The Bus Decarbonisation Task and Finish Group

17 May 2022

Dear

Request for Information – ATISN 16265

I wrote to you on 28 April regarding your request for information regarding The Bus Decarbonisation Task and Finish Group.

Information requested

You asked for:

1. The number of meetings held in each calendar year from 2011 to 2021 (or from whenever the entity in question was created or established until 2021, if later); and

2. The cost in maintaining the same, again broken down by calendar year and over the same period

Our Response

I can confirm the Welsh Government holds information captured by your request.

For question one, The Bus Decarbonisation Task and Finish Group dedicated 366 hours across 9 workshops and additional preparatory and research time between November 2021 and March 2022. The work of the group is now complete.

For question two, the cost of the entire exercise was £100,000, which was spent on facilitating the group, background research and report writing. However, all the members of the group gave their time free of charge.

Next steps

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.  The Information Commissioner 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