Dear J Bradley,​

Thank you for your Information Request of 2 December 2024 requesting:

​1, The amount of public money from your department allocated to Liverpool
city council in relation to the purchase of the leaseholds in relation to
Liverpool Chinatown failed developments sites 1/2/&3 (these failed
developments sites are bordered by Great George street, Nelson st, close
to the Baltic development area)?

2, The amounts for each parcel of land within the China Town failed
developments sites 1/2/&3?

3, The companies to which payments were made within the structure of the
said deal to bring the leaseholds of all three sites back into freehold of
Liverpool city council?

4, Correspondence between your department, Liverpool city council and the
insolvency practitioners acting on behalf of the leaseholders in this
matter?

5, The detailed list of names of councillors council officers and regional
mayoral staff along with governmental department officers associated with
the negotiations to bring these leaseholds back into council ownership?

6, The policy in relation to value for money in these matters?

It is clear that the ministry has assisted Liverpool city council with
public finances for the repurchase of these leaseholds and as such this
freedom of information request is made in relation to the ongoing
investigations into fraud and corruption by Merseyside police into
officers and elected officials at Liverpool council and the public has a
right to know who has been negotiating the deal on behalf of the people of
our city​

We will aim to send you a response by 3rd January.​

If you have any questions, please ask by return email. Please leave the
subject line unchanged when replying, to make sure your email gets
straight to us.​

Yours sincerely​,

MHCLG FOIA Team

Dear J Bradley,​

​Thank you for your Information Request of 2 December 2024 requesting:​

1, The amount of public money from your department allocated to Liverpool
city council in relation to the purchase of the leaseholds in relation to
Liverpool Chinatown failed developments sites 1/2/&3 (these failed
developments sites are bordered by Great George street, Nelson st, close
to the Baltic development area)?

2, The amounts for each parcel of land within the China Town failed
developments sites 1/2/&3?

3, The companies to which payments were made within the structure of the
said deal to bring the leaseholds of all three sites back into freehold of
Liverpool city council?

4, Correspondence between your department, Liverpool city council and the
insolvency practitioners acting on behalf of the leaseholders in this
matter?

5, The detailed list of names of councillors council officers and regional
mayoral staff along with governmental department officers associated with
the negotiations to bring these leaseholds back into council ownership?

6, The policy in relation to value for money in these matters?

It is clear that the ministry has assisted Liverpool city council with
public finances for the repurchase of these leaseholds and as such this
freedom of information request is made in relation to the ongoing
investigations into fraud and corruption by Merseyside police into
officers and elected officials at Liverpool council and the public has a
right to know who has been negotiating the deal on behalf of the people of
our city​

We are writing to ask you to clarify your request. This is because we are
not certain that we have understood your request correctly and need
further details from you in order to identify and locate the information.

To help me identify which official is best placed to assist with your
query, could you please clarify your information request for Q6?

Unfortunately we will not be able to take this matter further without this
extra information from you.​

​Yours sincerely,​

MHCLG FOIA Team

Dear J Bradley,​

​Thank you for your Information Request of 31 December 2024 requesting:​

​1, The amount of public money from your department allocated to Liverpool
city council in relation to the purchase of the leaseholds in relation to
Liverpool Chinatown failed developments sites 1/2/&3 (these failed
developments sites are bordered by Great George street, Nelson st, close
to the Baltic development area)?

2, The amounts for each parcel of land within the China Town failed
developments sites 1/2/&3?

3, The companies to which payments were made within the structure of the
said deal to bring the leaseholds of all three sites back into freehold of
Liverpool city council?

4, Correspondence between your department, Liverpool city council and the
insolvency practitioners acting on behalf of the leaseholders in this
matter?

5, The detailed list of names of councillors council officers and regional
mayoral staff along with governmental department officers associated with
the negotiations to bring these leaseholds back into council ownership?

6, The policy in relation to value for money in these matters?

It is clear that the ministry has assisted Liverpool city council with
public finances for the repurchase of these leaseholds and as such this
freedom of information request is made in relation to the ongoing
investigations into fraud and corruption by Merseyside police into
officers and elected officials at Liverpool council and the public has a
right to know who has been negotiating the deal on behalf of the people of
our city ​

​Please find attached our formal response to your request.​

​Yours sincerely,​

MHCLG FOIA Team