Enquiries To: Information Team Our Ref: FOI3238025 [email protected] Dear Tina Roberts Freedom of In
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Enquiries to: Information Team Our Ref: FOI3238025 [email protected] Dear Tina Roberts Freedom of Information Request 3238025 Thank you for your recent request. Your request was actioned under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in which you requested the following information – 1. Please supply all and any information with dealing between the LCC & Hill Dickinson LLP does or has Hill Dickinson in the past acted for the LCC over the past 10 years? 2. What contracts has been award to David Anderson and his, Health & Safety Business from the LCC? 3. On the city's [Liverpool] flyover projects, has any other contracts or sub-contracts been awarded to, Mr David Anderson or his company? How many freedom of information requests from 2015 has Echo reporter 'Liam Thorp' asked for with regards to the amount of failed corrupt developments sites in Liverpool? In the past six months has the police talked to the Mayor of Liverpool in regards to any of the issues with a number of failed sites and developers, if so has Liverpool echo reporter Liam Thorp reporter followed this up? Please provide details of work provided by Liverpool City Council contractors, Graham, HA Civils and any others, to Site Safety Consulting, a company owned by David Anderson, son of Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, or any other related companies. The details I would like Liverpool City Council to provide are: 1. Payments made to SSC or any other related companies. 2. Who took the decision to engage SSC and what the procurement process was. 3. What measures were put in place to manage any conflicts of interest or perceptions of any conflict. 4. Whether any conflict of interest has been registered with Liverpool City Council by Joe Anderson. 5. What meetings have taken place between SSC or related companies and officers of Liverpool City Council. I would like this information about the £3.5 million A57 Kensington/Prescot Road scheme that HA Civils was contractor on and the £6.8 million Churchill Way Flyover demolition, both of which SSC worked on and any other City Council jobs SSC has worked on. Response: Liverpool City Council Information Team Cunard Building, Water Street, Liverpool, L3 1DS E: [email protected] Liverpool City Council would advise as follows – 1. With regard to Hill Dickinson, they have worked for the Highways Major Projects team on the following schemes: • LCCC2 – NLR – lease agreement and licence with Peel • LCCC1 – Churchill Way Flyovers – lease agreement with LJMU 2. No payments have been made by Liverpool City Council to either SSC or related companies. Liverpool City Council did not procure nor have we contracted with SSC or related companies. Amey Consulting procured SSC as they are part of their supply chain. It is a matter for Amey as to which companies or individuals they choose to contract with. 3. No payments have been made by Liverpool City Council to either SSC or related companies. Liverpool City Council did not procure nor have we contracted with SSC or related companies. Amey Consulting procured SSC as they are part of their supply chain. It is a matter for Amey as to which companies or individuals they choose to contract with. Several meetings have taken place between SSC on behalf of Amey Consulting and the City Council in relation to various projects such as the Churchill Way Flyovers and the Highways Investment Programme. However, as detailed above, SSC were engaged as Amey’s sub-contractor and there was no contractual relationship between SSC and the City Council. With regard to your final question, we would advise you contact the Liverpool Echo directly. This concludes our response. The City Council will consider appeals, referrals or complaints in respect of your Freedom of Information Act 2000 and you must submit these in writing to [email protected] within 28 days of receiving your response. The matter will be dealt with by an officer who was not previously involved with the response and we will look to provide a response within 40 days. If you remain dissatisfied you may also apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision about whether the request for information has been dealt with in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The Information Commissioner’s website is www.ico.gov.uk and the postal address and telephone numbers are:- Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF. Telephone: 0303-123-113. Email –[email protected] (they advise that their email is not secure) I trust this information satisfies your enquiry. Yours sincerely A Lewis Angela Lewis Information Team Liverpool City Council Information Team Cunard Building, Water Street, Liverpool, L3 1DS E: [email protected] .