Pre-investing day preparations for the new unitary council
Dear Somerset Council,
In the 12 months running up to vesting day on 1st April 2023:
1. Please provide the last version of a Full Business Case (rather than the old One Somerset Outline Business Case used to get permission for a unitary council from the government (v1.3 dated July 2021) with revised savings figures, rationalisation etc?
2. The last Operating Model proposed ahead of vesting day?
Yours faithfully,
Dave Orr
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Dear Dave Orr
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Thank you for your request for information about Pre-investing day
preparations for the new unitary council which we received on 8 October
2024 .
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Information Requests
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Our reference: 16165493
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Dear Dave Orr
Thank you for your request for information received on 8 October 2024 .
Please find attached our response to your request.
Yours sincerely
Jo Adams
Data Protection Records and Information Request Officer
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Dear Somerset Council,
Can you confirm that:
1. There was no updating of the old One Somerset outline business case to an up to date full business case before vesting day.
2. There was no target/new operating model worked up before vesting day.
Yours sincerely,
Dave Orr
Dear Requester, in response to your follow up query:
1. There was no updating of the old One Somerset outline business case to
an up to date full business case before vesting day - yes
2. There was no target/new operating model worked up before vesting day -
yes
To confirm - t he document is the only one produced before vesting day.
Kind regards
Jo Adams
Data Protection Records and Information Request Officer
Somerset Council
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