UN COP26 invitations etc

Summary

A request was made for details on Isle of Man Government employees invited to or attending UN COP26 summits, including funding and leave arrangements. The Department for Enterprise responded that they do not hold the requested information but directed the requester to a related FOI response from the Cabinet Office.

Key Facts

• The Department for Enterprise does not hold the information regarding COP26 invitations or attendance.
• The request was received on 21 September 2021 and the outcome was issued on 14 October 2021.
• The authority referenced a separate FOI request (2000801) from the Cabinet Office containing relevant information.
• The request covered official invitations, travel expenses, self-funded attendance, and unofficial events.
• The case reference number for this request is 2000402.

Data Disclosed

• 2000402
• 2000801
• 21 September 2021
• 14 October 2021
• 2015

Original Request

In the recent meeting with the UK parliament the Chief Minister implied that no-one from the Isle of Man Government had been invited to the UN COP26 global summits in Milan and Glasgow. How many employees/roles from what departments were (a) officially invited to attend (b) agreed to attend with official travel expenses (c) decided to attend self-funded with or without professional development leave or annual leave and equally how many employees/roles are due to attend what events (a) the official global summit (b) any other unofficial events split into unofficial events firstly with and secondly without an Isle of Man connection?

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Freedom of Information Co-ordinator 1st Floor, St Georges Court Upper Church Street, Douglas Isle of Man IM1 1EX

Telephone: (01624 682381) Website: www.gov.im/ded Email: anthony,walker@gov.im

Our ref: 2000402 14 October 2021

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 21 September 2021 and which states:

"In the recent meeting with the UK parliament the Chief Minister implied that no-one from the Isle of Man Government had been invited to the UN COP26 global summits in Milan and Glasgow. How many employees/roles from what departments were (a) officially invited to attend (b) agreed to attend with official travel expenses (c) decided to attend self-funded with or without professional development leave or annual leave and equally how many employees/roles are due to attend what events (a) the official global summit (b) any other unofficial events split into unofficial events firstly with and secondly without an Isle of Man connection?"

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the public authority does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find the information that you have requested. I note however that the Cabinet Office have recently published a Freedom of Information request (2000801) which outlines information concerning the UN COP 26 Global Summits, here is a link to the response: https://iom.icasework.com/servlet/servlets.getImg?ref=D1016213&bin=Y&auth=0&db =ZVD1ZPdIGvo%3D&access_token=og18y0TeIR1DjR6cyTYgASjRCst1hwdyVYI5H4iNK 0b1Aqp-sO4kV9CwWFzJOLN2.JV5UITaEaOPZJAgs69Ot4Q%3D%3D

Please quote the reference number 2000402 in any future communications.

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