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FOI Request: School condition collection program

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Hello,

Under the Freedom of Information Act, please provide me with:

1. A full list of the schools in your area which were surveyed during the 2017-19 Condition Data Collection Programme, and for each provide:

A) A breakdown of whether any element was given a C or D grade. Please provide a list of elements (these are Electrical service, mechanical services, external walls, roofs, site area, fixed furniture, floors & stairs, internal walls, playing fields, ceilings, redecorations and sanitary ware) given these grades and which of the grades given.

B) A breakdown of whether any element was given a 3 or 4 priority grade. Please provide a list of elements (these are Electrical service, mechanical services, external walls, roofs, site area, fixed furniture, floors & stairs, internal walls, playing fields, ceilings, redecorations and sanitary ware) given these grades and which of the grades given.

C) Estimated cost of repairing condition broken down by element type (these are Electrical service, mechanical services, external walls, roofs, site area, fixed furniture, floors & stairs, internal walls, playing fields, ceilings, redecorations and sanitary ware).

D) Whether it has received funding from the School Rebuilding Programme

E) Whether it is expected to receive funding from the School Rebuilding Programme in the next two years

F) If you are unable to do the above due to time constraints, provide some form of summary on the schools receiving a C and D grade and an indication of whether they recieved School Rebuilding Programme funds. If you are, ignore this part of the question.

2. A full list of the schools in your area which have so far been surveyed during the 2021-2026 Condition Data Collection Programme, and for each provide:

A) A breakdown of whether any element was given a C or D grade. Please provide a list of elements (these are Electrical service, mechanical services, external walls, roofs, site area, fixed furniture, floors & stairs, internal walls, playing fields, ceilings, redecorations and sanitary ware) given these grades and which of the grades given.

B) A breakdown of whether any element was given a 3 or 4 priority grade. Please provide a list of elements (these are Electrical service, mechanical services, external walls, roofs, site area, fixed furniture, floors & stairs, internal walls, playing fields, ceilings, redecorations and sanitary ware) given these grades and which of the grades given.

C) Estimated cost of repairing condition broken down by element type (these are Electrical service, mechanical services, external walls, roofs, site area, fixed furniture, floors & stairs, internal walls, playing fields, ceilings, redecorations and sanitary ware).

D) Whether it has received funding from the School Rebuilding Programme

E) Whether it is expected to receive funding from the School Rebuilding Programme in the next two years

F) If you are unable to do the above due to time constraints, provide some form of summary on the schools receiving a C and D grade and an indication of whether they recieved School Rebuilding Programme funds. If you are, ignore this part of the question.

Yours faithfully,

Benjamin Butcher

Freedom of Information, Bedford Borough Council

Thank you for your e-mail requesting information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

 

We will proceed with the request which we received today. It is our
intention to have the information delivered to you as soon as possible
otherwise within the statutory 20 working days.

 

In considering the request, it may be subject to exemptions that the
Council rely on to refuse the information. Some exemptions are absolute
and some only apply where the public interest in maintaining the exemption
outweighs that of disclosing the information.
[1]https://www.bedford.gov.uk/council-and-d...

 

Please note that should you be requesting information under the
Environmental Information Regulations although we provide free access to a
wide range of information through our website, access to any public
registers which we hold and for inspecting information at our offices, we
are allowed to charge you a reasonable fee for providing certain
information.
If applicable, we will issue you with a fee notice. This will detail the
tasks involved in responding to the request, and associated costs. Further
information is available on the EIR page of Bedford Borough Council’s
website at the following link:

[2]https://www.bedford.gov.uk/council-and-d...

  

Any future correspondence you may have with the Council in relation to
this matter should be emailed to [3][email address]

 

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Dear Benjamin Butcher,

 

Request pursuant to Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request No. 20724

 

I am writing in respect of your recent enquiry for information held by the
Council under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

Under the Freedom of Information Act the authority must state whether or
not the information exists and I confirm that we do not hold this
information. Please contact the Department of Education for this
information, their contact details can be found [1]here.

 

If for whatever reason you are unhappy with our response to your
application you are entitled to pursue any dissatisfaction through the
Council's Internal Review Procedure. Pursuant to Section 17 (7) of the Act
the procedure provided by the Council for dealing with complaints about
the determination of this request for information is the Council’s FOI
Complaints Procedure, a copy of which can be obtained on request or is set
out at:
[2]https://www.bedford.gov.uk/council-and-d...

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Kind regards
Daniela

Daniela Hanson
Customer Feedback Officer
Customer Services & Customer Feedback
Bedford Borough Council, Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AP
Website: [3]www.bedford.gov.uk  
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better place to live, work and visit.’

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Hello,

Can you please clarify that the department has not shared any information on the condition of your schools?

If they have shared the information, I am requesting a review of this FOI request.

Yours sincerely,

Benjamin Butcher

Freedom of Information, Bedford Borough Council

Thank you for your e-mail requesting information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

 

We will proceed with the request which we received today. It is our
intention to have the information delivered to you as soon as possible
otherwise within the statutory 20 working days.

 

In considering the request, it may be subject to exemptions that the
Council rely on to refuse the information. Some exemptions are absolute
and some only apply where the public interest in maintaining the exemption
outweighs that of disclosing the information.
[1]https://www.bedford.gov.uk/council-and-d...

 

Please note that should you be requesting information under the
Environmental Information Regulations although we provide free access to a
wide range of information through our website, access to any public
registers which we hold and for inspecting information at our offices, we
are allowed to charge you a reasonable fee for providing certain
information.
If applicable, we will issue you with a fee notice. This will detail the
tasks involved in responding to the request, and associated costs. Further
information is available on the EIR page of Bedford Borough Council’s
website at the following link:

[2]https://www.bedford.gov.uk/council-and-d...

  

Any future correspondence you may have with the Council in relation to
this matter should be emailed to [3][email address]

 

Any emails containing personal or sensitive data will be sent as ‘secure
e-mails’. In order for you to access a secure email you will be asked to
create an account and log into the Council’s secure e-mail reply
service. If you do receive a secure email there will be instructions
explaining how to do this.

 

References

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2. https://www.bedford.gov.uk/council-and-d...
3. mailto:[email address]

Freedom of Information, Bedford Borough Council

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Dear Benjamin Butcher

Thank you for your email.

The matter has been passed to the relevant service area within the Council to undertake a review.

Once we have received a response, we will contact you again.

Yours sincerely

Maria Scapini

Customer Feedback Officer
Customer Services & Customer Feedback
Bedford Borough Council, Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AP
Website: www.bedford.gov.uk  
‘Bedford Borough Council – Working with our partners to make the Borough a better place to live, work and visit.’

For up-to-date information on the Council follow us on:
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Freedom of Information, Bedford Borough Council

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Dear Benjamin Butcher

Thank you for your email of 16th October where you requested: "Can you please clarify that the department has not shared any information on the condition of your schools?"

Response: We confirm that the DfE has not shared any condition data with the Council.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/

Yours sincerely

Maria Scapini

Customer Feedback Officer
Customer Services & Customer Feedback
Bedford Borough Council, Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AP
Website: www.bedford.gov.uk  
‘Bedford Borough Council – Working with our partners to make the Borough a better place to live, work and visit.’

For up-to-date information on the Council follow us on:
Twitter: @bedfordtweets  
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bedfordboroughc...

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