Common purpose

Could you please clarify, by "people" do you mean staff employed at
the Council.

Thank you.

Dear Mr Ovens

I acknowledge receipt of your Freedom of Information Request in connection
with the above.

Can you please confirm what time period you want this information for?

Regards

Lorna Gow

Secretary to:

Director of Corporate & Neighbourhood Services

Tel: 01324 506007

Fax: 01324 506001

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Thank you.

I apologise for yet another question but I have been asked by other services for you to define what you class as Common Purpose training?

e.g. is it courses that all employees would attend or is it for specific common areas of work that professional staff would attend?

Many thanks
Lorna Gow

Lorna Gow
Secretary to:
Director of Corporate & Neighbourhood Services
Tel: 01324 506007
Fax: 01324 506001
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Dear Mr Ovens

I am responding to your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Scotland Act as per your original request of 7^th January 2009
- although I would note there have a number of clarifications from
ourselves since then to your original request.

YEAR JOB TITILE COST

2008 Transport Projects Co-ordinator £3,084.38
2008 Development Plan Co-ordinator £3,084.38

2007 Building Design Manager £3,055.00
2007 Transport Planning Manager £3,055.00
2007 Food & Safety Regulation Manager £3,055.00
2007 Planning & Environment Manager £3,055.00
2003 Head of Policy and Performance Review N/A
Total Cost £18,388.76

All costs have been paid for from departmental training budgets. I have
not however been able to provide information on the cost of my own
participation in this training in 2003, as I have not retained records
from this period.

I hope this is the information you are seeking. If you would like further
information or clarification of the above then please do not hesitate to
get in touch. If you are unhappy with the way your request has been dealt
with then please see the note below that sets out your right to complain.

Yours sincerely

Fiona Campbell

Head of Policy and Performance Review

Falkirk Council

Municipal Buildings

West Bridge Street

Falkirk FK1 5RS

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Dear Mr Ovens
Sorry I thought I had answered the question by saying that the funding came from Departmental Training budgets. These are contained within the overall budgets of each service and the Council. The Council receives its funding from a variety of sources e.g. central government allocation, income from services, council tax etc. We did not receive any specific funding for this training.
I hope this answers your query but if you need something more then please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Fiona Campbell

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