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£500 Cost of Living Payments Donated to Charity?

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Junior Watson
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Dear Oxford City Council,

Last November both Oxford City Council and Oxford Direct Services employees were paid a one of £500 cost of living payment.

It was reported by the Council that a number of senior employees opted not to take the payment and that the money would be donated to local foodbanks.

1. How many Oxford City Council employees opted not to take the £500 payment?
2. How many Oxford Direct Services employees opted not to take the £500 payment?
3. What charities benefitted from the £500 donations and what was the total sum donated?

Yours faithfully,

Junior Watson

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Dear Junior Watson,

Freedom of Information Request, Oxford City Council – Reference: 11760

Thank you for your request regarding the £500 Cost of Living Payments donated to charity, which was received on 29th January 2023.

Unfortunately, we are still working on this, and the final response to your request has been delayed, although we still hope to provide you with the response by the deadline on Monday 27th February. I wish to sincerely apologise for this delay, and any resulting inconvenience caused.  Due to an unprecedented volume of Freedom of Information Requests currently, some of our requests are unfortunately exceeding the 20 working day deadline. We are working as hard as possible to respond in a timely manner, but we feel it is better to keep requestors informed.

Please be advised that we are actively working on the reply to your request, and will provide you with a full response as soon as possible. Many thanks in advance for your patience and understanding – we feel it is more professional and diligent to take the time to provide you with a thorough and detailed reply, rather than rush the process and potentially give you give a lower quality and less helpful response.

Yours sincerely,

Freedom of Information Officer

| Freedom of Information Team | Law & Governance | Oxford City Council | St Aldates Chambers | St Aldates | Oxford | OX1 1DS |

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Junior Watson
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Dear Freedom Of Information,

In addition to my original request, please provide details of payments made to individual charities , that is total sums of money and date the payment(s) were made.

Yours sincerely,

Junior Watson

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Freedom Of Information, Oxford City Council

Dear Junior Watson,

Thank you for this, I have forwarded it onto the team responsible for administering the grant, which will hopefully help them answer your questions in as much detail as is available.

Many thanks,

Katalina

| Freedom of Information Team | Law & Governance | Oxford City Council | St Aldates Chambers | St Aldates | Oxford | OX1 1DS | 01865 252451

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Dear Junior Watson,

Re: Freedom of Information Request, Oxford City Council – Reference: 11760

Further to the acknowledgement below, please see attached response to your Freedom of Information Act 2000 request, which we received on 29th January 2023.

Yours sincerely,

Freedom of Information Officer

| Freedom of Information Team | Law & Governance | Oxford City Council | St Aldates Chambers | St Aldates | Oxford | OX1 1DS |

Katalina

| Freedom of Information Team | Law & Governance | Oxford City Council | St Aldates Chambers | St Aldates | Oxford | OX1 1DS | 01865 252451

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Junior Watson
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Dear Oxford City Council,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of Oxford City Council's handling of my FOI request '£500 Cost of Living Payments Donated to Charity?'.

You did not provide details of how much money was awarded to each charity and the date the payments were made. Please provide this information.

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,

Junior Watson

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Dear Junior Watson

Oxford City Council Freedom of Information – Reference: 11760

Please find attached a response to your follow up quuestions to the above request, received on 24 February 2023.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Team | Law and Governance | Oxford City Council | Town Hall | St Aldate’s | Oxford | OX1 1BX 
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