Dear Mr Mallan

Request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

Thank you for your emai received on 25 March 2009 requesting that the following information be provided to you:

“I am writing to request information regarding the following:

- The Assessment criteria for Grants to Voluntary Organisations for 2009 / 2010.

- The scores of all applications assessed under the Grants to Voluntary Organisations.

- The monitoring returns/ performance reports of projects funded as part of the 2008/ 2009 funding allocations.”

The Council is treating your request as a request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

On inspecting our records, it would appear that compliance with Points 2 and 3 of this request would cost the Council more than the upper limit allowed by section 12(1) of the Act and the fees regulations made under the Act (this limit is currently £600). Accordingly we are unable to comply with your request.

This figure has been calculated in accordance with the Fees Regulations made under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act. This includes the costs which would be incurred in locating and retrieving the information, photocopying, postage and staff time. The staff time charged reflects the true pay scale of the member(s) of staff who would be involved capped at a ceiling of £15/hour per member of staff.

The Council has the option of complying with requests where the costs exceed £600. However, on this occasion we have decided not to due to the resources (both financial and human) which voluntary compliance with this request would divert away from our core business.

However, it would be possible for the Council to provide some of the information which you have requested within the cost celing laid down by the Regulations. In this case, we are able to provide you with the following information free of charge:

Point 1

Please find attached a copy of the assessment criteria utilised by Social Work Services with regards Grants to Voluntary Organisations for 2009 / 2010.

As your nature of your request is very wide, it would be useful to us if you could specify timescales and the range of Council personnel. This would allow for clarification and the potential for the Council to obtain further information on your behalf.

If you are dissatisfied with the way Glasgow City Council has dealt with your request you are entitled to require the Council to review its decision. Please note that for a review to take place you must:

The Solicitor to the Council

Glasgow City Council

City Chambers

George Square

Glasgow G2 1DU

Email: [email address]

You will receive notice of the results of the review within 20 working days of receipt of your request. The notice will state the decision reached by the reviewing officer as well as details of how to appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner if you are still dissatisfied with the Council's response. You must request an internal review by the Council before a complaint can be directed to the Scottish Information Commissioner.

If you have any further queries regarding this process, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely

Jennifer Small

Freedom of Information Officer

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