Information request: Financial Services organisations regulated by the FCA

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The Payment Systems Regulator Limited is registered as a limited company in England and Wales No. 8970864. Registered office: 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS, United Kingdom

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Our ref:  FOI5608

Dear Ms Higham

We refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the
Act”), for the following information:

“I am looking to acquire a Excel datasheet CSV/XLS Excel list of all
Financial Services organisations in England, N Ireland and Scotland
regulated by the FCA, ideally providing Procurement or Estates Management
names, address, email address, website and telephones numbers contact
details, but not essential if prohibitive.”

Your request has now been considered.

We can confirm that we do not hold contact details for the person
responsible for “Procurement or Estates Management” at each financial
services firm.

In respect of the remainder of the information you have requested, this
information is available via the FCA’s Register Extract Service (RES)
which forms part of our Publication Scheme and contains details of how you
can buy data or subscribe, for a fee, if you wish to receive an extract.

Therefore, to the extent that the FCA holds information reasonably
accessible to you in other ways, in this case via our Register Extract
Service Team, we are not required under the Act to release it to you as
the absolute exemption under section 21 (Information reasonably accessible
to the applicant by other means) applies.  Please see Annex A below for a
detailed explanation of why this exemption applies.

Yours sincerely

Information Access team

Financial Conduct Authority

Your right to complain under the FoI Act

If you are unhappy with the decision made in relation to your request, you
have the right to request an internal review.  If you wish to exercise
this right you should contact us within three months of the date of this
response.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you also
have a right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at Information
Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9
5AF. Telephone: 01625 545 700. Website: [1]www.ico.org.uk

Annex A

·             Section 21 (Information reasonably accessible to the
applicant by other means)

To the extent that we do hold publicly available information, we are not
required to release this under the section 21 exemption as it is
information which is accessible to you by other means.

In terms of section 21, sub-section (3) states that where an authority is
not obliged to publish information, that information is not to be regarded
as reasonably accessible to the applicant merely because the information
is available from the public authority itself on request
([2]http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000... However,
this is subject to the following proviso, “unless the information is made
available in accordance with the authority’s publication scheme and any
payment is specified in, or determined in accordance with the scheme”.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which oversees and enforces
the Act, requires authorities such as the FCA to produce a guide to the
specific information held, and which is contained within seven high-level
categories, under a Publication Scheme.  In this instance the requested
information is made available via the Financial Services Register and this
public record is listed on the [3]FCA Publication Scheme.  An asterisk
indicates that there may be a charge for information.

The ICO has also published Guidance on this subject which indicates that
information which is available under the terms of a Publication Scheme is
to be regarded as reasonably accessible.  See page 12 onwards [4]here.

Further information on how to obtain the relevant extract/s is available
on our website [5]here, or you can contact the Register Extract Service
Team by email at [6][email address].

This communication and any attachments contain information which is
confidential and may be subject to legal privilege. It is for intended
recipients only. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy,
distribute, publish, rely on or otherwise use it without our consent. Some
of our communications may contain confidential information which it could
be a criminal offence for you to disclose or use without authority. If you
have received this email in error please notify [email address]
immediately and delete the email from your computer. Further information
on the classification and handling of FCA information can be found on the
FCA website
(http://www.fca.org.uk/site-info/legal/fc...).

The FCA (or, if this email originates from the Payment Systems Regulator
Limited, the FCA on behalf of the Payment Systems Regulator Limited / the
Payment Systems Regulator Limited) reserves the right to monitor all email
communications for compliance with legal, regulatory and professional
standards.

This email is not intended to nor should it be taken to create any legal
relations or contractual relationships. This email has originated from the
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), or the Payment Systems Regulator
Limited.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is registered as a limited company
in England and Wales No. 1920623. Registered office: 25 The North
Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS, United Kingdom

The Payment Systems Regulator Limited is registered as a limited company
in England and Wales No. 8970864. Registered office: 25 The North
Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS, United Kingdom

Switchboard 020 7066 1000

Web Site http://www.fca.org.uk (FCA); http://www.psr.org.uk (the Payment
Systems Regulator Limited)

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