Transactions over £500 from April 2020

The request was refused by Basildon Borough Council.

Dear Basildon Borough Council,

Thank you for publishing your spend data here: https://www.basildon.gov.uk/article/3400... . However, I notice that you haven't published any spending data since March 2020.

We understand that due to the COVID-19 pandemic it may not have been a priority to publish your spending data. However, we strongly believe that the spending data is critical to understanding how Government functions and this data is vital for our work. We would be extremely grateful if you could update this information as soon as reasonably possible.

We’ve decided to continue to use the FOI process to request data as this gives us both a formal structure for making and responding to requests. So, I'd like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act for all transactions over £500 from April 2020 to at most a quarter in arrears from the date at which you publish in response to this request.

Please provide the data in a machine readable format (preferably csv). As a minimum, please make sure to include the date, value and recipient of each transaction. Please also provide details on the procurement category of each transaction if you have it.

Your team may also be interested in the guidance on producing spending data:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio....

For the avoidance of doubt, I am making this request under the Freedom of Information Act. I await your response within 20 working days.

Yours Faithfully,

Anna Pongracz

Spend Network

Dpo, Basildon Borough Council

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Basildon Council, Email Notification, Basildon Borough Council

This email is an acknowledgement of your Legal
Information Request submitted on 15/07/2020. A notification will be sent
to your email address by 12/08/2020. For your reference please see a copy
of your request which was submitted online.

Dear Basildon Borough Council,

Thank you for publishing your spend data here:
https://www.basildon.gov.uk/article/3400...
. However, I notice that you haven't published any spending data since
March 2020.

We understand that due to the COVID-19 pandemic it may not have been a
priority to publish your spending data. However, we strongly believe that
the spending data is critical to understanding how Government functions
and this data is vital for our work. We would be extremely grateful if you
could update this information as soon as reasonably possible.

We’ve decided to continue to use the FOI process to request data as this
gives us both a formal structure for making and responding to requests.
So, I'd like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act for
all transactions over £500 from April 2020 to at most a quarter in arrears
from the date at which you publish in response to this request.

Please provide the data in a machine readable format (preferably csv). As
a minimum, please make sure to include the date, value and recipient of
each transaction. Please also provide details on the procurement category
of each transaction if you have it.

Your team may also be interested in the guidance on producing spending
data:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio....

For the avoidance of doubt, I am making this request under the Freedom of
Information Act. I await your response within 20 working days.

Yours Faithfully,

Anna Pongracz

Spend Network 

All future Freedom of Information and Subject Access request must now be
submitted via [1]online form.

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Basildon Council, Email Notification, Basildon Borough Council

Dear Ms A Pongracz

I refer to your request for information submitted on 15/07/2020

We consider that the information you have requested is exempt from
disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, so although we hold the
information we shall not be providing it to you.

The exemption we are applying is:

Section 22 - Information Intended for future publication.

Please note : The April report should be on our Council’s website within
the next few weeks and we aim to have the May report published by the end
of August. 

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision
you should write to The Manager -   Information Support Team, at the
email address below.

If you are not content with the outcome of any such complaint, you may
apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally
the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure first. The ICO can be contacted at The Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9
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please email [Basildon Borough Council request email]

Yours sincerely

Peter Samuels

Information Support Team (ITG)

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procedures of Basildon Borough Council or its partners and does not give
rise to any contract, undertaking or agreement. eMail is not a secure form
of communication. Every effort has been made to ensure that this message
has been correctly addressed. It and any associated file(s) may contain
private or confidential information or details intended only for the
sender and the intended recipient. If this message is received by anyone
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your personal data please go to www.basildon.gov.uk/privacy