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From: Greener Leith
13 February 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
Please tell us how much the City of Edinburgh Council spent on the
purchase of bottled water in the last financial year?
Yours faithfully,
Greener Leith
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City of Edinburgh Council
13 February 2009
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From: Freedom of Information
City of Edinburgh Council
18 February 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
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Reference: 3760
We received your request on 18/02/2009 and can confirm that this is being
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From: Greener Leith
14 March 2009
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From: Freedom of Information
City of Edinburgh Council
16 March 2009
Dear Sirs
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 - PROVISION OF INFORMATION
Thank you for your request for information. I have dealt with this in accordance with the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and enclose the information you requested.
Question: Please tell us how much the City of Edinburgh Council spent on the purchase of bottled water in the last financial year.
Answer: The City of Edinburgh Council spent £10,626.04 on bottled water from January 2008 to December 2008.
For further information on the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, please phone us on 0131 200 2340 or visit our Website at www.edinburgh.gov.uk/foi.
Yours sincerely
Mike Peterson
Head of Payments & Procurement Services
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Alex Skene left an annotation (30 March 2009)
Edinburgh Evening News item on this FOI request:
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Richard Taylor left an annotation (14 June 2009)
See Also:
Leeds City Council wasted £76,600 on Bottled Water in 2008/9:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/bo...
Birmingham City Council, they spent over fifty three thousand pounds on bottled water in a year:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/bo...
Fife Council spent £34,349.22 on bottled water in a year:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/bo...
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http://www.rtaylor.co.uk
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