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Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Brockworth
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GL3 4AW
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E-mail: freedomofinformation@ghc.nhs.uk Website: www.ghc.nhs.uk
Date: 2nd August 2022
Sent via e-mail to:- Mia Taylor
————————-Mia Taylor,
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 176-2022
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
Please provide me with all documents and electronic communications relating to the rooftop and greenfield mobile mast site agreements that your trust may have entered into with any of the following organisations Code Operators. since 28 December 2017. The information should include internal emails and minutes of discussions relating to the site agreements.
a. EE Limited
b. Hutchison 3G UK Limited
c. Arqiva Services Limited
d. On Tower UK Limited
e. Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited CTIL.
f. Airwave Solutions Limited
g. Vodafone Limited; and
h. Telefonica O2 UK Limited
Please provide the following information in respect of those agreements:
1. The number of agreements with any of the Code Operators that were renewals of existing agreements and the number of agreements relating to new sites.
2. In respect of those agreements which were renewals, the number of renewals completed before the contractual expiry of the existing agreement.
3. Where the agreements were renewals, the rent paid under the previous agreement and the consideration paid under the renewed agreement; and
4. Any legal costs incurred by the trust in dealing with these agreements and not paid by the Code Operators.
While I appreciate some of this information may be classed as confidential, I would highlight the government guidance https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/911940/Annex-3-Agreeing-Financial-Terms.pdf put in place as part of the digital toolkit for local authorities, which confirms that transparency is vital in developing what is currently an embryonic market.
We have not entered into any rooftop or greenfield mobile mast site agreements since 28 December 2017.
Should you have any queries in relation to our response in this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask us to review our response, you should write to: –
– Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth
GLOUCESTER GL3 4AW
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Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Officer
On behalf of Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust
FOI Request
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from your trust.
Please provide me with all documents and electronic communications relating to the rooftop and greenfield mobile mast site agreements that your trust may have entered into with any of the following organisations Code Operators. since 28 December 2017. The information should include internal emails and minutes of discussions relating to the site agreements.
a. EE Limited
b. Hutchison 3G UK Limited
c. Arqiva Services Limited
d. On Tower UK Limited
e. Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited CTIL.
f. Airwave Solutions Limited
g. Vodafone Limited; and
h. Telefonica O2 UK Limited
Please provide the following information in respect of those agreements:
1. The number of agreements with any of the Code Operators that were renewals of existing agreements and the number of agreements relating to new sites.
2. In respect of those agreements which were renewals, the number of renewals completed before the contractual expiry of the existing agreement.
3. Where the agreements were renewals, the rent paid under the previous agreement and the consideration paid under the renewed agreement; and
4. Any legal costs incurred by the trust in dealing with these agreements and not paid by the Code Operators.
While I appreciate some of this information may be classed as confidential, I would highlight the government guidance https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/911940/Annex-3-Agreeing-Financial-Terms.pdf put in place as part of the digital toolkit for local authorities, which confirms that transparency is vital in developing what is currently an embryonic market.
Please provide the information in the form of a digital document that can be emailed to me at mia@protectandconnect.co.uk
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.
If you can identify any ways my request could be refined, I would be grateful for any further advice and assistance. The following outline of what I am trying to ascertain from the information you provide may assist: Several newspaper reports expose aggressive behaviour by mobile phone companies who are using a revision to the Electronic Communication Code 2017 to force down rental prices on telephone infrastructure sites. I would like to know whether this impacts your local authority as it does with others.
If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or phone, and I will be pleased to clarify what I am asking for and discuss the request.
Thank you for your time, and I look forward to your response.