FOI2019-13304 Spend transparency
Published 6 January 2020
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Dear
I am writing in response to your email dated 29 November 2019 requesting the following information,
I am looking for some assistance with your organisation’s Spend/Transparency data, available on the following weblink
There appears to be no file available for the month of Oct 2019. Could you advise when the file will be made available to view online? Would it be possible for you to email me a copy of the Oct 2019 file?
I am treating your correspondence as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). In response to your queries, I have completed a search for the information within the Defence Electronics & Components Agency (DECA), and I can confirm that we do hold information in scope of your request.
I am exempting the release of information under Section 22 of the Freedom of Information Act (2000). Section 22 is a qualified exemption, therefore we have considered the public interest in transparency against the public interest in maintaining our publication schedule and have decided that the public interest lies with withholding the information until published. The data is in the process of being updated and once complete, can be accessed at GOV.UK
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Regards
DECA FOI