Reference Number: EIR 586

Dear Russell Scott

The Yorkshire Water Services Ltd Data Protection Team acknowledges your request on 18th April 23 for information.

We will respond to your request for information in compliance with the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

The Regulations allow us 20 working days to respond to a request from the date of its receipt. However, occasionally it is necessary to extend the 20-working-day time limit for issuing a response if the complexity and volume of the information makes it impractical for us to respond within the original deadline. If this is the case we will notify you of this delay.

You will be informed in advance if there is a charge for supplying copies of the information. We will also provide you with an explanation if we are unable to disclose and respond to your request. If the requested information contains references to any third parties, we may need to consult with them before deciding whether to release the information.

Should you have any queries regarding your request, please feel free to contact us quoting reference EIR 586 Reference Number.

Yours sincerely,
Data Protection Team

Email: [email address]

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Reference Number: EIR 586

Dear Russell Scott

I refer to your request for information submitted to Yorkshire Water dated 18th April 23.

We are considering your request following the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Due to the complexity of your request we are extending the timeframe within which we will respond to you by 20 working days. This is in accordance with Regulation 7(1) of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

We apologise for this delay and will endeavour to respond to your request as soon are we are able to.

Thank you for your patience in this matter.

Yours sincerely,
Data Protection Team

Email: [email address]

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Reference Number: EIR 586

Dear Russell Scott,

I refer to your request for environmental information submitted to
Yorkshire Water dated 18 April 2023.  

We have reviewed your request under the Environmental Information
Regulations 2004. 

In regard to your request for information, we can confirm that the
information you requested is currently an unfinished document, we are
required to submit the information requested to DEFRA by the end of June
2023.

For the purposes of paragraph 12(4) (1)(a), a public authority may refuse
to disclose information to the extent that (d) the request relates to
material which is unfinished.

In applying the exception in regulation 12(4)(a) EIR, Yorkshire Water has
balanced the public interest in withholding the information against the
public interest in disclosure. We recognise that there is a public
interest in transparency and accountability.

In this regard, the documentation remains unfinished document. We need to
be able to undertake the work without prior release of materials which
could be the subject of media and/or political attention.

In accordance with the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, if you
are not satisfied with the reply to your request you can ask for an
internal review.  A request for an internal review must be submitted
within 40 working days by contacting the Data Protection Team.

If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the internal review you have
the right of appeal to the Information Commissioner who can be contacted
at:

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF
Tel: 0303 123 1113

Web: http://www.ico.org.uk

Thank you for contacting Yorkshire Water.

Yours sincerely,

Data Protection Team

Email: [1][email address]

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