Details regarding Isle of Man Ltd as a registered

Summary

The requester asked for documents regarding 'Isle of Man Limited', alleging civil servants were shareholders, but the Cabinet Office stated it does not hold this information.

Key Facts

• The Cabinet Office does not hold the requested information regarding Isle of Man Limited.
• The company is registered with Companies House UK.
• Civil servants listed as Chief Financial Officer and Financial Controller within the Isle of Man Treasury were identified in the attachment.
• The requester was advised to contact the Treasury or submit a new FOI request to them.
• The initial request was received on 28 July 2017 and clarified on 10 August 2017.

Data Disclosed

• 28 July 2017
• 1 August 2017
• 10 August 2017
• IM96919I
• 2017-08-10
• 2017-07-28
• 2 pages
• 1 document
• 354297

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

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REFERENCE NUMBER: IM96919I

REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2015 (“the Act”) Thank you for your on-line application dated 28 July 2017 requesting the following information:

“‘Kindly advise about the incorporation of government departments into businesses are they for profit or are they non profit businesses”.

We wrote to you on the 1 August 2017 requesting clarification of the information sought. After some correspondence, which was to enable the Cabinet Office to adequately identify the information required, you responded on 10 August 2017 stating: “I have found a company please find attached called Isle of Man Limited, it has IOM civil servants as shareholders, it is a private company. Is it possible to have a copy of the articles & memorandum of association please including its powers & duties and whether the directors get paid or receive benefits for running the company on top of their salary paid for by the Manx tax-paying constituents?” Response to your request
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Cabinet Office does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find the information that you have requested. To provide some advice and assistance to the detail you supplied in the attachment, this showed “Isle of Man Limited” as registered with Companies House UK and the civil servants listed as the Chief Financial Officer and Financial Controller within the Isle of Man Treasury. You may therefore wish to contact the Treasury who should be able to help you locate the information you require.
Treasury’s website and contact details can be found at: https://www.gov.im/about-the- government/departments/treasury/.
Alternatively you could submit a Freedom of Information request to them via the on-line portal at: https://www.gov.im/about-the-government/freedom-of-information/make-a-freedom-of- information-request/ and select the Treasury from the Departments listed in the ‘Request information from’ section of the ‘Your Details’.

Government Office DOUGLAS Isle of Man IM1 3PN Tel: (+44) 01624 686244 Fax: (+44) 01624 685710 Website www.gov.im/co
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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 to the FOI Co-ordinator, Cabinet Office, Government Office, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 3PN. An electronic version of our complaint form can be found by going to our website https://www.gov.im/foireview. If you would like a paper version of our complaint form to be sent to you by post, please contact us and we will be happy to arrange for this.
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More detailed information on your rights to review is on the Information Commissioner’s website at: https://www.inforights.im/ Should you have any queries concerning this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Further information about Freedom of Information requests can be found at: www.gov.im/foi.