Dear Sir or Madam,

1. Has Ed Balls ever attended a Common Purpose training course?

If so, please list the courses he has attended, their dates, their
cost and details of who paid for them.

2. Is Ed Balls a Common Purpose "graduate"?

By "Common Purpose", I mean the training organisation of that name:
http://www.commonpurpose.org/home.aspx By Common Purpose
"graduate", I refer to a specific class of person who has passed
the advanced Common Purpose courses.

Yours faithfully,

John Walker

Dear Mr Walker,

Thank you for your recent email. A reply will be sent to you as soon as
possible (where a response is required). For information, the
departmental standard for correspondence received is that responses
should be sent within 15 working days or 20 working days if you are
requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Your correspondence has been allocated the reference number 2008/0051902

Thank you.

Central Allocation Team

Public Communications Team

Tel: 0870 0002288
www.dcsf.gov.uk

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Dear Mr Walker,

I refer to your request received on 18 June under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 asking whether Ed Balls is a Common Purpose
graduate or has attended any Common Purpose training courses.

I am writing to advise you that I have established that Ed Balls is
neither a Common Purpose Graduate nor has he attended any Common Purpose
training courses.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please
remember to quote our reference number in any future communications.

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to
your request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our
decision, you should write to me within two calendar months of the date
of this letter.

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted our
complaints/review procedure.

Yours sincerely

Emma Cottrell

Your correspondence has been allocated the reference number
2008/0051902.

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