Mr Barry Hutton

By e-mail only: [FOI #44795 email]

Date: 19 November 2010

Dear Mr Hutton,

Re: - Request for Information - Common Purpose - Reference Number: CXP/88EHK6

I refer to your request for information, which was received by Manchester City Council on 16 August 2010 and has been considered under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FoIA).

I apologise again for the delay in responding to your request.

You asked for the following information:

In response to Part 2 of your request, I can confirm that the Council has identified 37 e-mails that were sent between Sharon Kemp and Common Purpose during the period from 1 April 2010 to 16 August 2010.

I enclose under cover of this letter a table which discloses the following information:

The Council has not disclosed information in relation to the identity of third parties (e.g. employees of Common Purpose) as you have not requested this and such information may in any event be exempt from disclosure to the world at large under FoIA on the grounds of the exemption at Section 40(2) of FoIA.

Please note if you are not satisfied with this response you may ask for an internal review.  If you wish to complain you should contact Lynn Evans, Information Compliance Officer (information-compliance @manchester.gov.uk) in the first instance. Your complaint will be considered by a senior officer who has not already been involved with this response. If you require more information about the Council's access to information complaints procedure this can be downloaded directly from:

http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?categoryID=200031&documentID=1322&pageNumber=3

Alternatively, if you prefer a paper copy, please let me know.

If you remain dissatisfied after an internal review has been undertaken, you have a right to apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner will normally expect you to exhaust our complaints machinery before considering your complaint.

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Yours sincerely,

Lynn Evans

Corporate Information Governance Manager