Transactions over £500 from June 2019

The request was refused by Bracknell Forest Borough Council.

Dear Sir or Madam,

Thank you for publishing your spend data here: http://data.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/Down.... However, I notice that you haven't published any spending data since May 2019.

I'd like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act for all transactions over £500 from June 2019 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,

Dora Homoki

Spend Network

Information Compliance-Officer, Bracknell Forest Borough Council

Dear Dora Homoki

Thank you for your request for information about Transactions over £500). Your request was received on 2nd September and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Under section 22 of the Act, we are not required to provide information in relation to a response to a request if it is intended for future publication on the Councils website vis the following link https://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/coun... (payments over £500).
The Council plans to publish this information in the future and hope to have it published by the end of October.

If you have any queries about this matter please contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Please note that your request may itself be the subject of a FOI request and will be disclosed in that event.

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to our handling of your request you can request an internal review.
Requests for an internal review must be made in writing, and within 40 working days from the date the authority issued an initial response to your request. Public authorities are not obliged to accept internal reviews after this date.

Requests for internal reviews should be acknowledged and the target date for responding will be advised usually within 20 working days. In the event that clarification of an internal review is required from the applicant the normal 20 working day time period will not begin until it has been received.

When requesting an internal review, please include your reference number, the date of your original request and your contact details. Please also include an explanation of why you are dissatisfied with our response. Requests for an internal review should be sent to: [Bracknell Forest Borough Council request email]

If you are not content with the outcome of your 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 provided by the Council. The Information Commission can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely
Information Management Team
Legal Services
Delivery
Bracknell Forest Council
Tel: 01344 352000
Email: [email address]
Web: www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk

Information Compliance-Officer
Legal Services
Service Delivery
Bracknell Forest Council

Tel: 01344 352000
Email: [email address]
Web: www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk

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Dear Bracknell Forest Borough Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

Dear Sir or Madam,

On 2 September 2019, I sent you a FOI request for your expenditure over £500 from June 2019 to present.

On 2 September 2019, you refused my request citing Section 22 of the FOI Act as grounds for an exemption.

However, the local government transparency code states:
Part 2.1: Information to be published quarterly
26. Data covered by this section includes expenditure exceeding £500 (see paragraphs 28 and 29) Government Procurement Card transactions (paragraph 30), and procurement information (see paragraphs 31 and 32).
27. The data and information referred to in this Part (2.1) must be:
first published within a period of three months from the date on which the local authority last published that data under the Local Government Transparency Code 201413 and not later than one month after the quarter to which the data and information is applicable
published quarterly thereafter and on each occasion not later than one month after the quarter to which the data and information is applicable.

Please see here for more details: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/sy....

This means that the data should already be published. For this reason, I would like to request an Internal Review of the initial response to my Freedom of Information request.

Please also take note of this decision notice from the ICO on the use of Section 22 of the FOI Act in these circumstances: https://ico.org.uk/media/action-weve-tak...

I await your response within 20 working days.

Yours Faithfully,

Dora Homoki

Spend Network

Information Compliance-Officer, Bracknell Forest Borough Council

Dear Dora Homoki

Thank you for your email requesting a internal review to which you will receive a response by 1st October (20 working days).

Yours sincerely
Information Management Team

Information Compliance-Officer
Legal Services
Service Delivery
Bracknell Forest Council

Tel: 01344 352000
Email: [email address]
Web: www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk

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Information Compliance-Officer, Bracknell Forest Borough Council

Dear Dora Homoki

 

Thank you for your email of 3rd September 2019 requesting an internal
review of the Councils response to your request for information.

 

Your request made on 2nd September was:

 

Thank you for publishing your spend data here:
http://data.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/Down....
However, I notice that you haven't published any spending data since May
2019.

 

I'd like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act for all
transactions over £500 from June 2019 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.

 

 

The Council responded on 2nd September stating Under section 22 of the
Act, we are not required to provide information in relation to a response
to a request if it is intended for future publication on the Councils
website vis the following link 
https://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/coun...
(payments over £500).

The Council plans to publish this information in the future and hope to
have it published by the end of October.

 

 

 

BFC response to your request for an internal review

The Council has reviewed its original response and can confirm we
published figures for April to May in June (although that wasn’t a
quarters figures)  then the next quarter will be June/July/Aug which
should be published no later than one month after the quarter to which the
data and information is applicable therefore it should be published by the
end of September,

Due to a long-term absence in the team which has resulted in the Team
Leader being retired due to ill-health considerations, the council has not
been able to publish at this time but is working on this and plans to have
the information published by the end of October and then in accordance
with the following schedule

 

Qtr 3 Sept -Nov , publishing by end of December

Qtr 4 Jan – Mar, publishing by be end of April

 

 

 

If you are not satisfied with the outcome of this review you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioners Office who can look afresh at
your request and the way that your request has been processed and
reviewed. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at the Information
Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9
5AF.

 

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Reviewing Officer

Bracknell Forest Council

Legal Services                                   

Service Delivery                    

Bracknell Forest Council

 

Tel: 01344 352000

Email: [email address]

Web: www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk

 

 

 

Information Compliance-Officer

Legal Services
Service Delivery
Bracknell Forest Council

 

Tel: 01344 352000
Email: [email address]
Web: www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk

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