Request for the names of properties in the Commissioners Estate Strategy and their condition as assessed in the recent property assessment survey.
Reference: 20004
Date Added: Dydd Gwener, 12 Mehefin 2020
Category:
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Question
Upon reviewing your 'Gwent PCC Estate Strategy' document, I note that all the properties owned by the PCC were recently surveyed to assess their condition. I note that the document states that 'just over 70% of the properties surveyed are in a good or reasonable condition'.
Please can you disclose which properties are deemed to be in a good or reasonable conduction, and which ones are not?
Answer
Thank you for your recent request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Two duties are placed on public authorities under Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Notwithstanding applicable exemptions, the first duty at, Section 1(1) (a), is to confirm or deny whether the information specified in a request is held. The second duty at, Section1 (1) (b), is to disclose information that has been confirmed as being held. Under the provisions of those sections of the FOIA, we can confirm that the information you seek is not held by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent.
Question:
Upon reviewing your 'Gwent PCC Estate Strategy' document, I note that all the properties owned by the PCC were recently surveyed to assess their condition. I note that the document states that 'just over 70% of the properties surveyed are in a good or reasonable condition'.
Please can you disclose which properties are deemed to be in a good or reasonable conduction, and which ones are not?
Please see response below:
The condition survey to which you refer was undertaken in 2014 and arrangements are being made for a new survey to be undertaken.
However, as the report supports the estate maintenance programme, it is held within the Gwent Police’s Estate Department as the day to day administration and maintenance of the Estate (which the condition survey drives) is consented to the Chief Constable. This arrangement is confirmed within the Manual of Corporate Governance on page 69, paragraph 7.3 ‘To oversee the day to day management of the estate used by the Force and for this purpose to incur expenditure within the maintenance budget approved by the Police and Crime Commissioner (which shall include the management of all building works and civil engineering contracts).’
The Manual of Corporate Governance can be found at the following link:
www.gwent.pcc.police.uk/fileadmin/Documents/Transparency/Publications/Final_MOCG_2020-21.pdf
You may wish to contact Gwent Police directly for the information requested at the following link: foi@gwent.pnn.police.uk or I would be happy to forward your request on your behalf should you wish me to do so.
The Freedom of Information Act is a public disclosure regime, not a private regime. Any information disclosed under the Act is thereafter deemed to be in the public domain, and therefore freely available to the general public and will be published on the OPCC website.
I hope this information is satisfactory to your request however, should you feel dissatisfied with this response or the way in which your request was handled, information on the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent FOI Appeals Procedure can be found on our website: www.gwent.pcc.police.uk/en/transparency/know-your-rights/your-information-rights/freedom-of-information/appeals-process/