Smart energy meters installed in public buildings
Dear Vale of White Horse District Council,
I am writing to make an open government request for information which I am entitled to under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Under the Freedom of Information Act, could you provide the data for the below points, as of the 20th December 2022 (or the closest available date available in data):
1. How many public buildings in your council had working smart energy meters installed on the premises?
- Please provide the data split by property type
- If available, please provide the date/year the smart energy meters were installed
- If available, please provide any available data on when smart energy meters are planned to be installed on the premises which don't already have them
Yours faithfully,
Emma Bertie
Dear Emma Bertie
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request, which was received by
Vale of White Horse District Council on 21 December 2022.
Please accept this email as confirmation that your request has been
received and is being considered by the relevant department and that a
response will be sent to you within 20 working days, subject to the
information not being exempt and subject to any need for clarification.
The deadline for this will be 24 January 2023
The reference number for this request is Vale 22/1095
I trust that this email is sufficient to assure you that your request is
being dealt with. However, should you have any queries in the meantime,
please do not hesitate to contact the FOI team at
[1][Vale of White Horse District Council request email]
Kind regards
Information Governance Team
Legal & Democratic Services
Vale of White Horse District Council
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[3]Vale of White Horse District Council
Dear Emma Bertie
Thank you for your Freedom of Information requests, which were received by
both South Oxfordshire District Council and Vale of White Horse District
Council, logged under FOI 22/1173 South and 22/1095 Vale. Please note
that the two councils operate as a shared service hence this joint
response.
Under Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 2000 Act) you
are entitled to be informed in writing whether the council holds the
information specified in your request and, if that is the case, to have
that information communicated to you unless any of the statutory
exemptions apply. I have considered your request and can confirm we do
hold some of the information asked and I do not believe any of the
statutory exemptions apply to your request. Please find attached the
information you requested (where available):
Under the Freedom of Information Act, could you provide the data for the
below points, as of the 20th December 2022 (or the closest available date
available in data):
1. How many public buildings in your council had working smart energy
meters installed on the premises?
- Please provide the data split by property type
- If available, please provide the date/year the smart energy meters were
installed
- If available, please provide any available data on when smart energy
meters are planned to be installed on the premises which don't already
have them
Please find attached our answers to your questions. Please note, the
answers on behalf of South Oxfordshire District Council can be found
within the first tab and the answers on behalf of Vale of White Horse
District Council can be found on the second tab.
Please treat this as the councils’ formal response under the 2000 Act. If
you are not satisfied with the decision I have made in response to your
request, you can make a request for an internal review by emailing
[1][email address] and [2][Vale of White Horse District Council request email] within 40 working
days from the date we issued our response. If you remain dissatisfied
after following that procedure, you have the right under Section 50 of the
2000 Act to complain to the Information Commissioner if you feel the
council has not dealt with your request properly. You can contact the
Commissioner at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF
(telephone number: 0303 123 1113). You can also find further information
at [3]www.ico.org.uk.
Kind regards
Information Governance Team
Legal & Democratic Services
South Oxfordshire & Vale of White Horse District Councils
135 Eastern Avenue
Milton Park
Abingdon
Oxfordshire
OX14 4SB
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[4]South Oxfordshire District Council [5]Vale of White Horse District
Council
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