Additional funding for disabled children's services

Dear Sir or Madam,

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.

If you need any clarification in relation to these requests, please
let me know.

Yours faithfully,

Kate Higgins (fSDC liaison project)

Dear Dumfries & Galloway Council,

I note that you have not acknowledged receipt of my FOI request
relating to additional funding for disabled children's services
sent on 9 Nov 2009, nor replied within the statutory time limit to
that request, nor provided an explanation for the delay in
responding.

I would appreciate receiving a substantive response and an
explanation for the delay at the earliest opportunity.

Many thanks

Yours faithfully,

Kate Higgins (fSDC liaison project)

Dear Alex Little,

The original request was as follows:

Dear Sir or Madam,

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.

If you need any clarification in relation to these requests, please
let me know.

I look forward to receiving your response.

Yours sincerely,

Kate Higgins (fSDC liaison project)

Dear Dumfries & Galloway Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Dumfries & Galloway
Council's handling of my FOI request 'Additional funding for
disabled children's services'.

The council has failed to respond to my FOI request within the
statutory time limit and I would like to know why. I would still
like a substantive response to my request and look forward to
receiving this at the earliest opportunity.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ad...

Yours faithfully,

Kate Higgins (fSDC liaison project)