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Department for Transport
Great Minster House
33 Horseferry Road
London
SW1P 4DR
Web Site: www.dft.gov.uk
7 July 2014
Reference: FOI 0011224
Dear Paul Webb,
Thank you for your information request of 11 June 2014. You requested the following
information:
These questions pertain to the home chargers that were subsidised under the OLEV
scheme.
1. How many units were installed under the scheme to date.
2. How many of these units have reported a charge or usage since being put in.
3. How many have stopped reporting data.
4. How many have never reported data after being installed.
Your request has been considered under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
I am writing to confirm that the Department for Transport does hold the information you
requested but has decided that some of this information cannot be disclosed for the
reasons given below. The information that can be released is:
1. How many units were installed under the scheme to date.
Response: Up to 30 April 2014, 15717 domestic charge points were claimed for
under the domestic recharging scheme, allowing people to prepare their homes for
plug-in vehicles.
The information being withheld falls under the exemption in section 22 of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, as the information has always been intended for publication at a
future date.
In applying this exemption we have had to balance the public interest in withholding the
information against the public interest in disclosure.
The attached annex A to this letter sets out the exemption in full and details why the public
interest test favours withholding the information.
In keeping with the spirit and effect of the Freedom of Information Act, all information is
assumed to be releasable to the public unless exempt. A copy of this response and the
information provided may now be published on the www.gov.uk web-site, together with
any related information that will provide a key to its wider context.
If you are unhappy with the way the Department has handled your request or with the
decisions made in relation to your request you may complain within two calendar months
of the date of this letter by writing to the Department’s Information Rights Unit at:
Zone D/04
Ashdown House
Sedlescombe Road North
Hastings
East Sussex TN37 7GA
E-mail: [email address]
Please see attached details of DfT’s complaints procedure and your right to complain to
the Information Commissioner.
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please remember to quote the
reference number above in any future communications.
Yours,
Policy Advisor
Your right to complain to the Department for Transport and
the Information Commissioner
You have the right to complain within two calendar months of the date of this letter about
the way in which your request for information was handled and/or about the decision not
to disclose all or part of the information requested. In addition a complaint can be made
that DfT has not complied with its FOI publication scheme.
Your complaint will be acknowledged and you will be advised of a target date by which to
expect a response. Initially your complaint will be re-considered by the official who dealt
with your request for information. If, after careful consideration, that official decides that
his/her decision was correct, your complaint will automatically be referred to a senior
independent official who will conduct a further review. You will be advised of the outcome
of your complaint and if a decision is taken to disclose information originally withheld this
will be done as soon as possible.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner
can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Annex A
In respect to exemption of questions 2,3 and 4.
Exemption in full
1 Information is exempt information if
a) the information is held by the public authority with a view to its publications, by
the authority or any other person, at some future date (whether determined or
not),
b) the information was already held with a view to such publication at the time
when the request for information was made, and
c) it is reasonable in all circumstances that the information should be withheld
from disclosure until the date referred to in paragraph (a)
Public interest test factors for
Public interest test factors against
disclosure
disclosure
There is a general presumption for
The data received has yet to be
disclosure;
checked and quality assured, to
ensure it is compliant with data
the desirability of citizens being
requirements.
informed of how public money is
being spent; and
the disclosure of the information
before publication may lead to
inaccuracy and therefore mislead
there is an intrinsic value to the
the public;
chargepoint data being made
publically available, particularly by
premature publishing of the
the energy networks in
information will significantly disrupt
understanding charging patterns
the planned managing of the
and the potential impact on the
activity leading to the general
electricity grid.
publication of the information; and
the planned publication of the
information at a future date, as
described in the scheme’s
guidance, will inform the public of
how public money is being spent.
Decision
On balance, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs that in
releasing the information.
Copy and pasted below.
Thoughts?
Department for Transport
Great Minster House
33 Horseferry Road
London
SW1P 4DR
Web Site: www.dft.gov.uk
7 July 2014
Reference: FOI 0011224
Dear Paul Webb,
Thank you for your information request of 11 June 2014. You requested the following
information:
These questions pertain to the home chargers that were subsidised under the OLEV
scheme.
1. How many units were installed under the scheme to date.
2. How many of these units have reported a charge or usage since being put in.
3. How many have stopped reporting data.
4. How many have never reported data after being installed.
Your request has been considered under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
I am writing to confirm that the Department for Transport does hold the information you
requested but has decided that some of this information cannot be disclosed for the
reasons given below. The information that can be released is:
1. How many units were installed under the scheme to date.
Response: Up to 30 April 2014, 15717 domestic charge points were claimed for
under the domestic recharging scheme, allowing people to prepare their homes for
plug-in vehicles.
The information being withheld falls under the exemption in section 22 of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, as the information has always been intended for publication at a
future date.
In applying this exemption we have had to balance the public interest in withholding the
information against the public interest in disclosure.
The attached annex A to this letter sets out the exemption in full and details why the public
interest test favours withholding the information.
In keeping with the spirit and effect of the Freedom of Information Act, all information is
assumed to be releasable to the public unless exempt. A copy of this response and the
information provided may now be published on the www.gov.uk web-site, together with
any related information that will provide a key to its wider context.
If you are unhappy with the way the Department has handled your request or with the
decisions made in relation to your request you may complain within two calendar months
of the date of this letter by writing to the Department’s Information Rights Unit at:
Zone D/04
Ashdown House
Sedlescombe Road North
Hastings
East Sussex TN37 7GA
E-mail: [email address]
Please see attached details of DfT’s complaints procedure and your right to complain to
the Information Commissioner.
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please remember to quote the
reference number above in any future communications.
Yours,
Policy Advisor
Your right to complain to the Department for Transport and
the Information Commissioner
You have the right to complain within two calendar months of the date of this letter about
the way in which your request for information was handled and/or about the decision not
to disclose all or part of the information requested. In addition a complaint can be made
that DfT has not complied with its FOI publication scheme.
Your complaint will be acknowledged and you will be advised of a target date by which to
expect a response. Initially your complaint will be re-considered by the official who dealt
with your request for information. If, after careful consideration, that official decides that
his/her decision was correct, your complaint will automatically be referred to a senior
independent official who will conduct a further review. You will be advised of the outcome
of your complaint and if a decision is taken to disclose information originally withheld this
will be done as soon as possible.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner
can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Annex A
In respect to exemption of questions 2,3 and 4.
Exemption in full
1 Information is exempt information if
a) the information is held by the public authority with a view to its publications, by
the authority or any other person, at some future date (whether determined or
not),
b) the information was already held with a view to such publication at the time
when the request for information was made, and
c) it is reasonable in all circumstances that the information should be withheld
from disclosure until the date referred to in paragraph (a)
Public interest test factors for
Public interest test factors against
disclosure
disclosure
There is a general presumption for
The data received has yet to be
disclosure;
checked and quality assured, to
ensure it is compliant with data
the desirability of citizens being
requirements.
informed of how public money is
being spent; and
the disclosure of the information
before publication may lead to
inaccuracy and therefore mislead
there is an intrinsic value to the
the public;
chargepoint data being made
publically available, particularly by
premature publishing of the
the energy networks in
information will significantly disrupt
understanding charging patterns
the planned managing of the
and the potential impact on the
activity leading to the general
electricity grid.
publication of the information; and
the planned publication of the
information at a future date, as
described in the scheme’s
guidance, will inform the public of
how public money is being spent.
Decision
On balance, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs that in
releasing the information.
