PFI PPP Safety Audit
Dear Leicester City Council,
This request for information is an attempt to seek reassurance about the safety of public buildings in the light of the findings revealed in the Inquiry commissioned following the collapse of a school building wall in Edinburgh and subsequent closure of 17 schools.
Please answer the following for each PFI/PPP schemes in the local authority area treating each scheme as a separate request.
Please provide all documents showing how your organisation has responded to the findings contained in the report on Edinburgh Schools Construction by John Cole: including, but not limited to memos, emails, minutes, reports.
I would like to understand the expertise and resource committed by your organisation to the management and oversight of PFI schemes from procurement through to ongoing contract operation. Please provide documents relating to the PFI Team(s) allocated to each project its makeup and structure of the team during each project phase. This may comprise terms of reference, organisation chart, post titles and role profiles.
Provide the deed of appointment for the Independent Certifier and any other documents setting out the scope of that role. Please confirm the level of indemnity insurance and liability period.
Please confirm whether your organisation employed a member of the Institute of Clerk of Works or an inspector of similar standing and assigned them to each construction site. If someone in this role was employed please confirm their level of qualification, the salary associated with this role and how much time was allocated to per project/site.
Please provide a list of all enforcement or improvement notices served; investigations carried out and reports commissioned into fire safety (include dates and specify who commissioned or issued these) Please provide copies of all items listed.
Provide details of all attempts to make deductions relating to structural defects for each project. Confirm the amount, what it was for, and when the deduction was made.2
Yours faithfully,
Megan Ingles
Website: [1]www.leicester.gov.uk
E-mail: [2][Leicester City Council request email]
Our Ref: FOI 13591
Date: 25^th May 2017
Megan Ingles
[3][FOI #408332 email]
Dear Ms Ingles
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000
Thank you for your email of 23^rd May 2017 requesting information about
PFI PPP Safety Audit.
Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days.
If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact me.
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.
Yours sincerely
Information Governance
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Dear info-requests,
I have not yet received a response to my request for information. 20 working days from the date of my request would have been 21st June 2017. Please could you respond to my request and provide an explanation for the delay.
Yours sincerely,
Megan Ingles
Megan Ingles
[1][FOI #408332 email]
Dear Ms Ingles
Please find attached Leicester City Council’s response to your recent
Freedom of Information request.
Regards,
Iain Harrison
Information Governance & Risk Manager
Email: [2][Leicester City Council request email]”
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