Payments

Summary

The requester asked the Cabinet Office for details on financial assistance provided to McKenzie Fox Ltd during the pandemic, but the authority confirmed it does not hold this information as it did not administer business support schemes.

Key Facts

• The Cabinet Office does not hold information on financial assistance paid to businesses.
• The Cabinet Office has not paid financial assistance to businesses.
• Support schemes were run by the Department for Enterprise and The Treasury.
• The requester was advised to submit separate FOI requests to the Department for Enterprise and The Treasury.
• The request was clarified to cover the period from 2019 to date.

Data Disclosed

• 2282217
• 2022-02-22
• 2022-02-24
• 2022-02-28
• 2019
• McKenzie Fox Ltd
• Howard Quayle

Original Request

Good Morning This email will be a test to see how changes have been implemented to the cabinet office after the first F.O.I request into Claims made to the covid relief fund by the Ex Chief minster Howard Quayle. Now to my question … Can you please tell me the exact money claimed from the covid relief to date from the company McKenzie fox Ltd please. Also the date in which this money was paid back to the fund where it was claimed from. I look forward to your reply.. Kind regards… Clarification request sent to requester, 24 Febraury 2022: In order to identify and locate the exact information that you have asked for we need some further information from you. In particular, it would be helpful if you could please let us know the following: * When you request 'exact money claimed from covid relief' are you referring to the Covid funding and support schemes to businesses. If so can you please specify which scheme? To offer advice and assistance, there were various Covid relief and funding and support schemes available to businesses which can be found online here: https://covid19.gov.im/business-guidance/. * Can you please confirm the time period that you are seeking the information for? Please note, our response will be for information held only by the Cabinet Office. We will not hold details of support provided by the Department for Enterprise or the Treasury. To obtain this you will need to submit separate FOI requests to those Departments directly. Clarification response, 24 February 2022: The information I seek is from 2019 to date any form in the way of financial assistance during the pandemic what so ever from the cabinet office towards McKenzie Fox Ltd. I will request the same from Enterprise and Treasury, Thanks

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Full Response Text

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

Our ref: 2282217 28 February 2022

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 22 February 2022 and which states:

"Good Morning This email will be a test to see how changes have been implemented to the cabinet office after the first F.O.I request into Claims made to the covid relief fund by the Ex Chief minster Howard Quayle. Now to my question … Can you please tell me the exact money claimed from the covid relief to date from the company McKenzie fox Ltd please. Also the date in which this money was paid back to the fund where it was claimed from. I look forward to your reply.. Kind regards…” We wrote to you on 24 February 2022 and asked you to clarify your request: “In order to identify and locate the exact information that you have asked for we need some further information from you. In particular, it would be helpful if you could please let us know the following: When you request 'exact money claimed from covid relief' are you referring to the Covid funding and support schemes to businesses. If so can you please specify which scheme? To offer advice and assistance, there were various Covid relief and funding and support schemes available to businesses which can be found online here: https://covid19.gov.im/business-guidance/. Can you please confirm the time period that you are seeking the information for? Please note, our response will be for information held only by the Cabinet Office. We will not hold details of support provided by the Department for

Enterprise or the Treasury. To obtain this you will need to submit separate FOI requests to those Departments directly.” On 24 February 2022, you provided clarification as follows: “The information I seek is from 2019 to date any form in the way of financial assistance during the pandemic what so ever from the cabinet office towards McKenzie Fox Ltd. I will request the same from Enterprise and Treasury, Thanks"

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Cabinet Office does not hold the information that you have requested. The Cabinet Office has not paid financial assistance to businesses. However, you may wish to contact the Department for Enterprise and The Treasury who ran support schemes.. Department for Enterprise St Georges Court Upper Church Street Douglas Isle of Man IM1 1EX The Treasury Head Office 3rd Floor Government Offices Bucks Road Douglas Isle of Man IM1 3PZ Alternatively you can submit a Freedom of Information request to these Departments here: https://www.gov.im/about-the-government/freedom-of-information/make-a- freedom-of-information-request/ Please quote the reference number 2282217 in any future communications.

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Yours sincerely