Date: 22 January 2010

My Ref: FOI/2010/0092/CLO

Contact: Emma Hearton

Direct dial: 01934 427390

Steve Rogers

Sent via email

Dear Mr Rogers,

Freedom of Information Act (2000) - Request for Information

I write following our acknowledgement letter, date 18 February 2010, reference FOI/2010/0092/ACK.

Further to your request, please see our response below:

Please provide me with a statement of the total reserves held by the council as at 1 April for each year since 1999.

Please provide me with a statement of the total external debt owed by the council as at 1 April for each year since 1999.

Following your recent request please find enclosed two schedules which contain;

The information for these schedules was taken from the Council's Annual Statement of Accounts.

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In line with the Freedom of Information Act (2000) and the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004, the Council reserves the right to charge for disbursements, such as photocopying and postage. However, on this occasion no fee will be charged.

Please note that the Freedom of Information Act only provides you with a right of access to recorded information. Any information subject to copyright will continue to be protected by the Copyright Designs and Patents Act (1998). This includes information which is copyright of the council. Disclosure of any information by the council to you does not provide you with any rights to use or distribute the information in breach of any copyright.

North Somerset Council now considers that it has complied with your request. However, you have a right to appeal if you are dissatisfied with our response. In the first instance you should address your appeal for a review of the response or our handling of your request to the Council's Audit, Risk & Information Manager, in writing at:

Mr Peter Rooney, Audit Risk & Information Manager, The Town Hall, Walliscote Grove Road, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 1UJ.

If you are dissatisfied with the outcome of the Council's internal review, you have a further right of appeal to the Information Commissioner. You can request a review of the council's decisions by contacting:

The Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely

Emma Hearton

FOI & DPA Support Assistant

North Somerset Council

Philip Hall

Director of Finance and Resources

Information, Communication and Technology Department

North Somerset Council

Town Hall

Weston-super-Mare

Somerset BS23 1UJ

www.n-somerset.gov.uk