FOI Request May
Dear Sunderland 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.
All information requested relates to Business Rates.
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.
Required Information;- A list of all live business rates accounts with a 2017 list Rateable Value.
• Property Reference Number (also known as Billing Authority Reference Number) of the property on which the charge is made. Please note that this is not the Rate Demand or Rate Account Number.
• Current rateable value
• Account holder name
• Property address
• The billing address (where different to the property address), the contact telephone number and email address
• The date the current ratepayer became liable for the business rates – we do not require any historical account liability dates only the current ratepayers liability start date
• whether a property is empty or occupied
• Where a property is currently empty please provide the date the ratepayer became liable for empty rates
• Where there is an exemption on the account please provide the start and end date and type of exemption applied (e.g. listed building)
• Where there is a relief on the account please provide the date it was applied and the type of relief (e.g. Retail Discount)
• We do not require any personal information or sole traders.
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.
Yours faithfully,
Richard Roberts
Hi
Your request for information FOI_3650
I am writing to explain that there will be a delay in replying to your
request due to the current situation with the coronavirus pandemic. You
will understand that we currently have to give priority to providing the
most urgent services to protect and support vulnerable people. We are also
working with lower staffing levels than usual.
The response to your request will be provided once resources allow but
regrettably I am currently unable to indicate when that will be.
Many thanks
Regards
Suzanne Vickery
Sunderland city Council
From: Solicitor - Freedom of Information
Sent: 05 May 2021 16:06
To: Richard roberts <[1][FOI #752823 email]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - FOI Request May
Re: Your request for information concerning: Business Rates
The Council aims to provide available information promptly and in any
event within 20 working days, unless, exceptionally, there is a need to
consider whether the information is exempt from disclosure.
I will contact you again soon in connection with your request.
Please quote the reference below if you contact the Council regarding this
request.
Customer Request Number: FOI_3650
Dear Mr Roberts
Please see attached response to your freedom of information requests.
Please accept my apologies for the delay in replying.
Kind regards
Sharon
Sharon Holden IRRV (Hons)
Revenues Manager
Corporate Services
Sunderland City Council
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