FOI request - banking and insurance

Monika Nielsen made this Freedom of Information request to Vale of White Horse District Council as part of a batch sent to 358 authorities Automatic anti-spam measures are in place for this older request. Please let us know if a further response is expected or if you are having trouble responding.

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Dear Freedom of Information Officer,

I am writing to make a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
I would like to request the following information:

1. The names of all banking providers that this institution has used in the past two financial years (1st April 2022 – 1st April 2024).

2. The services that were used from the above banking providers in the past two financial years (1st April 2022 – 1st April 2024).

Banking provider refers to: an institution that deals in money and its substitutes which provides money-related services including but not limited to accepting deposits, making loans and providing credit card services.

3. The name of the insurance company or companies that currently provide your institution with the following types of insurance coverage:

Employers’ liability insurance
Public liability insurance
Professional indemnity insurance
Officials Indemnity
Business Interruption
Property Owners
Personal Accident
Casualty
Motor/Vehicle
Fine Art
Property
Event
Travel
Crime
Terrorism
Excess Liability

4. Any other type of insurance not listed above - please provide the name of the company together with the type of the insurance cover

5. The start and end dates of the current insurance contract(s) for each type of insurance coverage listed above

Please provide the requested information in the order listed above. If the cost of complying with this request exceeds the appropriate limit as stated in section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act, please respond with as much information as possible within the limit, following the order of priority I have specified.

If any of this information is already publicly available, please provide a link or reference to where I can find it.

If you need any clarification or have any questions about my request, please don't hesitate to contact me. I would prefer to receive the information electronically, if possible.
Thank you for your assistance with this request. I look forward to your response within the statutory 20 working days.

Yours faithfully,

Monika Nielsen

FOI Vale, Vale of White Horse District Council

Dear Monika Nielsen

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request, which was received by
Vale of White Horse District Council on 15 August 2024.

 

Please accept this email as confirmation that your request has been
received and is being considered by the relevant department and that a
response will be sent to you within 20 working days, subject to the
information not being exempt and subject to any need for clarification.

 

The deadline for this will be 13 September 2024

 

The reference number for this request is Vale 24/514

 

I trust that this email is sufficient to assure you that your request is
being dealt with. However, should you have any queries in the meantime,
please do not hesitate to contact the Information Governance team at
[1][Vale of White Horse District Council request email].

 

Kind regards

 

Information Governance Team

 

Legal & Democratic Services

Vale of White Horse District Council

[2]www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk

To find out more about how the council holds, uses and stores your
personal data, please click on the link below

[3]Vale of White Horse District Council Privacy Notices

 

 

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Dear Monika Nielsen

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information requests, which were received by
both South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) and Vale of White Horse
District Council (VoWHDC), logged under FOI  24/746 South and 24/514
Vale. Please note that the two councils operate as a shared service hence
this joint response.

 

Under Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 2000 Act) you
are entitled to be informed in writing whether the council holds the
information specified in your request and, if that is the case, to have
that information communicated to you unless any of the statutory
exemptions apply. I have considered your request and can confirm we do
hold some of the information asked and I do not believe any of the
statutory exemptions apply to your request. Please find below the
information you requested (where available):

 

Dear Freedom of Information Officer,

 

I am writing to make a request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

I would like to request the following information:

 

 1. The names of all banking providers that this institution has used in
the past two financial years (1st April 2022 – 1st April 2024).
 2. The services that were used from the above banking providers in the
past two financial years (1st April 2022 – 1st April 2024).

 

Banking provider refers to: an institution that deals in money and its
substitutes which provides money-related services including but not
limited to accepting deposits, making loans and providing credit card
services.

 

Transactional Banking
SODC VoWHDC
Barclays Barclays

 

 

Investments
SODC VoWHDC
Goldman Sachs International Bank Cambridge
National Bank of Kuwait International Cumberland
Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets Furness
Nottingham Building Society Monmouthshire
National Counties Building Society National Counties
Principality Building Society Newcastle
Newcastle Building Society Nottingham
  Principality
  Progressive
  Saffron
  West Brom
  Goldman Sachs International Bank

Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets (NRFB)
  Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking (RFB)
  Standard Chartered
  Close Brothers
  National Bank of Kuwait
International

 

Money Market Funds and Call Accounts
SODC VoWHDC
Goldman Sachs Sterling Liquid Reserves Fund Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Institutional Class (MMF)
BlackRock ICS Sterling Liquidity Fund (MMF) Legal and General Investment
Management
Lloyds Bank commercial banking (treasury  
call account)
Santander (call account)  

 

3. The name of the insurance company or companies that currently provide
your institution with the following types of insurance coverage:

 

The name of the insurance companies South Oxfordshire District Council and
Vale of White Horse District Council use is Zurich Municipal, which covers
all types of coverage listed below.

 

Employers’ liability insurance

Public liability insurance

Professional indemnity insurance

Officials Indemnity

Business Interruption

Property Owners

Personal Accident

Casualty

Motor/Vehicle

Fine Art (Covered included under ‘All risks’)

Property

Event

Travel

Crime (cover included across main policy/theft/property/motor)

Terrorism

Excess Liability No

 

4.  Any other type of insurance not listed above - please provide the name
of the company together with the type of the insurance cover

None

 

5. The start and end dates of the current insurance contract(s) for each
type of insurance coverage listed above

South Oxfordshire District Council - Contract commenced 1 October 2021 and
ends 30 September 2026

 

Vale of White Horse District Council - Contract commenced 1 October 2021
and ends 30 September 2026

 

Please treat this as the councils’ formal response under the 2000 Act.  If
you are not satisfied with the decision I have made in response to your
request, you can make a request for an internal review by emailing
[1][email address] and [2][Vale of White Horse District Council request email]  within 40 working
days from the date we issued our response. If you remain dissatisfied
after following that procedure, you have the right under Section 50 of the
2000 Act to complain to the Information Commissioner if you feel the
council has not dealt with your request properly. You can contact the
Commissioner at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF
(telephone number: 0303 123 1113). You can also find further information
at [3]www.ico.org.uk.

 

Kind regards

Information Governance Team

Legal & Democratic Services

South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils

01235 422400

[4]www.southoxon.gov.uk

[5]www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk

To find out more about how the councils hold, use and store your personal
data, please click on the appropriate link:

[6]South Oxfordshire District Council  [7]Vale of White Horse District
Council

 

 

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