Dear Sir or Madam

Please detail total expenditure by Common Purpose expenditure and
invoices 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 Common Purpose expenditure and invoices .

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

Yours faithfully,

C Carter

Dear Sir or Madam,

By law I was entitled to a reply for my FOI by 24th July.

Can you please supply the information requested or a reason for not
complying with the law governing the FOI act?

Yours sincerely,

C Carter

Dear Ms Carter

I am writing in reply to your request dated 25 June 2008.

In the first instance may I apologise unreservedly on behalf of the
Council. Your request for information was not dealt with within the
20 working day time limit laid down by the Freedom of Information
Act 2000. The reason is that our spam filter incorrectly treated
the request as spam and so it was not processed. Clearly this was
an error on our part and I have discussed with our IT team to
ensure there is no repetition. In addition I am also monitoring the
www.whatdotheyknow.com website so that I am aware of all requests
made.

I am now able to provide the information requested and can confirm
that there was a payment of £188 made to Common Purpose in October
1998. This was for the training costs of one officer of the
council. I regret that, because of changes to our accounts system,
I am unable to provide a copy of the invoice as requested.
Nevertheless I have attached a screen print of the relevant
accounts entry which I trust will suffice.

I hope the above response will meet your purposes but if, for
whatever reason you wish to get back to me, please feel free to do
so. In particular if you are unhappy with the information provided
or how your request was handled please make contact and I will
explain how you can make a complaint either to the Council or to
the Information Commissioner.

Once again please accept my apologies for the slow response.

Malcolm Black Administration Manager, Corporate Services 1 Yarmouth
Road Norwich NR7 0DU [Broadland District Council request email] (01603) 430532