Education Resources
Executive Director
Larry Forde
Operations Service
Ms Kate Higgins
Our ref:
EDU/FOI/2009/175
request-22840-
Your ref:
[email address]
If calling ask for: Molly Magee
Phone:
01698 454512
Date:
8 December 2009
Dear Ms Higgins
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Request for Information
Thank you for your request for information, received on 8 November 2009. Your request has been
dealt with in accordance with the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
In response to the attached request for information, I can advise you that the Council understands
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.
The Council does not hold any information in relation to funding for the Aiming High for Disabled
Children strategy, accordingly, Section 17(1)(b) of the Act (information not held) applies to this
request.
If you require further information or assistance please contact Molly Magee, Information and
Communication Officer, Operations Service, Education Resources, Council Offices, Almada Street,
Hamilton, ML3 0AE.
In line with the terms of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, the Council has in place a
procedure by which a review of the way in which we handle requests for information can be carried
out. If you are dissatisfied by the way the Council has dealt with your request or about any
decision made in connection with your request, and wish a review to be carried out, please inform
the Council of this by 8 February 2010
. In requesting a review, it would be helpful if you could
quote the reference number found at the top of this letter and state the matter which has given rise
to your dissatisfaction. Requests for review should be sent to:
Mr. W. Dunn
Legal Services Adviser
Corporate Resources
Montrose House
154 Montrose Crescent
Hamilton, ML3 6LL
Alternatively, you can request a review via email: [email address].
Council Offices, Almada Street, Hamilton ML3 0AE Phone: 01698 454512 Fax: 01698 454465
Text Phone: 01698 454039 Email: [email address]
Any review will be handled by staff not involved in the original decision.
Should you not be satisfied with the outcome of our review, you will then have the right to appeal to
the Scottish Information Commissioner. The Commissioner will decide whether your request has
been dealt with properly, in accordance with the Act. The Commissioner’s contact details are as
follows:
Scottish Information Commissioner
Kinburn Castle
Doubledykes Road
St Andrews, Fife
KY16 9DS
Telephone: 01334 464610
Fax: 01334 464611
e-mail: [email address]
For further details, please see the Commissioner’s website at www.itspublicknowledge.info.
Yours sincerely
Des Dickson
Operations Manager
Request for information
The Scottish Government received £34 million Barnett Consequentials from HM Treasury in 2007-
08 arising from new money to implement the Aiming High for Disabled Children strategy in
England. Under the Concordat, the Scottish Government has allocated that £34 million to local
authorities as part of the GAE settlement.
I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act
2002:
1. Please provide information which shows how much your local authority received as its
allocated share of the £34million in:
a) 2008-2009 and
b) 2009-2010
In responding to this request, please consider all relevant information which might accurately
confirm the amount received, including information contained within documentation such as
budgets and related papers; council and committee papers and minutes; correspondence
between and among officers, or between officers and third parties; meeting papers; and any
other relevant papers and documents.
2. Please provide all information - including information contained within budgets and related
papers; council and committee papers and minutes; correspondence between and among
officers, or between officers and third parties; meeting papers; and any other relevant papers
and documents - showing:
a) how you intended to spend your allocated share of the £34million, and
b) how you actually spent your allocated share of the £34 million.
Please provide this information for both 2008-2009, and 2009-2010.
