FOI release

Information relating to insurance at the GCA

Published 28 March 2022

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7th Floor, The Cabot
25 Cabot Square
London E14 4QZ
Telephone: +44 (0) 207 215 6537
Email: Enquiries@GroceriesCode.gov.uk
www.gov.uk/gca

Sent by email 18 March 2022

Dear

Freedom of Information Act: Request for information on Groceries Code Adjudicator activities

Thank you for your email dated 8 March 2022 regarding insurance at the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA). In your email you asked for the following information:

  1. Please confirm the name, position and contact details (telephone number and email address) of the person responsible for arranging and administering the Authority’s insurances.
  2. Which classes of commercial insurance do the Authority currently procure? When are these policies due for renewal?
  3. How much does the Authority spend annually on its insurance premium?
  4. Please confirm the name of the Authority’s current insurance broker/advisor (if applicable).
  5. When was the contract for insurance broking services last reviewed/tendered?
  6. When will the current contract for insurance brokerage services expire? Is this subject to a potential extension?

Duty to confirm or deny whether the GCA holds the information

Under section 1(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“FoIA”), anyone making a request for information to the GCA, as a public authority, is entitled to be informed in writing whether it holds that information, and if so, to be supplied with it. I can confirm that in accordance with the guidance set out in Managing Public Money, the GCA does not currently have any insurance policies in force and self-insures its risks. Accordingly, responses to questions which you’ve asked are as follows (numbered to match the numbering in the request above):

  1. Jamie Bend, GCA Head of Operations, enquiries@groceriescode.gov.uk, 0207 215 6537.
  2. Not applicable, the GCA does not currently have any commercial insurance.
  3. To date, £0.
  4. Not applicable.
  5. Not applicable.
  6. Not applicable.

Appeals Procedure

If you wish to complain about the way in which your request for information has been handled, you may seek an internal review by writing, setting out the reasons you feel your request has not been dealt with effectively, to:

The FOI Review Co-ordinator
Groceries Code Adjudicator
7th Floor
25 Cabot Square
London E14 4QZ

Alternatively you can email: enquiries@groceriescode.gov.uk

We will aim to deal with your Internal Review request within 20 working days of receipt or, if that is not possible, advise you of a date when we expect to complete the review. If you are dissatisfied with the outcome of the Internal Review you then have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioners Office. The contact address is:

Information Commissioners Office
FOI/EIR Complaints Resolution
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF

Yours sincerely,

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