PFI Advisers - Conflict of Interest

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Dear Haringey Borough Council,

Which companies have advised your local authority on each of its PFI projects and contracts from inception, through procurement, during construction and operation on issues relating to structural, legal, financial, governance, audit and performance review. Please provide that information by each PFI scheme, providing the HMT unique reference number.

Please provide documentation demonstrating how your local authority selected the advisers referred to above? Please provide any internal or external process documents (e.g. from HM Treasury/ Partnerships UK) in relation to the selection, a copy of invitations to tender and tender documents.

Please provide documents demonstrating how your local authority, as part of that selection, ensured that the auditors and lawyers, accountants and business consultants referred to above were not conflicted in any way with any of the organisations involved previously or currently with your PFI project(s). This could include documents, statements and correspondence between the local authority and its auditors relating to any conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest.

Please provide all policies/protocols or any other documentation which demonstrate how your local authority continues to ensure that auditors and consultants continue to be free of conflicts of interest.

Yours faithfully,

Stuart Gamblin

Haringey Borough Council

Dear Mr Gamblin

 

Freedom of Information / Environmental Information Regulations Request:
LBH/6286317

 

I acknowledge your request for information received on 18 May 2017.

 

This information request will be dealt with in accordance with the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations and we
will send the response by 22 June 2017

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

Feedback and Information Governance

 

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Haringey Council 

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Dear Mr Gamblin,

Re: Freedom of Information Act Request ref: LBH/6286317

 

Thank you for your request for information received on 18 May 2017, in
which you asked for the following information:

 

‘Which companies have advised your local authority on each of its PFI
projects and contracts from inception, through procurement, during
construction and operation on issues relating to structural, legal,
financial, governance, audit and performance review. Please provide that
information by each PFI scheme, providing the HMT unique reference number.

 

Please provide documentation demonstrating how your local authority
selected the advisers referred to above? Please provide any internal or
external process documents (e.g. from HM Treasury/ Partnerships UK) in
relation to the selection, a copy of invitations to tender and tender
documents.

 

Please provide documents demonstrating how your local authority, as part
of that selection, ensured that the auditors and lawyers, accountants and
business consultants referred to above were not conflicted in any way with
any of the organisations involved previously or currently with your PFI
project(s). This could include documents, statements and correspondence
between the local authority and its auditors relating to any conflict of
interest or potential conflict of interest.

 

Please provide all policies/protocols or any other documentation which
demonstrate how your local authority continues to ensure that auditors and
consultants continue to be free of conflicts of interest.’

 

My response is as follows:

 

I have approached the relevant sections of the Council and it appears that
there is only one PFI scheme relating to schools in the borough which
started in 2000. The construction side contractor was Jarvis Construction 
(UK) Ltd however this project ended in 2010 once the BSF programme
started. Unfortunately we can trace no information or documents relating
to the PFI project therefore in response to your questions the answer for
all points is ‘Information not held’.

 

If you are unhappy with how we have responded to your request you can ask
us to conduct an Internal Review. If so, please contact the Feedback and
Information Team as below. (Please note you should do this within two
months of receiving this response.)   

 

Feedback and Information Governance Team

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N22 8HQ

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Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

 

Simon Dingomal 

Feedback Review Officer

 

Shared Service Centre | Central Team

Haringey Council 

River Park House, 225 High Road, London, N22 8HQ

 

020 8489 4516

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