Dear Sir or Madam,

Please provide

1. the names and ranks/grades of all Plymouth Teaching Primary Care
Trust employees who are Common Purpose "graduates".

2. Please detail total expenditure by the Plymouth Teaching Primary
Care Trust on Common Purpose courses for each of the following
years:

2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 to date.

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

John Walker

This message has been resent. Original message was dated 20/05/2008 and
was returned as message failed.

Dear Mr Walker,

Please find attached a letter acknowledging receipt of your request for
information, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The request also
contains a clarification required by Plymouth PCT before we can continue
with your request. The PCT can be contacted via postal address, email,
or telephone, with all contact details available on the attached letter.

Regards
Jade Brelsford
Web Manager and Freedom of Information Officer
Plymouth Teaching Primary Care Trust

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Dear BRELSFORD Jade, Web Manager and FoI Officer, Communications
Team,

You say:

1. We have taken the meaning of ‘graduate’ to refer to degree level
or equivalent, however, if you are referring to a different meaning
please inform us at the earliest convenience. Please can you state
what you mean by “common purpose graduates”? For example, are you
referring to all PCT employees who have a degree? Or, all job
descriptions which list a degree as part of the essential criteria.
2. Please can you state what you mean by “common purpose course”?
Plymouth PCT has internal training available to staff, some of
which is mandatory for certain job roles. Staff may also be sent on
training courses provided by external organisations to fulfil a
qualification/training need for their job role.

I reply:

1. There is a "training and networking" organisation called "Common
Purpose" http://www.commonpurpose.org.uk/home.aspx

They produce a class of person called a "Common Purpose graduate"
although this is not a degree level qualification.

I mean all PCT employees who have been on courses run by the Common
Purpose organisation and are entitled to call themselves "Common
Purpose graduates".

2. By "Common Purpose course" I mean courses run by the Common
purpose "training and networking" organisation.

Yours sincerely,

John Walker

Thank you for your reply, I will look into this for you, in accordance
with the act.

Regards

Jade Brelsford
Web Manager and Freedom of Information Officer
Plymouth Teaching Primary Care Trust

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Dear Mr Walker,

Please find the following documents attached:

1. A letter in response to your recent request for information, under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
2. Our standard leaflet outlining your right to appeal or complain.

Regards
Jade Brelsford
Web Manager and Freedom of Information Officer
Plymouth Teaching Primary Care Trust

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