Dear Sir or Madam,

I make this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please supply all information as to the relative costs to the local
tax payer in Wyre Borough as regards the position and office of the
Mayor of Wyre Borough in the years 2005/2006, 2006/2007 and
2007/2008.

Please include all costs as regards this purely ceremonial office
in relation to, inter alia, staff costs, secretarial costs, office
costs, stationery costs, transport costs including the Mayoral
"limousine", costume or clothing costs, literature or publication
costs, Mayoral Ball costs, publicity costs or any other expenditure
directly attributable to the position and office of the Mayor of
Wyre.

If Wyre Borough Council finds this request confusing or unclear
please ask for clarification.

Yours sincerely,

TONY.

Dear Sir or Madam,

I sent a Freedom of Information request on 16 October 2008 in
relation to the Mayor of Wyre and associated costs to the local
taxpayer. My request hasn't even been acknowledged as yet.

I trust that it has been received ok. Your response is due by 13
November 2008 in order that Wyre Borough comply with the relevant
law. Has my request been received safely?

Yours sincerely,

Tony

Hi Tony, could you please re-send we can't seem to find the original on our e-mail system.

Kind regards,
Connect Wyre

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16 October 2008
Dear Sir or Madam,

I make this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please supply all information as to the relative costs to the local
tax payer in Wyre Borough as regards the position and office of the
Mayor of Wyre Borough in the years 2005/2006, 2006/2007 and
2007/2008.

Please include all costs as regards this purely ceremonial office
in relation to, inter alia, staff costs, secretarial costs, office
costs, stationery costs, transport costs including the Mayoral
"limousine", costume or clothing costs, literature or publication
costs, Mayoral Ball costs, publicity costs or any other expenditure
directly attributable to the position and office of the Mayor of
Wyre.

If Wyre Borough Council finds this request confusing or unclear
please ask for clarification.

Yours sincerely,

TONY.

I have now forwarded this onto our Freedom of Information Officer.

Kind regards,
Connect Wyre

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Dear Tony

This is just to acknowledge your request for information. We will reply as soon as we can, and before 20 working days.

Yours faithfully

Colin Bedford, FOI Officer
Legal Services
Wyre Borough Council
Civic Centre
Poulton-Le-Fylde
FY6 7PU

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To: [FOI #3595 email]

FAO Tony

Date: 24 Nov 2008

Dear Tony

Re: Freedom of Information request - Mayor of Wyre Borough (Our Ref:
RQ00486)

Wyre Borough Council holds some of the information you require.

Attached is an excel spreadsheet extract from the Council's Financial
system of the aggregate transactions in each of the three requested years
in regard to the Civic and Ceremonial Cost Centre 2003. This includes the
Mayor and other Mayoralty costs including Support Service allocations.
This information is all we have.

Without wanting to sound unhelpful, you are at liberty to interpret the
attached facts in which ever way suits your purpose. My colleague in the
council's finance department who supplied these figures wanted me to pass
on his comments to you, which I quote as follows: -

'..As is usual with Support Service allocations if the Mayoral Service was
to end it is not the case that all the Support Service allocations will be
saved to the Council, as some will be reallocated to other Services as
they would still be incurred eg the Democratic Services recharge includes
an element for Office accommodation. That office cost would still be
incurred.'

<<Mayor costs, tony5.xls>>
Yours faithfully

Colin Bedford

Legal Services
Wyre Borough Council
Civic Centre
Poulton-Le-Fylde
FY6 7PU

Notes: If you are unhappy about the above response to your request you may
ask for an internal review. You should email me directly if you wish to
complain. If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review,
you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire
SK9 5AF.

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