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Dear Leeds City Council,

Can you please provide me with the following information under the Freedom of Information Act:

1.) Does you local authority keep a 'Self-Insurance' fund in relation to claims made against the Local Authority?
2.) If your local authority does keep a 'Self-Insurance' fund, that is the financial value of the fund?
3.) Who is the local authorities current (as of 01/05/2017) Public Liability Insurance provider?
4.) How much does the current public liability insurance pay on a per-case basis?
5.) What is the total public liability insurance value? (how much will the policy pay out in total?).
6.) How much is the current public liability insurance annual premium?

Yours faithfully,

T.A. Johnson

DPFOI, Leeds City Council

Dear T.A. Johnson

Freedom of information request Ref 18766 : Local Authority Insurance

Thank you for your request for the above information which we received 8, May 2017. We will respond to your request in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000, or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

We have passed your request onto Saleem Aziz, Information Governance Officer, Corporate Information Governance, cc[Leeds City Council request email] who will arrange a response within the appropriate statutory time limit.

Please remember to quote reference number FOI 18766 in any future communications.

Yours sincerely

Kristin Lea
Information Governance Support Officer
Information Management & Governance
t: 0113 3787899
e: [Leeds City Council request email]
e: [email address]
w: www.leeds.gov.uk

“Information is everyone’s business and responsibility.”

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CCDPFOI, Leeds City Council

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Dear T.A. Johnson,

 

Freedom of Information Request (Ref: 18766)

 

I refer to the above and your request dated 8, May 2017. I have contacted
the relevant services and now provide a response to the following request
Local Authority Insurance.

 

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | Information Requested | Response |
|-+------------------------------------+---------------------------------|
|1|Does you local authority keep a |Yes, by way of a provision in the|
| |'Self-Insurance' fund in relation to|council’s accounts. |
| |claims made against the Local | |
| |Authority? | |
| | | |
| |  | |
|-+------------------------------------+---------------------------------|
|2|If your local authority does keep a |£11.2m in provisions as at 31^st |
| |'Self-Insurance' fund, what is the |March 2016 |
| |financial value of the fund? | |
| | | |
| |  | |
|-+------------------------------------+---------------------------------|
|3|Who is the local authorities current|Zurich Municipal |
| |(as of 01/05/2017) Public Liability | |
| |Insurance provider? | |
| | | |
| |  | |
|-+------------------------------------+---------------------------------|
|4|How much does the current public |A maximum of £40m any one claim. |
| |liability insurance pay on a | |
| |per-case basis? | |
|-+------------------------------------+---------------------------------|
|5|What is the total public liability |As per 4. above. |
| |insurance value? (how much will the | |
| |policy pay out in total?). | |
|-+------------------------------------+---------------------------------|
|6|How much is the current public |This information is commercially |
| |liability insurance annual premium? |sensitive and in accordance with |
| | |Section 43 of the Freedom of |
| | |Information Act, we decline to |
| | |disclose the information as it |
| | |may harm the council’s commercial|
| | |position and that of its insurers|
| | |in the procurement of its |
| | |insurance arrangements. See |
| | |below: |
| | | |
| | |  |
| | | |
| | |(2) Information is exempt |
| | |information if its disclosure |
| | |under this Act would, or would be|
| | |likely to, prejudice the |
| | |commercial interests of any |
| | |person (including the public |
| | |authority holding it). |
| | | |
| | |Whilst there is a clear public |
| | |interest in the accountability |
| | |and scrutiny of how public money |
| | |is spent, the Council does not |
| | |consider there to be a strong |
| | |public interest in releasing the |
| | |details for public liability |
| | |insurance annual premium costs as|
| | |there is a significant risk that |
| | |this could prejudice the service |
| | |and/or have financial |
| | |implications to the council. |
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I trust that this response is satisfactory. If however you are
dissatisfied with this response you have a right to appeal to an
independent officer within Resources & Housing. They will re-examine your
request and assess whether we have adhered to the requirements of the act.
Should you wish to follow this course of action please address your
concerns in writing to Paul Burns, Resources & Housing, Information
Management and Governance, 3rd Floor, Leonardo, 2 Rossington Street, Leeds
LS2 8HD or by emailing cc[Leeds City Council request email].

 

You also have a right under Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act
to ask the Information Commissioner to decide whether we have met with our
obligations under the act.  The Commissioner has however made it clear
that he expects all applicants to exhaust internal appeals procedures
prior to making such an application. Should you wish to contact the
Commissioner’s office then you can write to the following address:

 

            Office of the Information Commissioner,

            Wycliffe House,

            Water Lane,

            Wilmslow,

            Cheshire,

            SK9 5AF.

 

You may also contact the Commissioner via his website at [1]www.ico.gov.uk

 

I trust that this is self-explanatory.  If you have any queries please
contact me on 0113 37 87891, or by return email.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Saleem Aziz

Information Governance Officer

t: 0113 37 87891

e: [2]cc[Leeds City Council request email]

e: [3][email address]

w: [4]www.leeds.gov.uk

 

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