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Ms Kate Higgins

7 December 2009

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01651 871265.

Dear Ms Higgins,

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - (“The Act”)

I refer to your request for information from the Council dated 8 November 2009, requesting information relating to funding disabled children.

I understand that the Barnett Formula consequentials due to Scotland as a result of HM Treasury's announcement of £340m to support families with disabled children in connection with the report Aiming High for Disabled Children were included within the overall Scottish Budget resulting from the Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 Settlement, and were not hypothecated.

As this funding was not ring-fenced it is not identifiable in Aberdeenshire Council's budget. Therefore, under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, the Council believes that it does not hold the information requested.

Please contact me as the officer responsible for responding to your request if you have any further queries.

If, for any reason, you are not satisfied with this response, please refer to the further information attached.

Yours sincerely,

David Jason

Information Officer (Social Work)

Further Information:

Aberdeenshire Council's Review Procedure under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002:-

If you wish Aberdeenshire Council to review its actions and/or decisions with respect to your Request for Information, you should contact:-

Alastair Nicol,

Principal Committee Officer,

Aberdeenshire Council,

Woodhill House,

Westburn Road,

Aberdeen AB16 5GB;

(e-mail [email address]):

no later than 40 days after you receive the Notice intimating the decision that you want to have reviewed.

Your request for review must be in writing or in another form which has some permanency and is capable of being used for subsequent reference (e.g. audio/video tape recording). You must state your name and address for correspondence. You must also give details of the information which you originally requested and the reasons why you are dissatisfied with the way in which your application for information has been dealt with.

The Principal Committee Officer will arrange for your application for review to be considered by the Review Panel. The Review Panel will write to you informing you of its decision by not later than twenty working days after receipt of your request for a review. The Review Panel will also provide you with a statement of its reasons for arriving at the decision it has made.

Your Right to Complain to the Scottish Information Commissioner:

If you are dissatisfied with the Review Panel's decision, you may appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner.

An appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner must be made within six months, specifying:-

The Scottish Information Commissioner can be contacted at:-

Scottish Information Commissioner,

Kinburn Castle,

Doubledykes Road,

St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9BS

Telephone - 01334 464610;

Fax - 01334 464611;

Email - enquiries@its publicknowledge.info

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