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Dear Mr McMaster

Thank you for your request for information received on 25 October 2010. I
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.

A response to your request for information will be sent to you promptly;
and in any event not later than 22 November 2010.

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.

If you require further information please contact us on Tel: 0131 200
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Yours sincerely

Mark Francis
Contact Centre Manager

Freedom of Information, Level 1 Chesser House, 500 Gorgie Road, Edinburgh.
EH11 3YJ.
Tel: 0131 200 2340. Fax: 0131 200 2341. Email: [Edinburgh City Council request email]

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Dear James McMaster

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

Thank you for your request for information which has been dealt with under
the terms of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. Your request
for information related to the costs incurred by the council in entering
competitions. I am interpreting your use of the word competition to mean
awards.

Unfortunately, we are unable to provide you with the information requested
regarding the historical costs of entries (inclusive of the staff time
involved) as it is not held by the Council and we have no way of
identifying the specific costs incurred in making entries to relevant
award schemes across the council. Such costs are absorbed into
departmental or project costs, as is the time taken by staff to pull such
award applications together.

Please note that this letter constitutes a formal refusal notice under
section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

The list of awards gained by the council or the city is located on the
council website. As you can see from the list of awards some are granted
by independent organisations such as Conde Nast or the Guardian newspaper,
where no application to be considered for such awards exists. The awards
are made on the basis of survey results. In other cases such as Scotland
in Bloom, awards result from an independent assessment by a panel of
judges. While others are the result of formal applications to award
schemes run by professional bodies such as the Cosla Awards.

I have attached for your information the following data:

o an attachment which indicates those awards that were free / or with
charge in 2010/2009.
o a copy of our master database of awards - going back to 04/05.
o Recent key awards that the Council has achieved are listed on the
Council's website - with hyperlinks to the award websites which would
give some information re charges -
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ask us to review our actions and decisions by writing to the Head of Legal
and Administrative Services, The City of Edinburgh Council, Waverley Court
Business Centre 3:1, 4, East Market Street, Edinburgh, EH8 8BG or email:
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Please note that your request must be in a recordable format (email,
letter, audio tape etc.), and that you have 40 working days upon receipt
of this letter to ask for a review. You will receive a full response to
your review request within 20 working days of its receipt. Please remember
to quote the RFI reference number above in any future communications.

If you are not content with the outcome of the review, you can ask the
Scottish Information Commissioner to review our decision. You must submit
your complaint to the Commissioner within 6 months of receiving our review
response. The Commissioner can be contacted at:

The Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner

Kinburn Castle

Doubledykes Road

St Andrews

Fife

KY16 9DS

Telephone: 01334 464610

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Yours sincerely,

Lorraine Davidson

Corporate FOI Officer

Lorraine Davidson | Senior Legal Support Officer| The City of Edinburgh
Council I Corporate Services | Legal & Administrative Services I Waverley
Court Business Centre 3:1, 4 East Market Street, Edinburgh EH8 8BG.

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