an example, similar information to the data we require is already publicly available for G-Cloud here: https://digitalmarketplace.blog.gov.uk/s....

For the avoidance of doubt, we’d like you to provide the following data fields as a minimum:
Spend value
Month of spend
Buyer name
Supplier name
Companies House Number of supplier (if available)
If you have additional data fields that can be sent, please provide them.

Thanks to the open data available on expenditure, we already know how much each supplier received from each individual buyer, we're only seeking to know how much the framework contract was used and by which buyers and which suppliers. Please note, that because we are simply seeking to determine how much spend went through a contract, rather than the details of suppliers arrangements with buyers, we are confident that this is not an issue of commercial confidentiality. In addition, please note that the ICO has already found in our favour when requesting this data in the past.

I refer you to the Witness Statement made in relation to accessing MISO returns for the Estates Professional Services network. While I appreciate this is a different framework and the decision on whether to release this data must be decided on its own merits, I believe it offers a clear approach regarding making a decision on releasing data fields similar to the ones enumerated above. It outlines the reasoning for why the public interest in releasing similar data overrides concerns around commercial confidentiality.

Please let me know if you require any clarifications.

I await your response within 20 working days.

Yours Sincerely,

Helen McNally

Dear FOI Team,

Thank you for providing this data.

Yours sincerely,

Helen McNally