Hi Wai

Re: Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

Thank you for your request for information.

I can confirm your request has been passed to the relevant department who will endeavour to search for any information held and provide you with a response as soon as is possible. This will be within 20 working days and in any case by the 23rd May 2024

Yours sincerely,
Sophie

Sophie Ormshaw

Information Governance Officer
Information Governance Team
Corporate Resources
City of Doncaster Council
Civic Office (Floor 2)
Waterdale
Doncaster
DN1 3BU

Phone: 01302 735326
E-mail: [email address]
Web: http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/

Please treat the content of this e-mail as confidential. If you have received this e-mail and it is not addressed to you please accept my apologies and inform me as soon as possible.

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Dear Wai M Yau

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request dated 24 April 2024, for information about the lease for Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

Please find below City of Doncaster Council’s responses to the questions you have raised.

Request:
1. How much are the monthly lease payments?
2. What are the break clauses associated with the lease Peel? Do these align with the 5 year and 10 year milestones associated with the business case?
3. What advice has been taken on State Subsidy and Market Economic Investor Principle and how does the business case satisfy this?
4. What is the liability incurred by Doncaster Council and how long are we expected to pay for the the lease before payments are taken over by an operator? Can you also outline what the South Yorkshire taxpayer is now liable for and did we receive a rent free period?
5. Can you publish all the key milestones with this lease to demonstrate that Peel will not benefit other than the lease itself, ie subsidies for nearby developments

Response to questions 1, 2, 4 & 5:
This information is exempt from disclosure under Section 43 of the Freedom of information Act. Section 43 exempts information from the right of access under the Freedom of Information Act if disclosure of the information would prejudice someone’s commercial interests.

The information withheld under the exemption relates to ongoing negotiations regarding the lease for Doncaster Sheffield Airport, which is currently subject to a competitive procurement process. City of Doncaster Council believes that the release of this information would be likely to cause commercial prejudice to the organisations involved.

As Section 43 is a qualified exemption, City of Doncaster Council is obliged to consider whether disclosure of the information would be in the public interest before refusing to supply the information. Therefore, we have taken the following factors into account:

Factors for disclosing information:

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Factors for withholding information:

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Taking these factors into consideration, City of Doncaster Council has decided that the reasons for withholding the information outweigh those for disclosing it and we will not be providing the information at this time.

Response to question 3:
This information is not held. Given that this is still a live procurement exercise, City of Doncaster Council are awaiting the submission of the final business case therefore, at this stage, we do not know if subsidy will be required. The Council will be taking professional advice in order to protect its position at the appropriate time.

I hope that this information is useful to you.

City of Doncaster Council estimates that it has cost £46.00 to respond to this request for information.

Reviewing any decisions made:

If you are not happy with this reply you can ask us to review our response. To do this write to us within 40 working days of receiving your response at the address below or email [email address]

If you do not agree with the review decision you can apply to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for a decision about our compliance or otherwise with the Freedom of Information legislation. Contact details for the ICO are: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. www.ico.org.uk Telephone 0303 123 1113.

Yours sincerely,

Lucy McMahon
Freedom of Information Officer
Corporate Resources
City of Doncaster Council

Phone 01302 736000
Address Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3BU
Email [email address]
Website www.doncaster.gov.uk

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