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Dear Requester

Request for information – FOI12309

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Ordnance Survey does hold this information and we respond to each of your questions in turn:

1. Does Ordnance Survey have any powers to enforce Local Authorities to keep the NLPG and NSG up-to-date and fit for purpose?

No

2. Have Parliament given Ordnance Survey powers to take action against councils who do not update their data on NLPG?

No

3. Have Ordnance Survey been given any remit from Parliament to deal with this?

No

Internal Review
Your enquiry has been processed according to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. If you are unhappy with our response, you may request an internal review with our FOI Appeals Officer, by contacting them as follows:

FOI Appeals Officer
Customer Service Centre
Ordnance Survey
Adanac Drive
Southampton
SO16 0AS

E-mail: foi@ordnancesurvey.co.uk

Please include the reference number FOI12309. You may request an internal review where you believe Ordnance Survey has:

• Failed to respond to your request within the time limits (normally 20 working days)
• Failed to tell you whether or not we hold the information
• Failed to provide the information you have requested
• Failed to explain the reasons for refusing a request
• Failed to correctly apply an exemption or exception 

The FOI Appeals Officer will not have been involved in the original decision. They will conduct an internal review and will inform you of the outcome of the review normally within 20 working days, but exceptionally within 40 working days, in line with the Information Commissioner’s guidance. 

The FOI Appeals Officer will either: uphold the original decision, provide additional explanation of the exemption/s applied or release further information, if it is considered appropriate to do so.

Appeal to Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)
If following the outcome of the internal review you remain unhappy with our response, you may raise an appeal with the Information Commissioner’s Office, their contact information is as follows:

The Case Reception Unit
Customer Service Team
The Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane 
Wilmslow
Cheshire 
SK9 5AF

E-mail: mail@ico.gsi.gov.uk

Telephone helpline: 0303 123 1113 or 01625 545745 for advice, Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.

We have provided this letter of response in an enlarged font, as per our acknowledgement, to assist you.  If you require a verbal response please contact us.

Thank you for your enquiry.