2015/16 Pension Fund Investment Data as MS Excel File

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Islington Borough Council should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear Islington Borough Council,

Please provide the sum total of pension fund investments, and full details of what the Council Pension Fund currently invests in, including the full name and amounts of each fund, bond, institution or investment held, by asset class/ category, and provided in Microsoft excel format for the 2015/16 financial year.

Yours faithfully,

Joel M Benjamin

FOIA, Islington Borough Council

Dear Mr Benjamin,

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information Act request, received on
17/01/2017.  Your request has been processed, and your unique reference
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Islington Council

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From: Joel M Benjamin [mailto:[FOI #382506 email]]
Sent: 17 January 2017 09:19
To: FOIA
Subject: Freedom of Information request - 2015/16 Pension Fund Investment
Data as MS Excel File

 

Dear Islington Borough Council,

Please provide the sum total of pension fund investments, and full details
of what the Council Pension Fund currently invests in, including the full
name and amounts of each fund, bond, institution or investment held, by
asset class/ category, and provided in Microsoft excel format for the
2015/16 financial year.

Yours faithfully,

Joel M Benjamin

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Kelly, Billie, Islington Borough Council

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Hello,

 

Please find attached a response to the recent Freedom of Information
request you made.

 

Kind regards,

 

Billie Kelly

Business Support Assistant

 

Finance and Resources Directorate

London Borough of Islington

Tel: 020 7527 8563

Alternative contacts: Michelle Donovan 020 7527 1770 or Julie Paul 020
7527 2282

www.islington.gov.uk

 

 

 

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Dear Islington Borough Council,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of Islington Borough Council's handling of my FOI request '2015/16 Pension Fund Investment Data as MS Excel File'.

Please note that the request clearly specified that the information/ data requested be produced in "MS Excel format" in order to permit ease of information reuse under "datasets" provisions of FOIA https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisatio...

As IBC in its response has linked to a PDF document uploaded to the Councils website for the purposes of year end reporting, satisfies neither the requested format of the original FOIA request, nor guidelines encouraging authorities to provide information in specified formats permitting ease of reuse.

Whilst IBC has invoked section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act stating a public authority is
not required to provide information that is "reasonably available elsewhere." IBC has not taken account of the fact that the information available online on the Council’s Website is in PDF format, not the prescribed format which was Ms Excel.

As requested, please provide the information requested as Ms Excel output, and I would strongly encourage you to add an Ms Excel document download option for your pension fund annual reporting - in order to avoid repeat FOI requests for this information in future.

It is worth noting that in excess of 80% of LGPS funds have freely provided this information upon request in the prescribed Ms Excel format - and well within the 20 day FOIA timeframe.

I look forward to your prompt cooperation with this request.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/2...

Yours faithfully,

Joel M Benjamin

Pearton, Brad, Islington Borough Council

Dear Mr Benjamin

 

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Resources

Islington Council

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London

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Pearton, Brad, Islington Borough Council

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Dear Mr Benjamin

 

Thank you for your request for an Internal Review of your recent Freedom
of Information request.  Please find my response attached.

 

Regards

 

 

Brad Pearton

Information Governance Lead (Information Assurance)

Information Governance Team

Resources

4^th Floor, 7 Newington Barrow Way

Islington

N7 7EP

 

T:020 7527 8586

 

Alternative Contact: Leila Ridley

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