Microsoft Office licences

Dear Matt Townsend,

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2008. This email is intended to acknowledge your request, and we will
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CARL EVANS
ASSISTANT INFORMATION OFFICER
CAERPHILLY COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL

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Stuart Rosser - Chief Executive,
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Tredomen,
Ystrad Mynach,
Hengoed. CF82 7WF

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Information Commissioner's Office - Wales,
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Cardiff, CF10 5FL

www.ico.gov.uk

Telephone: 029 2044 8044 / fax: 029 2044 8045
email: [email address]

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Dear Matt Townsend,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your request for information received on 17th December
2008.

Unfortunately we cannot identify the information you have requested from
the details you have provided. To help me respond to your request could
you answer the following point of clarification.

b) the proportion or absolute amount, if any, of the sum (a) which was
paid for by council tax;

In relation to the question above, do you require:

A) the proportion or absolute amount, if any, of the sum (a) which was
paid for by the Council Tax Department
B) the proportion or absolute amount, if any, of the sum (a) which was
paid for out of income received from council tax

Once we receive your clarification, we will consider your request and
respond to you within the statutory timescale of 20 working days. Please
note that the timescale for responding has paused until we receive
clarification from you.

If you have any queries or concerns then please contact me.

Yours sincerely,

CARL EVANS
ASSISTANT INFORMATION OFFICER

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Dear Matt Townsend,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your recent request received on the 17th December 2008. I apologise for the delay in responding.

We have considered your request and enclose the following information:

a) The sum in total, if any, spent on licences for or purchase of Microsoft Office software during either financial or calendar year 2007;

The total sum spend on Microsoft Office Software for the financial year 2007/08 was £55,135.80. This includes licenses procured for schools within the Authority.

b) the proportion or absolute amount, if any, of the sum (a) which was paid for by council tax (income).

Caerphilly county borough council had a total budget requirement of £277,115,278 in 2007/08, part of which was received from Council Tax. The spend on Microsoft Office Software expressed as a percentage of the total budget requirement is 0.01989%

We supply this based on your original request. If this is not what you wanted or if you feel we have not fully understood your request please do not hesitate to contact me to clarify your exact requirements.

If you have any queries or concerns or are in any way dissatisfied with the handling of your request please contact me.

Yours sincerely,

CARL EVANS
ASSISTANT INFORMATION OFFICER

You have the right to appeal against our decision.
If you wish to appeal please set out in writing your grounds of appeal and send to:

Stuart Rosser,
Caerphilly county borough council,
Nelson Road,
Tredomen,
Ystrad Mynach,
Hengoed. CF82 7WF

If you are unhappy with that decision you have the right to appeal to:

Information Commissioner's Office - Wales, Cambrian Buildings, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff, CF10 5FL

www.ico.gov.uk

Telephone: 029 2044 8044 / fax: 029 2044 8045
email: [email address]

Re-use of information without permission may infringe the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Re-use can include, but is not limited to, making multiple copies, publishing and issuing copies of the information to a wider audience. If you would like to re-use copyright material owned by Caerphilly County Borough Council, please contact us. Authorisation to re-use copyright material not owned by this Authority should be sought directly from the copyright owner.

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Dear Matt Townsend,

The Council's expenditure is funded from a number of sources. This includes central government funding, in the form of revenue support grant, redistributed non-domestic rates and grants provided for specific service purposes, as well as income derived from fees and charges, and council tax. These funding sources are not hypothecated for specific purposes, and together are used to fund the whole range of Council services. Any attempt to attribute proportions of funding against individual items of expenditure would be misleading. To provide an indication of the relevant significance of council tax, as part of the overall funding package, the amount estimated to be raised from that source in 2008/09 equates to some 17% of the total budget requirement.

If you have any queries or concerns or are in any way dissatisfied with the handling of your request please contact me.

Yours sincerely,

CARL EVANS
ASSISTANT INFORMATION OFFICER

You have the right to appeal against our decision. If you wish to
appeal please set out in writing your grounds of appeal and send
to:

Stuart Rosser, Caerphilly county borough council, Nelson Road,
Tredomen, Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed. CF82 7WF

If you are unhappy with that decision you have the right to appeal
to:

Information Commissioner's Office - Wales, Cambrian Buildings,
Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff, CF10 5FL

www.ico.gov.uk

Telephone: 029 2044 8044 / fax: 029 2044 8045 email: [email
address]

Re-use of information without permission may infringe the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Re-use can include, but is
not limited to, making multiple copies, publishing and issuing
copies of the information to a wider audience. If you would like to
re-use copyright material owned by Caerphilly County Borough
Council, please contact us. Authorisation to re-use copyright
material not owned by this Authority should be sought directly from
the copyright owner.

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