Payments made to Suffolk Parent Carer Network

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Dear Suffolk County Council,

Please let me know the total annual payments made to Suffolk Parent Carer Network by Suffolk County Council, and it's associated organisations, from 2016 through to 2021.

Please also provided any documentation concerning the basis of the payments, such as authorisation process, monitoring process and any agreements, contracts and codes that exist between the parties for the purposes of defining obligations etc.

Yours faithfully,

Steven Wright

Freedom of Information, Suffolk County Council

INFORMATION REQUEST – ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Thank you for your request. Please quote reference number 20411 in any future correspondence you may have with us.

We will process your request in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 as appropriate. We aim to answer your request within 20 working days from the date we received it.

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If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact us.  Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Kind regards
Becky

Information Governance
Governance, Legal and Assurance
Suffolk County Council
Constantine House
Ipswich
IP1 2DH

Email: [email address]
Phone: 01473 265960

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INFORMATION REQUEST RESPONSE

Thank you for your request for information, reference number 20411. Please quote this in any future correspondence you may have with us.

Please find attached a copy of our response to the information you requested.

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Kind regards
Becky

Information Governance
Governance, Legal and Assurance
Suffolk County Council
Constantine House
Ipswich
IP1 2DH

Email: [email address]
Phone: 01473 265960

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Dear Suffolk County Council,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of Suffolk County Council's handling of my FOI request 'Payments made to Suffolk Parent Carer Network'.

The response appears to be in considerable disagreement with with the payments and invoices detailed in the Council's published contracts and transaction data.
https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/council-and-d...

These figures appear to indicate that at least £70, 000 was paid to SPCN for a variety of reasons in 2020.

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

Yours faithfully,

Steven Wright

Freedom of Information, Suffolk County Council

Dear Mr Wright
 
We are sorry that you are unhappy with the response to your access to information request 20411.
 
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOI) and Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) we will conduct an internal review of our response. As determined by the Information Commissioner as best practice we aim to complete your internal review within 20 working days.

Kind regards
Becky

Information Governance
Governance, Legal and Assurance
Suffolk County Council
Constantine House
Ipswich
IP1 2DH

Email: [email address]
Phone: 01473 265960

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Dear Suffolk County Council,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of Suffolk County Council's handling of my FOI request 'Payments made to Suffolk Parent Carer Network'.

The response to this request is late.

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

Yours faithfully,

Steven Wright

Freedom of Information, Suffolk County Council

Dear Mr Wright

Thank you for your email, please be aware that you have already received the response to this request that we sent to you on; 26 April 2021 within the 20 working days. You subsequently submitted an Internal Review on the same date as you were not satisfied with what was provided which is currently being processed.

FOI Manager
Information Governance
Suffolk County Council
Constantine House
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP1 2DH

T: 01473 265960
mail: [email address]
Web: www.suffolk.gov.uk

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Steven Wright left an annotation ()

Dear Council,

My comment on the request being late was made in error, please ignore.

I have asked for an internal review because the information appears to contradict other sources.

Kind regards

Steven Wright

Freedom of Information, Suffolk County Council

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Dear Mr Wright

 

Thank you for your correspondence on 26 April 2021 where you requested an
Internal Review following your request for information about 20411. 

 

Your concerns were:

 

“I am writing to request an internal review of Suffolk County Council's
handling of my FOI request 'Payments made to Suffolk Parent Carer
Network'.

 

The response appears to be in considerable disagreement with with the
payments and invoices detailed in the Council's published contracts and
transaction data.

[1]https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/council-and-d...

 

These figures appear to indicate that at least  £70, 000 was paid to SPCN
for a variety of reasons in 2020.”

 

Having now conducted a formal review of your request, I can confirm that
our response to your request (ref 20411) is partially upheld, please see
the attached document  providing further clarity around the spend.

 

Accordingly, I believe that the Council partially met the requirements of
the legislation in response to your request and offer our apologies.
 Please find attached the remaining information that should have been sent
to you.

 

Of necessity this response has to include reference to legislation. If
anything is unclear please do not hesitate to contact us.

 

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF.

 

Kind regards

Becky

 

Information Governance

Governance, Legal and Assurance

Suffolk County Council

Constantine House

Ipswich

IP1 2DH

 

Email: [2][email address]

Phone: 01473 265960

 

 

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