Transactions over £500 from December 2022
Dear Sir or Madam,
Thank you for publishing your spend data here: http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/the...
However, I notice that you haven't published any spending data since November 2022.
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 December 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,
Zsofia Molnar
Spend Network
Dear Zsofia
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 11th May 2023.
Yours sincerely,
Sophie
Dear Zsofia,
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request dated 13 April 2023 for information about spend data. Please find below City of Doncaster Council’s responses to the questions you have raised.
Request
I'd like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act for all transactions over £500 from December to at most a quarter in arrears from the date at which you publish in response to this request.
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 our website here: https://www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/th...
I hope that this information is useful to you.
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
Dear Ellen Dook,
Thank you very much for your kind reply. In the meantime your website is not operation for more than a month now, showing the following error message: "We apologise for any inconvenience, we are experiencing some technical issues. Please try again later. Thank you for your understanding." Do you have any update when it is going to be fixed, please? Thank you very much in advance!
Yours sincerely,
Zsofia Molnar
Spend Network
Dear Zsofia,
Thank you for your email, the website it working correctly so please try the below link. If this does not work you can search on our website for "Payments to suppliers reports" and select the year you wish to view.
https://www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/th...
Many thanks
Ellen Dook
Information Governance Officer
Corporate Resources
City of Doncaster Council
Phone 01302 736745
Address Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3BU
Website www.doncaster.gov.uk
Dear Ellen,
Thank you very much for your kind reply and for your cooperation! The data now has been published, the request can be closed.
Yours sincerely,
Zsofia Molnar
Spend Network
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