Dear Sir or Madam,

1. Has Hazel Blears ever attended a Common Purpose training course?

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

2. Is Hazel Blears 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 Sir or Madam,

I am still waiting for the courtesy of an answer to this question.

A response is overdue.

Yours sincerely,

John Walker

Dear Mr Walker

See reply to your FOI request attached.

Nick Dexter
PPS to Hazel Blears

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From: John Walker [mailto:[FOI #754 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 8:27 AM
To: CONTACTUS
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Hazel Blears - Common Purpose

Dear Sir or Madam,

1. Has Hazel Blears ever attended a Common Purpose training course?

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

2. Is Hazel Blears 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

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Dear PSHazelBlears,

Thank you for your reply.

Before I appeal to the Information Commissioner, I'll let you do an
internal review of this request.

Why can't you simply ask Ms Blears?

Yours sincerely,

John Walker

John

I have spoken to Hazel and she has said that she has never been on a formal Common Purpose course, but she has met people in Salford and nationally who have, and she thinks it is a great way of people experiencing each others' jobs and lives.

We treated your initial request under the FOI Act, and so our response was a formal one about whether any recorded information was held in connection with official business; however, we are happy to provide a response to your question informally in this case.

Nick Dexter
PPS to Hazel Blears

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Thank you very much, Mr Dexter.

Yours sincerely,

John Walker