Wolfram Bayer
[FOI #30746 email]
17 March 2010
Our Ref: FOI 2010/63 – F0089537
Dear Mr Bayer,
Re: Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 – Request for Information
Thank you for your email which was received by the University on 14 March 2010 timed 16:07
hours, requesting the following information:
a. In response to my recent FoI request (your ref: FoI Review 2010/01-F0084126 )
You have replied
“I have reviewed the response made to you and, while it does not answer your questions 1
(a), (b) and (c) directly the response made is correct. There is perhaps confusion over
expenditure on Phase 1 of the project (the pre-contract phase) and expenditure incurred in
particular years which I will attempt to clarify:
The cost budgets for the Student Lifecycle Project (SLP) in 2007/08 and 2008/09, as set
through the University's budget setting process, were £650k and £3,320k respectively. All
expenditure charged against the project was authorised in line with the hierarchical structure
of delegated authority which governs budgetary authority across the University. Pre contract
SLP expenditure was incurred in 2007/08 and 2008/09 and has been charged against the
annual budgets in line with the delegated authorities in place for this project. Pre and post
contract expenditure is therefore contained within the overall budgets set in these two years
for the delivery of SLP as a whole. I hope you will agree therefore that there was no
overspend on budget and therefore no need for a case to be made and approved or
otherwise.”
On studying the information you have given to date about this project I have noticed that the
budget was approved by the University Senior Management Group on 17 March 2009. This
clearly tells me that you were spending money against an unapproved budget. Could you
please explain your reply in light of this? Also I am still waiting to know who made the decision
to spend the University’s money from a non existent budget?
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b. Could you please send me the breakdown of the expenditure against the budget allocated
to this project to date?
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