Croydon Council Expenditure 2008/2009

Arthur Robinson made this Freedom of Information request to Croydon Borough Council

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From: Arthur Robinson

14 January 2010

Dear Croydon Borough Council,
I understan that an extra £2.7 million will go into improving
education standards in schools with more money also going into
tackling crime, improving waste collection.

I would like to know EXACTLY how you have improved Education
standards, how have you EXACTLY Tackled crime and how have you
EXACTLY improved waste collection ?

Yours faithfully,

Mr A. Robinson.

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From: Morris, Valerie
Croydon Borough Council

18 January 2010

Dear Mr Robinson

Thank you for your letter email/letter dated 14 January 2010 in which you
have requested, how much the authority has improved education standards in
schools, how they have tackled crime and how they have improved waste
collection.

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, either
myself or a colleague will let you know the likely charges before
proceeding.

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

Yours sincerely

Valerie Morris

Contract Monitoring Officer

Chief Executive's Office

Democratic & Legal Services Division

5th Floor South Side

Taberner House

Park Lane Croydon

CR9 3JS

Tel: 0208 686 4433 ext. 62676

Fax: 0208 760 5679

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From: Arthur Robinson

18 January 2010

Dear Morris, Valerie,

Thank you for your prompt reply.
In the first instance you have requested that I quote a reference
number which you say is stated above, I am afraid that you appear
to have forgotten to include any reference numbers.

Secondly you don't actually say that you will or are going to
address my query, but you do inform me that a fee might be payable,
may I ask what this fee will be for and why would it be necessary
for me to pay a fee for information that by law should be available
to all members of the public.

If your reply is made via a standard response then may I
respectfully suggest that stock replies are sent in accordance with
the query as any other type of reply only serves to cause a certain
amount of frustration and annoyance with the public.

Yours sincerely,

Arthur Robinson

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From: Morris, Valerie
Croydon Borough Council

19 January 2010

Dear Mr Robinson

Please accept my apologises for the oversight the Reference number is F/10/38

Thanks.

Valerie Morris.

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From: Arthur Robinson

12 February 2010

Dear Morris, Valerie,

Ref:-F/10/38

I am still awaiting a response to my previous request for
information , under the freedom of information act.

By law you should have responded to me by the 11th February 2010.

I await your response.

Yours sincerely,

Arthur Robinson

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From: Arthur Robinson

1 March 2010

Dear Morris, Valerie,
It is now the 1st March 2010 and I do not appear to have recived a
reply to my initial query, you obviously know that you have failed
to respond within the required period of time as designated by the
law of this land, may I please have a reply or a very good reason
for the lack of a reply ?

Yours sincerely,

Arthur Robinson

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From: Morris, Valerie
Croydon Borough Council

1 March 2010

I will be out of the office from Monday 1 March to Friday 5 March. If you have any queries I will deal with them on my return to the office on Monday 8 March. However, if your query is urgent please contact Michelle Hughes on Ext. 61964

Thanks.

Val

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From: Arthur Robinson

1 March 2010

Dear Croydon Borough Council,

Ref:-F/10/38

Dear Morris, Valerie,
It is now the 1st March 2010 and I do not appear to have recieved a
reply to my initial query, you obviously know that you have failed
to respond within the required period of time as designated by the
law of this land, may I please have a reply or a very good reason
for the lack of a reply ?

Yours sincerely,

Arthur Robinson

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From: Arthur Robinson

12 March 2010

Dear Morris, Valerie,
It is now the 12th March 2010 and I am still waiting a reply
????????

Yours sincerely,

Arthur Robinson

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From: Derby, James
Croydon Borough Council

14 April 2010

Attachment FOI Tackling Crime statement.doc
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Dear Mr Robinson

Thank you for your letter email dated 14 January 2010 in which you have
requested information on how the Council has improved education standards
in schools, how they have tackled crime and how they have improved waste
collection. Your request was made under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 (FOIA) and we apologise for the delay in replying.

As you may know, the FOIA applies to information held by a public
authority in recorded format. The statements below shows how the council
has improved on the services you have enquired about.

Primary SATS results, published by the Department for Children, Schools
and Families (DCSF), show Croydon making strides in the education of the
Borough's 11 Year olds. Results for the achievement of Level 4 and above
for English remain steady, while Mathematics has increased significantly,
up 2% from last year. Croydon Council has significantly increased
resources to support Primary schools over the last 12 months; its efforts
contributing to this year's results. Croydon is now in line with national
average for both English and Maths.

Secondary GCSE results, show the percentage of Croydon Students gaining
five good (A*-C) GCSEs overall has risen from 64% to 74%. The increase
also puts Croydon schools ahead of the national average attainment figure
of 70% and London average of 71%. Importantly 52% of pupils in Croydon
gained five or more good GCSEs including English and Maths, up nearly 5%
on Croydon's results last year against the national average of 51%.

Attached is information on how the council meets its crime tackling
obligations.

I will provide information about waste collection when it is available to
me.

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request under the Freedom of Information Act you may ask for an internal
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decision. The information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF

Yours sincerely

James Derby

Corporate Solicitor

Legal & Democratic Services

London Borough of Croydon

Taberner House

Park Lane

CR9 3JS

Tel: 020 8760 5768 Ext. 61359

Fax: 020 8760 5679

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From: Arthur Robinson

14 April 2010

Dear Derby, James,

Thank you for your reply albeit somewhat late.

The information you have provided merely tells me that SATS and
GCSE results in our schools have increased, it does not address my
question.

My question was "How exactly has the Council improved Schools and
Crime and Waste Collection", not how well pupils have done in their
SATS and GCSE's.

You do go on to say that Croydon Council has significantly
increased resources to support Primary schools over the last 12
months, this is exactly the information that I was requesting but
you don't go on to say what resources were put in place, or how
much was spent on these resources.

Can I please have the answer that I requested?

Yours sincerely,

Arthur Robinson

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From: Arthur Robinson

14 April 2010

Dear Derby, James,

Thank you for your reply albeit somewhat late.

The information you have provided merely tells me that SATS and
GCSE results in our schools have increased, it does not address my
question.

My question was "How exactly has the Council improved Schools and
Crime and Waste Collection", not how well pupils have done in their
SATS and GCSE's.

You do go on to say that Croydon Council has significantly
increased resources to support Primary schools over the last 12
months, this is exactly the information that I was requesting but
you don't go on to say what resources were put in place, or how
much was spent on these resources.

The Tackling Crime document that you have attached and which I have
read carefully again only gives me crime statistics and not how the
council has spent the money on tckling crime.

What resources has the council put in place and how much did it
cost.

Can I please have the answer that I requested?

Yours sincerely,

Arthur Robinson

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