Payments made to charities and third sector organisations (FOI211032)

This Freedom of Information request asks for details of payments made by OS to charities and third sector organisations

Request for information - Ref no: FOI211032

October 6, 2021

Information request

Thank you for your email of 26/08/2021, requesting information from Ordnance Survey in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000, as set out in the extract below:

“This is an information request relating to payments made to charities and third sector organisations. Please provide the following information for 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21:

ANY payments made to charities and third sector organisations relate to the following only:

Operation Black Vote U.K Black Pride Mermaids Oza.nne Foundation Gendered Intelligence British Medical Association ActionAid UK Hope Not Hate Led by Donkeys Extinction Rebellion Migrants Organise CLASS Black Lives Matter Action on Smoking and Health Action on Smoking and Health Scotland Action on Smoking and Health Wales Breath 2025 Association of Directors of Public Health Improving Performance in Practice (previously Public Management Associates)

I would prefer a response via email, but if this is not possible, I will gladly accept letters to the address below”

Our response

I confirm that Ordnance Survey does not hold the information you have requested. Ordnance Survey have not made any payments to the charities listed above.

Next steps

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 Internal Review Officer by contacting them, within two months of receipt of our final response to your Freedom of Information (FOI) request, as follows:

Internal Review Officer
Customer Service Centre
Ordnance Survey
Adanac Drive
Southampton
SO16 0AS

Please include the reference number above. 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 Internal Review Officer will not have been involved in the original decision. They will conduct an independent 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 Internal Review Officer will either: uphold the original decision, provide an 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, within three months of receiving our response, with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). You should make complaints to the ICO within six weeks of receiving the outcome of an internal review.

Visit the ICO website to report a concern.

Call the ICO helpline on 0303 123 1113.

All information requests

See our previous responses to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests.

Search for FOI responses