Non-domestic rating: business floorspace for seven authorities at Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)

The request was refused by Valuation Office Agency.

Dear Valuation Office Agency,

Please could you provide MSOA level estimates (as previously released for other authorities: https://www.gov.uk/government/collection...) for the following seven authorities:

Walsall
Wolverhampton
Birmingham
Sandwell
Coventry
Dudley
Solihull

Yours faithfully,
John Smith

Freedom Of Information, Valuation Office Agency

Dear John Smith

VOA Reference: 11796580.1/CEO

Thank you for your request as set out below.

I confirm that your request was received on 01 April 2019. The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) will be dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.

We aim to provide a response within 20 working days which will be no later than 01 May 2019.

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Dear Valuation Office Agency,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of Valuation Office Agency's handling of my FOI request 'Non-domestic rating: business floorspace for seven authorities at Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)'.

Unfortunately, the statistics you refer to are not the ones I have requested, and so you have made an error. The statistics I am requesting would be in the format of those previously released here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

Clearly, your error is a matter of interpretation. You already publish significant amounts of data on "non-domestic business floor space data", e.g.: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics....

However, I am requesting the data for individual local authorities in exactly the format previously published via other FOI requests. Given that you have already released data in this format previously, I see no reason as to why you would refuse to release it, even if you intend to publish something similar.

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

Yours faithfully,

John Smith

Freedom Of Information, Valuation Office Agency

Dear Mr Smith

VOA Reference: 11796580.2/CEO

Thank you for your request for an Internal Review as set out below.

I confirm that your request was received on 25 April 2019 and the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) will be dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.

We aim to respond within 20 working days.

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Email: [voa request email]

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Dear Mr Smith

 

Please find attached the Valuation Office Agency’s reply to the Internal
Review of your Freedom of Information request.

 

The FOIA Team

Valuation Office Agency

 

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