Thank you, I saw that post and thought the fact it was an 'external supplier' would by pass the £25 an hour limit - but reading the PDF, it clearly says that they must cost at that rate too - I will follow this up directly.
Thanks! Paul /)/+) On 20 January 2012 08:53, Leigh Caldwell <[email protected]> wrote: > The same question came up recently (on this list). The fee is supposed to be > calculated at £25/hour no matter what the actual rate of pay of the person > providing it, so - unless it would take more than 24 working hours to > provide the information - it should not be turned down. More detail here: > > http://www.ico.gov.uk/Global/faqs/~/media/documents/library/Freedom_of_Information/Detailed_specialist_guides/using_the_fees_regulations.ashx > > http://www.ico.gov.uk/Global/Search.aspx?collection=ico&keywords=fees+guidance > > Maybe this (or a link to the document) could be added to the Help section on > WhatDoTheyKnow? > > Leigh. > > On 20 January 2012 08:32, paul perrin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> Is there somewhere that FoI gets discussed? I have a reply from a >> department which refuses the request because a third party would have >> to write a bespoke report which would cost over £600 - The £600 limit >> could be just a couple of hours work for an external consultancy!! >> >> As the devlist, I know this isn't the place to ask/discuss this - is >> there a place? >> >> Cheers >> >> Paul >> >> _______________________________________________ >> developers-public mailing list >> [email protected] >> >> https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public >> >> Unsubscribe: >> https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/leigh%40inon.com > > > > > -- > Leigh Caldwell (t) +44 20 7064 6556 (m) +44 7747 062906 > Chief executive, Inon Pricing Advisors http://www.inon.com/ > Blogs: http://www.knowingandmaking.com/ http://www.pricingrevolution.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > developers-public mailing list > [email protected] > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > > Unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/paul%40idltd.com _______________________________________________ developers-public mailing list [email protected] https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public Unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/archive%40mail-archive.com
