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Stuart Hardwicke Carruthers

Barrow Borough Council
Corporate Services Division
Legal Department
TOWN HALL · DUKE STREET
BARROW-IN-FURNESS · CUMBRIA LA14 2LD
FAX: (01229) 876515
DX No: 63917 BARROW-IN-FURNESS
www.barrowbc.gov.uk
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Ref:
JH/FOI0670
  Contact Name: Jane Holden
  Date:  18/09/08
Yo
  ur Ref:
  Tel No:
01229 876452

Dear Sir

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – INFORMATION REQUEST

Your request for information has now been considered.

1. Awaiting
clarification.
2. See
attached.
3. 38.
4.  2005/06 - 25, 2006/07 - 39 and 2007/08 -16.
5.  No council complaints are formally considered by elected members and isn't in the procedure
rules for them to do so.
6. Awaiting
clarification.
7. Awaiting
clarification.
8. Awaiting
clarification.
9. Non
10. No recommendations relating to financial compensation.
11. All recommendations were met in full.
12. N/A
13. N/A
14. We do not record this information. We do not have a recorded FTE figure relating to the
complaints system. Nor do we record time spent on complaints. The complaints procedure
relating to FOI/DP is separate for the general complaints system.
15.  As per 14.
16. 2005/06
£1,340,180
2006/07 £1,324,037
2007/08 £1,472,034

These figures are the cost of 'Corporate Governance'. I am assuming this is what you meant

by “total administrative costs”.
17. 2005/6 – 320
2006/7 - 325
2007/8 - 315

Director of Regeneration & Community Services
Chief Executive
Director of Corporate Services
Borough Treasurer
Phil Huck
Tom Campbell
Ola Oduwole
Mohamad Saleh

18. 2005/6 - £82509
2006/7 - £86304
2007/8 - £89277
19. The Chief Executives pay does not include performance related payments. The Council does
not operate any performance based enhancement schemes.

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act
1988. You are free to use it for your own purposes, including any non-commercial research you are
doing and for the purposes of news reporting. Any other re-use, for example commercial publication,
would require the permission of the copyright holder. You can find details on the arrangements for
re-using Crown Copyright on HMSOnline at: http://www.hmso.gov.uk/copyright/licences/click-use-
home.htm

Information you receive which is not subject to Crown Copyright continues to be protected by the
copyright of the person or organisation from which the information originated. Applications for re-use
must be made in writing and state the purpose for which the information will be reused.

Under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations we may choose to allow re-use under
licence, imposing conditions on the re-use of the information to ensure it is not used in a manner
inconsistent with our copyright and we may also decide to charge a re-use fee.

If you have any queries, concerns or if you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request please
contact me as above.

If the complaint still cannot be resolved you may contact the Council’s Assistant Director (Personnel &
Performance) at the address given above.

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply directly to the Information
Commissioner at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow. Cheshire SK9 5AF

Yours sincerely

Jane Holden
Corporate Services Officer

Director of Regeneration & Community Services
Chief Executive
Director of Corporate Services
Borough Treasurer
Phil Huck
Tom Campbell
Ola Oduwole
Mohamad Saleh