Laxey Flooding

Summary

A request was made for correspondence regarding flood preparedness and road repairs in Laxey involving the Flood Agency, Civil Defence, and Manx Utilities. The Cabinet Office responded that it does not hold the requested information and directed the applicant to other relevant authorities.

Key Facts

• The Cabinet Office does not hold the requested information regarding flood correspondence.
• The applicant was asked to clarify the term 'Flood Agency', identifying Civil Defence and the Meteorological Office.
• The applicant was advised to contact the Department of Home Affairs for Civil Defence communications.
• The applicant was advised to contact Manx Utilities or the Department of Infrastructure for Meteorological Office communications.
• The request was closed on 28 October 2019.

Data Disclosed

• 1014505
• 2019-10-28
• 2019-10-29
• 23 October 2019
• 5 days
• IM1 3PN
• 01624 686244

Original Request

Good Afternoon, I would like to request information / emails surrounding correspondence sent from the Flood Agency to both Manx Utilities and the contractor in respect of the expectation of high rainfall and requests to shore up the hole in the Glen Road that was created to facilitate the work to be carried out on the Weir. The period of the request covers the 5 days leading up to and following the severe floods. Kind regards, ***

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Government Office Douglas Isle of Man IM1 3PN Telephone: (+44) 01624 686244 Website: www.gov.im/co

Our ref: 1014505 28 October 2019

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 23 October 2019 which states:

"Good Afternoon, I would like to request information / emails surrounding correspondence sent from the Flood Agency to both Manx Utilities and the contractor in respect of the expectation of high rainfall and requests to shore up the hole in the Glen Road that was created to facilitate the work to be carried out on the Weir. The period of the request covers the 5 days leading up to and following the severe floods. "

We requested that you provide clarification as to which body you meant by the term “Flood Agency”. You stated: “Could you send the comms sent from Civil Defence and the Metrological Office to the MUA and or the Contractors.”

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Cabinet Office does not hold the information that you have requested.

To provide advice and assistance in relation to your request, you may wish to contact Department of Home Affairs for comms sent from Civil Defence. You might wish to contact Manx Utilities or Department of Infrastructure for Metrological Office to MUA and or the Contractors comms.

Alternatively you might wish to make a Freedom of Information request directly to those public authorities, which can be done online via the following link: https://services.gov.im/freedom-of-information/Create .

Please quote the reference number 1014505 in any future communications.

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your freedom of information request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response, by completing a complaint form and submitting it electronically or by delivery/post.

An electronic version of our complaint form can be found by going to our website at https://services.gov.im/freedom-of-information/Review . If you would like a paper version of our complaint form to be sent to you by post, please contact me and I will be happy to arrange for this. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made as soon as practicable. We will respond as soon as the review has been concluded.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner for a decision on; 1. Whether we have responded to your request for information in accordance with Part 2 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015; or 2. Whether we are justified in refusing to give you the information requested.
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I will now close your request as of this date.

Yours sincerely