Access to inland waters

7 February 2022

Dear 

Request for Information: ATISN 16010

Thank you for your request which I received on 24 January 2022.  

You asked for all full and final copies of the following:

a)    Correspondence between the Minister Lee Waters, his officials and Natural Resources Wales regarding the establishment of a project group set up to scope a project plan for delivering Welsh Governments Programme for Government 2021-2026 in respect of beginning “to designate Wales’s inland waters for recreation, strengthening water quality monitoring”. 

b)    Correspondence between the Minister Lee Waters and Natural Resources Wales regarding the “Report on the progress of the Access to Water Sub-Group of the National Access Forum Wales” between the dates of the 13th of May 2021 and 24th January 2022

c)    Correspondence between Canoe Wales and the Minister Lee Waters MS between the dates of the 13th of May 2021 and 24th January 2022

d)    Correspondence between WATO and the Minister Lee Waters MS between the dates of the 13th of May 2021 and 24th January 2022

I confirm that we do not hold any recorded information relating to your request.  

If you are dissatisfied with the Welsh Government’s handling of your request, you can ask for an internal review within 40 working days of the date of this response.  Requests for an internal review should be addressed to the Welsh Government’s Freedom of Information Officer at:

Information Rights Unit
Welsh Government
Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NQ

Or Email: Freedom.ofinformation@gov.wales

Please remember to quote the ATISN reference number above.

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner who can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

However, please note that the Commissioner will not normally investigate a complaint until it has been through our own internal review process.

Yours sincerely