According to the Foi act Freedom Of Information Act. Any company or organisation holding information on behalf of local authorities is governed by the act and is subject to the same rules of disclosure.
This applies to the water companies which hold the rateable values of properties which was passed to them by the local authorities to enable them to work out the water charges on domestic properties.
I have written to United Utilities asking for the rateable value of properties in their area giving them twenty working days to respond as per the rules. They did not reply. I wrote again. They have not replied.
The reason I want this information is because it is a question on the Con29 DW and helps me to produce a personal drains report so I can see why they would not want to reply and supply this information.
I may have to take them to court to get this information. I did it once before and won and I am quite prepared to do it again.
Comment by jel tyler — June 21, 2009 @ 8:02 pm
go for it, these companies have the monopoly on this type of information, but not for much longer