Dear Mr McGillivray

Request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

Thank you for your email received on 30 June 2009 requesting that the following information be provided to you:

“Under the Freedom of Information Act, please provide details of:

1. the names and job titles of all employees in your organisation who are Common Purpose 'graduates'.

2. the total expenditure by your organisation on Common Purpose courses for each of the years 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.”

The Council is treating your request as a request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

The information which you have requested is below.

I can confirm that the Council has not made any payments to Common Purpose in respect of any graduate scheme.

The Council accordingly feels that it has complied in full with your request. However, if you feel that this is not the case please contact the Customer Care Team at the number above.

Please note that the information provided in response to your request is, unless otherwise indicated, copyright © Glasgow City Council 2009. It is supplied to you in terms of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. Any further use by you of this information must comply with the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 as amended and/or the Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997. In particular, any commercial use or re-use of the information provided requires the prior written consent of the Council.

Requests for such consent should be addressed to:

Head of PR and Marketing

Glasgow City Council

City Chambers

George Square

Glasgow

G2 1DU

Some or all of the information may be subject to third party copyright, in which case the permission of the third party copyright holder may be required. No claim is made in respect of third party copyright.

Yours sincerely

Jennifer Small

Freedom of Information Officer

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