Agency Spend in schools

Dear Brent Borough Council,

I am interested in the amounts paid by each school in Brent Local
Education Authority to third parties in relation to Agency Supply-
temporary staffing cover.
My hope is to receive an electronic breakdown of amounts paid by
from the Consistent Financial Reporting System for each school. The
specific CFR codes I would like to examine are "CFR02 - Supply
Teachers" and "CFR26 - Agency Supply Staff"
Example:
School Name |CFR02 | CFR26
XYZPrimary |£20'000 |£20'000
Notes:
1. I would like the information in electronic format (and if
possible, in Excel to assist with calculations). This should avoid
any printing cost issues.
2. The information I require for each school is: School Name; and
total amount paid to third parties in the procurement of agency
supply teachers and support staff.
3. if it is also possible, please could the spend be broken down by
primary, secondary and special needs schools.
4. I would like the information to cover the years 2008/2009 tax
year, and 2009/10 tax year.
Your assistance with this request is greatly appreciated.
I di understand these request have previously been made and it has
been advised they are not available -
It would appear that the Consistent Financial Reporting
(ENGLAND)Regulations 2003 require by law that any school provides a
report to the local authority by a
prescribed date for the previous financial year a financial
summary. The information I am requesting is contained within this
report. Please refer to the CFR Regulations 2003 on the link below.

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2003/2003037...

Reporting duties of governing bodies
3. A governing body shall provide the local education authority
with a financial statement by a date determined by the local
education authority having regard to the provisions of regulation
5, provided that this regulation shall not apply to a governing
body in respect of any financial year in which no school resources
were received by that governing body.

As this is a report which is required to be provided to the
authority, I would like to argue that in fact the authority does
indeed "hold the information" as it was provided to the authority
under this law.

Could I please ask you to review the position again in light of
this information and the advice I have received.

Many thanks.
Yours sincerely,

Catherine

Dear Stephen F Williams,

My full name is Catherine Wareham

Yours sincerely,

Catherine