MaPS has now responded to our Freedom of Information request regarding its Equalities and Vulnerability Impact Assessment (‘EVIA’). Unfortunately, it is attempting to with-hold the publication of this document, claiming that it is only in ‘draft’ form and therefore exempt from the Freedom of Information Act.
We dispute this, as the pre-commissioning EVIA is a final document which should have informed the relative funding allocations for national and regional lots, and the service specifications for its procurement exercise. We have therefore today lodged a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office.