Hi Wai

Re: Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

Thank you for your request for information.

I can confirm your request has been passed to the relevant department who will endeavour to search for any information held and provide you with a response as soon as is possible. This will be within 20 working days and in any case by the 26th February 2024

Yours sincerely,
Sophie

Sophie Ormshaw

Information Governance Officer
Information Governance Team
Corporate Resources
City of Doncaster Council
Civic Office (Floor 2)
Waterdale
Doncaster
DN1 3BU

Phone: 01302 735326
E-mail: [email address]
Web: http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/

Please treat the content of this e-mail as confidential. If you have received this e-mail and it is not addressed to you please accept my apologies and inform me as soon as possible.

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Dear Wai,

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request dated 29 January 2024 for information about South Yorkshire Airport City Outline Business Case. Please find below City of Doncaster Council’s responses to the questions you have raised.

1. The amount of Gainshare money requested is not disclosed, but can you confirm whether this is Capital and/or revenue and evidence that alternative sources of funding that has been sought previously with the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority?
Response: We can confirm this is both Capital and Revenue. Evidence for alternative sources of funding is not held by the City of Doncaster Council.

2. The Gross Value Added of £2bn which is measure exclusive of taxes and subsidies has been mentioned. For both Doncaster and South Yorkshire as a whole could you provide the following for context
• Gross Value Added per head of population
• Gross median weekly salaries/earnings
• Unemployed or economically inactive number as well as expressed as a percentage of the total workforce.
Response: This information is exempt from disclosure under Section 21 of the Freedom of information Act. Section 21 exempts information from the right of access if that information is reasonably accessible to the applicant by other means. In this case the information is available on the Office for National Statistics and Nomis website as linked below:
https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossvalu...
https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/l...

3. I would like to request a timeline for when we can expect a Full Business Case to be presented to the Combined Authority.
Response: The Freedom of Information Act provides a right of access, subject to certain exemptions, to recorded information held by public authorities. It does not require public authorities to create information to enable it to respond, therefore this information is not held by City of Doncaster Council.

The City of Doncaster Council estimates that it has cost £46 to respond to this request for information.

Reviewing any decisions made:

If you are not happy with this reply you can ask us to review our response. To do this write to us within 40 working days of receiving your response at the address below or email [email address]

If you do not agree with the review decision you can apply to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for a decision about our compliance or otherwise with the Freedom of Information legislation. Contact details for the ICO are: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. www.ico.org.uk Telephone 0303 123 1113.

Ellen Dook
Information Governance Officer
Corporate Resources
City of Doncaster Council

Address Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3BU
Website www.doncaster.gov.uk

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