Freedom of information response

I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect to the contract below.

Homeless Hostels, Housing First and Support:
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e5284d3e-ad5a-401c-955f-fc85e898cab4

The details we require are:

• What are the contractual performance KPI's for this contract? Please see attached.

• Actual spend on this contract, from the start of the contract to the current date £1,942,581.23

• Has the extension clause been taken, and if so, the duration of the extension? Yes, one year

• Has a decision been made yet on when the re-tender will take place, and if so, whether it will be re-tendered in the same format and specification? This is not yet decided.

• Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract? Under S.40 of the Freedom of information act, we are unable to provide the contact details of any staff members who are below the director level.

Unfortunately we are unable to provide in full the information you have requested.  We do hold the information but an absolute exemption applies.  Personal Information (Section 40,2) 

Personal data of any other person (third party data) is exempt under section 40(2) if disclosure would breach one of the data protection principles. This aspect of Section 40 is an Absolute Exemption and is therefore not subject to the Public Interest Test. 

The names of officers working for the Council is personal data specific to them. It is therefore subject to the provisions of the Data Protection Act. Information can be withheld if its disclosure would be likely to breach one or more of the Principles of the Data Protection Act. There is no prior expectation on the part of team Managers (or other officers working below the level of Director) that their names and job titles / positions would be published into the wider public domain under FOI. A disclosure made under FOI constitutes a publication to the world at large. We believe that to disclose this would be likely to breach the first Principle of the Data Protection Act by unfairly contravening their right to privacy and confidentiality in the work place.  

However, in the interests of transparency we are able to share details relating to senior officers (Director  level and above). For these officers, there is already a greater expectation of openness about their role given their level of accountability for service provision and budgetary decision making.  

For your information please see the following link which outlines staff details of Director and above: https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/chief-executive-directors-and-services