Information relating to the Forestry Commission's investigation in to the felling of healthy street trees in Sheffield

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Dear Sheffield City Council,

Please provide the following information:

1.1 On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) was John Mothersole informed that the Forestry Commission had initiated an investigation in to the felling of healthy street trees in Sheffield pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead contract with Amey.

1.2 On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) was Gillian Duckworth informed that the Forestry Commission had initiated an investigation in to the felling of healthy street trees in Sheffield pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead contract with Amey.

1.3 On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) was Laraine Manley informed that the Forestry Commission had initiated an investigation in to the felling of healthy street trees in Sheffield pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead contract with Amey.

1.4 On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) was Paul Billington informed that the Forestry Commission had initiated an investigation in to the felling of healthy street trees in Sheffield pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead contract with Amey.

1.5 On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) was Steve Eccleston informed that the Forestry Commission had initiated an investigation in to the felling of healthy street trees in Sheffield pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead contract with Amey.

1.6 On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) was Julie Dore informed that the Forestry Commission had initiated an investigation in to the felling of healthy street trees in Sheffield pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead contract with Amey.

1.7 On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) was Lewis Dagnall informed that the Forestry Commission had initiated an investigation in to the felling of healthy street trees in Sheffield pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead contract with Amey.

2.1 On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) did Sheffield City Council inform South Yorkshire Police that the Forestry Commission had initiated an investigation in to the felling of healthy street trees in Sheffield pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead contract with Amey?

2.2 On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) did Sheffield City Council inform the Police and Crime Commissioneer that the Forestry Commission had initiated an investigation in to the felling of healthy street trees in Sheffield pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead contract with Amey?

2.3 On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) did Sheffield City Council inform Amey PLC and Amey LG Ltd. that the Forestry Commission had initiated an investigation in to the felling of healthy street trees in Sheffield pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead contract with Amey?

2.4 On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) did Sheffield City Council inform Justice Males or the High Court that the Forestry Commission had initiated an investigation in to the felling of healthy street trees in Sheffield pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead contract with Amey?

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Buxton

FOI, Sheffield City Council

Dear Mr. Buxton,
 
Thank you for your recent request for information relating to the Forestry
Commission's investigation in to the felling of healthy street trees in
Sheffield which we received on 17/06/19.
 
This has been logged as a Freedom of Information Request, and will be
dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act.  The reference number for
your request can be found above.
 
The Freedom of Information Act states that we must respond to you within
20 working days, therefore, you should expect to hear a response from us
by 15/07/19.
 
In the meantime, if you have any queries please, contact us at the email
address below.
 
Thank you.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Sheffield City Council
PO Box 1283
Sheffield, S1 1UJ
Email: [1][Sheffield City Council request email]
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From: Mr. Buxton [[2]mailto:[FOI #583362 email]]
Sent: 15 June 2019 18:58
To: FOI
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Information relating to the
Forestry Commission's investigation in to the felling of healthy street
trees in Sheffield
 
Dear Sheffield City Council,
 
Please provide the following information:
 
1.1 On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) was John
Mothersole informed that the Forestry Commission had initiated an
investigation in to the felling of healthy street trees in Sheffield
pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead contract with Amey.
 
1.2 On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) was Gillian
Duckworth informed that the Forestry Commission had initiated an
investigation in to the felling of healthy street trees in Sheffield
pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead contract with Amey.
 
1.3 On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) was Laraine
Manley informed that the Forestry Commission had initiated an
investigation in to the felling of healthy street trees in Sheffield
pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead contract with Amey.
 
1.4 On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) was Paul
Billington informed that the Forestry Commission had initiated an
investigation in to the felling of healthy street trees in Sheffield
pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead contract with Amey.
 
1.5 On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) was Steve
Eccleston informed that the Forestry Commission had initiated an
investigation in to the felling of healthy street trees in Sheffield
pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead contract with Amey.
 
1.6 On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) was Julie
Dore informed that the Forestry Commission had initiated an investigation
in to the felling of healthy street trees in Sheffield pursuant to the
council’s Streets Ahead contract with Amey.
 
1.7 On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) was Lewis
Dagnall  informed that the Forestry Commission had initiated an
investigation in to the felling of healthy street trees in Sheffield
pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead contract with Amey.
 
2.1 On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) did
Sheffield City Council inform South Yorkshire Police that the Forestry
Commission had initiated an investigation in to the felling of healthy
street trees in Sheffield pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead contract
with Amey?
 
2.2 On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) did
Sheffield City Council inform the Police and Crime Commissioneer that the
Forestry Commission had initiated an investigation in to the felling of
healthy street trees in Sheffield pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead
contract with Amey?
 
2.3 On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) did
Sheffield City Council inform Amey PLC and Amey LG Ltd. that the Forestry
Commission had initiated an investigation in to the felling of healthy
street trees in Sheffield pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead contract
with Amey?
 
2.4 On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) did
Sheffield City Council inform Justice Males or the High Court that the
Forestry Commission had initiated an investigation in to the felling of
healthy street trees in Sheffield pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead
contract with Amey?
 
Yours faithfully,
 
Mr. Buxton
 
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FOI, Sheffield City Council

Dear Mr. Buxton,
 
Thank you for your recent request for information relating to the Forestry
Commission's investigation in to the felling of healthy street trees in
Sheffield which we received on 17/06/19.
 
Please find below, Sheffield City Council’s response to your request:
 
Please note that this is a partial response. We endeavour to provide the
rest of the response by the end of the week (19/07/2019). We apologise for
any inconvenience caused by this delay.
 

 1. On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) was Gillian
Duckworth informed that the Forestry Commission had initiated an
investigation in to the felling of healthy street trees in Sheffield
pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead contract with Amey.

No information held.
 

 2. On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) was Laraine
Manley informed that the Forestry Commission had initiated an
investigation in to the felling of healthy street trees in Sheffield
pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead contract with Amey.

No information held.
 

 3. On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) was Paul
Billington informed that the Forestry Commission had initiated an
investigation in to the felling of healthy street trees in Sheffield
pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead contract with Amey.

Paul Billington was informed about the Forestry Commission investigation
‘Alleged illegal felling investigation – Sheffield City Council’ by email
on 4^th May 2018.
 

 4. On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) was Steve
Eccleston informed that the Forestry Commission had initiated an
investigation in to the felling of healthy street trees in Sheffield
pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead contract with Amey.

Steve Eccleston was sent an email on 27^th April 2018.
 

 5. On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) was Julie
Dore informed that the Forestry Commission had initiated an
investigation in to the felling of healthy street trees in Sheffield
pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead contract with Amey.

No information held.
 
2.3 On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) did
Sheffield City Council inform Amey PLC and Amey LG Ltd. that the Forestry
Commission had initiated an investigation in to the felling of healthy
street trees in Sheffield pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead contract
with Amey?
No information held.
 
2.4 On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) did
Sheffield City Council inform Justice Males or the High Court that the
Forestry Commission had initiated an investigation in to the felling of
healthy street trees in Sheffield pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead
contract with Amey?
No information held.
 
We will provide the remaining response to 1.1, 1.7, 2.1 and 2.2 in due
course.
 
If you have any queries about this response, please do not hesitate to
contact us.
 
If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your
request, you are entitled to have this reviewed.  You can ask for an
internal review by either writing to the above address or by emailing
[1][Sheffield City Council request email].  Internal review requests should be submitted
within 40 working days from the date of this response.
 
If you remain dissatisfied with the outcome of your internal review, you
can contact the Information Commissioners Office. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, telephone 0303
123 1113, or for further details see their website [2]www.ico.org.uk
 
Kind Regards,
 
Sheffield City Council
PO Box 1283
Sheffield, S1 1UJ
Email: [3][Sheffield City Council request email]
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Dear FOI,

Please could you advise when you will be supplying the outstanding information from this request?

Initially you stated you would endeavour to supply the already overdue information by today 19/6/19. Please could you also advise why this information requires additional time to identify?

Yours sincerely,

Mr. Buxton

FOI, Sheffield City Council

Dear Mr Buxton

Please accept our apologies for the delay in providing a full response to your request. It has taken us longer than normal to collate the information you have requested as this is held by a number of different services within the Council. We will endeavour to respond by the end of this week at the latest.

Kind regards

Robert Jackson
Access to Information Officer
Business Change and Information Solutions (BCIS)
Resources Portfolio, Sheffield City Council
Email: [Sheffield City Council request email]
Postal Address: Sheffield City Council, PO Box 1283, Sheffield S1 1UJ

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Dear FOI,
Please could you elaborate on why the number 'different services' involved would impact on the time required to collate the information requested and cause this request to be overdue?

Yours sincerely,

Mr. Buxton

Dear FOI,
All his information was due on the 15th July please provide the outstanding information today.

I would also be grateful if you could respond to my query dated 23rd July questioning why this information has not been forthcoming in the time frame stipulated by law.

Yours sincerely,

Mr. Buxton

FOI, Sheffield City Council

Dear Mr Buxton

Please accept our apologies again for the delayed response and for not replying to your email last week. Please find set out below the answers to the remaining questions.

1.1 On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) was John Mothersole informed that the Forestry Commission had initiated an investigation in to the felling of healthy street trees in Sheffield pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead contract with Amey.

No information held.

1.7 On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) was Lewis Dagnall informed that the Forestry Commission had initiated an investigation in to the felling of healthy street trees in Sheffield pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead contract with Amey.

No information held.

2.1 On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) did Sheffield City Council inform South Yorkshire Police that the Forestry Commission had initiated an investigation in to the felling of healthy street trees in Sheffield pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead contract with Amey?

No information held.

2.2 On what date and how (email, phone call, face to face etc) did Sheffield City Council inform the Police and Crime Commissioneer that the Forestry Commission had initiated an investigation in to the felling of healthy street trees in Sheffield pursuant to the council’s Streets Ahead contract with Amey?

No information held.

Kind regards

Robert Jackson
Access to Information Officer
Business Change and Information Solutions (BCIS)
Resources Portfolio, Sheffield City Council
Email: [Sheffield City Council request email]
Postal Address: Sheffield City Council, PO Box 1283, Sheffield S1 1UJ

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Dear Robert Jackson,

It has come to my attention that your delayed response to my FOI request - https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/i...
is both incomplete and erroneous please provide the information I have requested in full as required by legislation.

This is not a request for an internal review at this stage. I’m giving SCC an opportunity to discharge their legal obligations and reply thoroughly and rigorously to my original information request.

Yours sincerely,

Mr. Buxton

FOI, Sheffield City Council

Dear Mr Buxton

I am writing in reply to your email asking us to reconsider our response to FOI 425. Whilst we acknowledge that you have specifically stated that this is not a request for internal review, you have questioned the accuracy of our response, and, in order to reply fully to your email, we will need to review our initial response to your request. Therefore, we feel it is appropriate to deal with your email under the internal review process.

We received your request for review on 05/09/2019 and we endeavour to provide a response to internal reviews within 20 working days, by 03/10/2019.

In the meantime, if you have any queries please, contact us at the email address below.

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Sheffield City Council
PO Box 1283
Sheffield, S1 1UJ
Email: [Sheffield City Council request email]
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Dear FOI,

Please refer me immediately to the section of the Freedom of Information Act that stipulates that a respondent can invoke an Internal Review when the requestor has asked for clarification of the response received to their request and explicitly stated that an internal review is not asked for.

Yours sincerely,

Mr. Buxton

FOI, Sheffield City Council

Dear Mr Buxton

Under section 45(1) of the Freedom of information Act 2000 (FOIA), “The Minister for the Cabinet Office shall issue, and may from time to time revise, a code of practice providing guidance to public authorities as to the practice which it would, in his opinion, be desirable for them to follow in connection with the discharge of the authorities’ functions under Part I.”

The Information Commissioner’s Office has produced a Code of Practice under Section 45 FOIA which provides guidance to public bodies on request handling. Paragraph 77 of that guidance states:

“Any written correspondence where the applicant says they are unhappy with a public authority’s response to an information request, or any communication which indicates that the authority is not meeting its obligations as set out within its publication scheme should be treated as a complaint.”

As your email expressed dissatisfaction with the response the Council provided, stating that the Council’s response was “incomplete and erroneous”, it is appropriate to deal with this under the internal review procedure.

Paragraph 78 goes on to state:

“A public authority should establish complaint handling procedures with set target times for resolution.”

Conducting an internal review creates an obligation for us to respond within a set time limit and is the proper process to follow under FOIA. Should you remain dissatisfied with our response following the internal review, you have the right to contact the Information Commissioner’s Office who will investigate further.

Kind regards

Robert Jackson
Access to Information Officer
Information Management Team
Business Change and Information Solutions (BCIS)
Resources Portfolio, Sheffield City Council
Email: [Sheffield City Council request email]
Postal Address: Sheffield City Council, PO Box 1283, Sheffield S1 1UJ

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FOI, Sheffield City Council

Link: [1]File-List

Dear Mr Buxton

.

Thank you for your recent request for an internal review relating to
Information relating to the Forestry Commission's investigation in to the
felling of healthy street trees in Sheffield which we received on
04/09/2019. We are sorry to hear that you are not happy with your
response.

 

This has now been logged and will be carried out by a member of the team

 

You should expect to hear a response from us by 02/10/2019.

 

In the meantime, if you have any queries please, contact us at the email
address below.

 

Thank you.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Sheffield City Council

PO Box 1283

Sheffield, S1 1UJ

Email: [2][Sheffield City Council request email]

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Mr Long left an annotation ()

SCC MISUSE & ABUSE OF THE FOI ACT
DON’T BE FOBBED OFF BY AN INCOMPETENT SCC INFORMATION OFFICER

Sheffield City Council (SCC) often dismiss requests for information about aspects of the £2.2bn highway maintenance contract for the 25yr ‘Streets Ahead’ project, by asserting that SCC does not hold any relevant information, as Amey has it and it is therefore ‘commercially sensitive’.

The Information Commissioner has ruled that it is WRONG for SCC to misuse and abuse the Freedom Of Information Act to withhold access to information that is held on its behalf by the service provider (contractor) for the Streets Ahead project.

Following investigation, on 4th October 2017 the Information Commissioner’s Office issued a Decision Notice (Reference: FS50637180). The Decision Notice can be accessed via this link:

http://stocksbridgecommunity.org.archive...

THE ICO DECISION NOTICE STATES:

“13.
During the course of this investigation, IT BECAME EVIDENT THAT THE COUNCIL DID HOLD INFORMATION, BY VIRTUE OF IT BEING HELD ON ITS BEHALF BY ITS CONTRACTOR AMEY as per regulation (2)(b) of the EIR. Amey has a contract with the Council to carry out maintenance work for roads, street lights, and roadside trees. WHILST THIS MAINTENANCE WORK HAS BEEN OUTSOURCED TO AMEY IT REMAINS THE COUNCIL’S RESPONSIBILITY, AND THEREFORE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE EIR INFORMATION about the location of the 143 trees IS HELD BY THE COUNCIL.
[…]

40.
The SECTION 46 CODE OF PRACTICE* provides guidance on effective record management policies and why this is of benefit for both public authorities and requesters alike. The following extract comes from PARAGRAPH 9.3 and deals with what record systems should be held:

‘9.3
RECORDS SYSTEMS should be designed to meet the authority’s operational needs and using them SHOULD BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND PROCESSES. RECORDS SYSTEMS SHOULD HAVE THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS:

a)
THEY SHOULD BE EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND USE so as to reduce the effort required of those who create and use the records within them. Ease of use is an important consideration when developing or selecting a system;

b)
THEY SHOULD ENABLE QUICK AND EASY RETRIEVAL OF INFORMATION. With digital systems this should include the capacity to search for information requested under the Act;

h)
THEY SHOULD ENABLE AN AUDIT TRAIL to be produced of occasions on which selected records have been seen, used, amended and deleted.’

41.
The Commissioner considers that this guidance would be appropriate in this instance. THE COUNCIL (VIA AMEY) HOLDS INFORMATION ABOUT ITS MAINTENANCE PROGRAMME IN A WEATHER-STAINED MANUAL FORM with little recognisable capability for extracting details.

THIS SHOWS THE RECORDS ARE NOT EASY TO USE, DO NOT ALLOW FOR QUICK RETRIEVAL, and – from what the Council said about ongoing changes to the records – do not allow for it go back and determine what information would have been held.”

* Selected extracts from page 14 of ‘LORD CHANCELLOR’S CODE OF PRACTICE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF RECORD S issued under section 46 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000’ (published by the MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, on 16th July 2009):
https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisatio...

ALSO SEE:

‘Transparency In Outsourcing: A Roadmap’
(published by the Information Commissioner’s Office, on 20th March 2015):
https://ico.org.uk/media/1043531/transpa...

‘Section 46 Code of Practice – records management’
(published by the Information Commissioner’s Office, on 7th June 2016):
https://ico.org.uk/media/1624142/section...

‘Outsourcing and freedom of Information - guidance document’
(published by the Information Commissioner’s Office, on 18th August 2017):
https://ico.org.uk/media/1043530/outsour...
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FORESTRY COMMISSION (FC) – 18th July 2019:

“THE FC WROTE TO SCC on 26 MARCH 2018
requesting any documentary evidence held to support the proposition of SCC that the felled trees had been assessed as causing the highway to fall into a state of disrepair and therefore that the exceptions to the felling licence regulations were being appropriately applied. THE COUNCIL FAILED TO RESPOND TO THIS REQUEST FOR SUCH EVIDENCE.

THE FC THEREFORE TOOK THE DECISION TO UNDERTAKE AN ALLEGED ILLEGAL FELLING ASSESSMENT of the Streets Ahead programme.

THE ASSESSMENT WAS FORMALLY STARTED ON THE 19 APRIL 2018 with correspondence to both SCC and Amey.

That correspondence included A REQUEST TO SUSPEND ALL TREE FELLING OF STREET TREES IN SHEFFIELD that SCC was responsible for UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE excepting the need to fell trees which pose an immediate danger to the public.

Following several rounds of correspondence, during which SCC REPEATEDLY FAILED TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION REQUESTED BY THE FC in their letter of 26 March 2018, the FC made a formal request under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 for that information stating that a response would be expected by 25 May 2018 or that a formal complaint would be made to the Information Commissioner.”

SOURCE - ‘SHEFFIELD TREE FELLING INVESTIGATION REPORT’:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

FURTHER SELECTED EXTRACTS:

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/s...

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/s...

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SOURCE (posted on 31st August 2019):
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/f...

To quote from page 2 of the Forestry Commission (FC) report:

"However, the FC has identified a number of areas regarding the Streets Ahead programme where SCC has fallen far short of good practice. These include RECORD KEEPING**, engagement and consultation, TREE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES AND CONTRACT MANAGEMENT. FC BELIEVES SCC, AND OTHER LOCAL AUTHORITIES, MUST TAKE NOTE of these lessons learnt for future operations."

** https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/s...

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SOURCE:
https://ianswalkonthewildside.wordpress....

Dear FOI,

On the 6th September you wrote "You should expect to hear a response from us by 02/10/2019." the link is here ... https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/i...

I have still not received any response.

Please could you update me immediately on the status and progress this internal review.
Please also explain why it has taken longer than expected as it is a very straight forward request, unless information is being willfully withheld?

Many thanks in expectation.

Yours sincerely,

Mr. Buxton

FOI, Sheffield City Council

Dear Mr Buxton

 

Thank you for your email of 5 October 2019. Please accept our apologies
for not meeting our deadline of 2 October 2019 for the internal review of
the handling of your request for information, about when and how 11 senior
officers and elected members of the council received notification of the
Forestry Commission's Sheffield Tree Felling Investigation published on 18
July 2019.

 

The delay to this internal review has only been pressure of work. Our
response to you on 15 July 2019 was for seven of the individuals you asked
about, and then on 30 July 2019 we provided information about the
remaining four.

 

I assure you there has been no wilful withholding of information from you.
FOI is the right to request any recorded information held by a public
authority which includes information held on computers, in emails, etc.
Each of the 11 individuals, either themselves or those who assist them in
their roles, undertook extensive checks to identify if they received, and
if so when and how, notice of the investigation. We have nothing further
to add our previous responses.

 

I ask that you take in good faith, both the efforts of the council to
respond to your request and the veracity of our response, which you can
crosscheck with Annex 2 of the Forestry Commission report as it contains
correspondence with the council. The report is here:
[1]https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk...

 

This concludes our response. If you are still dissatisfied, you can ask
the Information Commissioner for a decision: [2][email address]

 

Kind regards

 

Sheffield City Council

PO Box 1283

Sheffield, S1 1UJ
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Dear FOI,
Thank you for your response.

Please can you confirm unreservedly whether or not a full and proper internal review as required by statute was undertaken and has been completed?

Please can you confirm unreservedly that the information you provided to me on 15 July 2019 and 30 July 2019, is accurate and correct?

Yours sincerely,

Mr. Buxton

Dear Sheffield City Council FOI,

Please could you update me regarding this long overdue Internal Review that was due on 2nd October 2019. Your previous response above does not comply with your legal obligations and does not evidence an Internal Review or its findings.

Yours sincerely,

Mr. Buxton

FOI, Sheffield City Council

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Dear Mr Buxton

I write in reference to your email dated 16 September in relation to the internal review for FOI request 2019-20-0425, which you claim is still outstanding.

I can confirm that we completed our internal review on 8 October 2019. A copy of our response is attached. We consider this matter to be closed.

If you are still dissatisfied, you can ask the Information Commissioner for a decision: [email address].

Yours sincerely

Robert Jackson
Access to Information Officer
Information Management Team
Business Change and Information Solutions
Resources Portfolio
Sheffield City Council

Email: [email address]; [Sheffield City Council request email];
[email address]; [email address]

Postal Address: Sheffield City Council, PO Box 1283 Sheffield S1 1UJ

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