Anticipated reasons for restriction

Award of a pan London fresh meat framework contract on behalf of the London Contracts Supplies Group. The overall value of the framework is c.£12m of which LB Havering's spend is expected to be £2.4m over four years

By virtue of paragraph(s) 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

Explanation of Reasons

By Virtue of Paragraph 3
Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)

Condition:
Information is not exempt if it is required to be registered under-
- The Companies Act 1985
- The Friendly Societies Act 1974
- The Friendly Societies Act 1992
- The Industrial and Provident Societies Acts 1965 to 1978
- The Building Societies Act 1986 (recorded in the public file of any building society, within the meaning of the Act)
- The Charities Act 1993
Information is exempt to the extent that, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.
Information is not exempt if it relates to proposed development for which the local planning authority may grant itself planning permission pursuant to Regulation 3 of the Town & Country Planning General Regulations 1992(a).

Reason restricted justification

The decision is exempt due to the commercial nature of the decision and that suppliers will not be made aware of the decision until after the period of call in