Common Purpose Courses

Mr McGillivray made this Freedom of Information request to City of Edinburgh Council

The request was refused by City of Edinburgh Council.

From: Mr McGillivray

7 July 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Under freedom of information please can you provide the following:

1. Names and job titles of all of your employees who have
participated in leadership training programmes delivered by Common
Purpose UK, the specific Common Purpose programmes they have
participated in and the dates of those courses.

2. Names and represented wards of all of your Councillors who have
taken part in Common Purpose courses and the specific programmes
and dates

3. The total sums spent by your authority on Common Purpose
programmes for staff and councillors in each year from 1997 to 2008
inclusive.

Yours faithfully,

Mr McGillivray

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From: Freedom of Information
City of Edinburgh Council

7 July 2009

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From: Freedom of Information
City of Edinburgh Council

8 July 2009

Dear Mr McGillivray

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Acknowledgement of Request

Reference: 47541

We received your request on 07 July 2009 and can confirm that this is
being dealt with in accordance with the Freedom of Information (Scotland)
Act 2002. As such the request must be dealt with within 20 working days
and provided in a format of your choice.

Your request may not result in us supplying the information you asked for
as the Act imposes certain conditions and exemptions on the information we
may supply. If this is the case, we will let you know. It is also possible
that the information you request is controlled by different legislation.
Again, we will write to advise you of this. Finally, we may have to charge
for the information we give to you. If this is the case, we will write
requesting payment before we release the information.

The City of Edinburgh Council is obliged to answer your application within
20 working days of receipt. If you are not happy with this response, or
want to complain about the way in which we handled your application,
please write to the Director of Corporate Services; The City of Edinburgh
Council, Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street, Edinburgh, EH8 8BG, within
40 working days of receipt of this letter, seeking a review of the
response.

If you require further information please contact us on Tel: 0131 200
2340. Further information on the Freedom of Information Act (Scotland)
2002 can be obtained by visiting [1]www.edinburgh.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

John Thomson

Freedom of Information Team

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From: Mr McGillivray

13 August 2009

Dear Freedom of Information,

Your response to this Freedom of Information request is now
overdue. I would politely request that you rectify this at your
earliest convenience.

Yours sincerely,

Mr McGillivray

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City of Edinburgh Council

13 August 2009

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From: Peter Robertson
City of Edinburgh Council

12 January 2010

McGillivray 12 January 2010

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Our ref: 47541

Dear Sir/Madam

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

I am sorry for the delay in responding to your request for information and
hope this has not caused you any inconvenience.

You have requested information relating to Common Purpose programmes.
Specifically:

- names and job titles and course dates for employees who have
participated;

- names and wards and course dates of councillors who have
participated;

- total sum spent by the Council on Common Purpose programmes from
1997 to 2008.

Details of training undertaken by individuals constitutes personal data
as defined in the Data Protection Act 1998 and is therefore exempt from
release in response to a request made via the Freedom of Information
(Scotland) Act 2002 under Section 38 of the Act.

The records of participation in Common Purpose programmes were disposed of
in 2006. The information you have requested either no longer exists or is
exempt from release in response to a request made under the Freedom of
Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and I am unable to supply you with the
information you have asked for.

If you are not happy with the way your request has been dealt with you
have the right to appeal within forty days of receipt by writing to the
Director of Corporate Services, Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street,
Edinburgh, EH8 8BG.

If after receiving a response from the Director of Corporate Services you
remain dissatisfied, you have six months within which you may ask the
Scottish Information Commissioner to conduct a review of our decision. You
can contact him at: Scottish Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle,
Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9DS.

For further information on the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002,
please phone us on 0131 200 2340 or visit our Website at
[2]www.edinburgh.gov.uk/foi.

Yours Sincerely

FOI Officer

City of Edinburgh Council

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