Government Referral Scheme

The request was refused by HM Treasury.

Dear Her Majesty’s Treasury,

Please can you provide me with some further data relating to the success of the policy to introduce the Government Referral Scheme in addition to the statistics on this page
https://www.gov.uk/government/collection...

1. Specifically I would like to know how much it has cost British Business Bank and HM Treasury to implement this policy. British Business Bank have told me they have no cost as all is reclaimed by them and paid by HMT.

2. I would also like a link to the findings following the review of these scheme conducted by Prof Russel Griggs.

Yours faithfully,
Kirsty McGregor

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Please find attached HM Treasury’s response to your information request.

 

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Dear Her Majesty's Treasury,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Her Majesty's Treasury's handling of my FOI request 'Government Referral Scheme'.

The reasons given for not disclosing this information seem very far-fetched. Why can this information not be shared with the public? It concerns funds from the public's purse. This information should be readily available within HM Treasury, and if it has not been accounted for properly, that should be resolved.
I understand that this is not the first time an FOI on this Government Referral Scheme has been refused, and therefore I would say it is very much information which is being requested by the public. Please provide it, as requested.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/g...

Yours faithfully,

Kirsty McGregor

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Dear Ms McGregor

Thank you for your email regarding your request for an internal review.

I can confirm that your review request was received on 25 April 2019 and is receiving attention under our reference R23/19.

There is no statutory deadline for responding to internal review requests.

However, in line with the Information Commissioner’s guidelines and the 2018 FOI Code of Practice, we aim to complete internal reviews within 20 working days.

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Dear Ms McGregor

 

Please find attached a letter in response to your internal review request.

 

For ease of reference, the attached letter contains the following
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[1]https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics...

 

[2]https://www.gov.uk/government/organisati...

 

Yours sincerely

 

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Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ   [3]www.gov.uk/hm-treasury

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