Dear Sir or Madam

Please detail total expenditure by Birmingham City Council on
Common Purpose courses for each of the following years: 1997, 1998,
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 to
date.

Please also supply a copy of the invoice for each Common Purpose
course paid for by Birmingham City Council.

By "Common Purpose", I mean the training organisation of that name:
http://www.commonpurpose.org/home.aspx

Yours faithfully, Mrs C Carter

Dear Mrs Carter

Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Request for Information

Thank you for your recent enquiry for information held by the Council under
the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I acknowledge
receipt of your request dated 25th June 2008 which was received in our
office and I will be touch with you again in due course.

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, we will
let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you and you will be required
to pay before we will proceed to deal with your request.

If you require any further information or are not happy with our response
please do not hesitate to contact a member of our team on 0121 303 4876.

Yours sincerely

Corporate Information Governance Team

Data Protection Act 1998
The information you have provided within your Freedom of Information
request will be held on our database and may also be held within manual
records for a period of 2 years from the date Birmingham City Council
received your request. Any personal data that you provide to Birmingham
City Council will be held in line with the requirements set out within the
Data Protection Act 1998.
Re Use of Public Sector Information
Where Birmingham City Council is the copyright holder of any information
that may be released, re-use for personal, educational or non-commercial
purposes is permitted without further reference to the City Council. Where
the re-use is for other purposes, such as commercial re-use, the applicant
should notify the City Council in writing to seek approval or agree terms
for re-use.

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Dear Ms Carter

Please find attached our response to your request.

(See attached file: response 23.07.08.doc)

regards

Corporate Information Governance Team

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Dear Ms Carter

Please see attached the remainder of the request below, Birmingham City
Council are only required to keep payment details for 6 years therefore
this sheet goes back to 2002.

(See attached file: Common Purpose Payments.xls)

Regards

Corporate Information Governance Team
303 4876

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