Dear Sir or Madam,

I and others are deeply concerned at the workings of a charity
named COMMON PURPOSE which seems deeply ingrained in many Councils,
hence I request that you detail total expenditure (if any) by
Portsmouth City Council on Common Purpose courses for each of the
following years: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 to date.

Please also supply a copy of the invoice (if any) for each Common
Purpose course paid for by

Portsmouth City Council.

By "Common Purpose", I mean the training organisation of that name:

http://www.commonpurpose.org/home.aspx

Yours faithfully,

Linda Greyson.

FOI D & CE DEPARTMENT

Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, PO1 2BQ

Telephone: 023 9268 8482

Fax: 023 9284 1327

Reference: FOI2008274

Dear Linda Greyson, what do they know

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your request for information received on 25/06/2008.

Your request is being considered and, subject to the points made below,
you will receive the information requested as promptly as possible
within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.

If we need to obtain more information from you in order to understand
what information you require, we will contact you. If this is the case,
the 20 days time limit will not commence until your request has been
clarified.

The Act defines a number of exemptions that may prevent release of
certain information. The City Council will consider whether any of
these exemptions apply and, where required by the Act, whether it is in
the public interest to release the information. If we have to make a
public interest test, the 20 day time limit might be extended. We will
inform you if the time scale has to be extended and if any information
is withheld and of your rights of appeal.

The City Council would like to make you aware that disclosure of
information obtained through FOIA is a disclosure into the public
domain.

The City Council's standard approach is to provide the information in
the form in which we hold it. If you require alternative formats, e.g.
audio, large print, etc. or a different language, please let me know and
we will provide it if reasonably practicable to do so. If your request
is a question and we do not hold the answer in recorded form we will try
and provide an answer where we are able.

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you a Fees Notice if this is the case. Any fee must be paid before the
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day time limit.

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only be used for the purposes of processing your request for
information.

If you have any queries or concerns then please contact the Corporate
Information Governance Officer at Portsmouth City Council, Civic
Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 2GB, telephone 023
9268 8482, e-mail [email address].

Yours sincerely

Peter Harding

Corporate Information Governance Officer.

Did you know?
More than six in every ten of our Portsmouth City Council’s city schools have achieved the nationally recognised Healthy School status.

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FOI D & CE DEPARTMENT

Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, PO1 2BQ

Telephone: 023 9268 8482

Fax: 023 9284 1327

Our Ref: FOI2008274

Your Ref:

Dear Linda Greyson,

Date 23/07/08

FOI INFORMATION REQUEST - INFO PROVIDED

Thank you for your request for information received on 25/06/2008 which was considered under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

In accordance with FOIA Portsmouth City Council confirms it holds the information. Please find enclosed the information requested.

Information supplied by Human Resources :Portsmouth City Council has provided the Information dating from Jan 1997 to Oct 07. Spreadsheets attached. Information found on Pg 2 on the old system spreadsheet has provided Invoice details from 97' to 02'.

The Financial Electronic System was up-dated from 2002, including a re-organisation of the Financial departments . All Invoices are stored from 2002 in the Archive Department. To retrieve, copy and provide all Invoices for the remaining years, would exceed the 18 hours. However, page 2 on the first spreadsheet provided has provided the Invoice details from 97' to 02'. The second spreadsheet provides Information from October 2002 - October 2007. Total amounts paid are:

April 02' / Oct 07' £39,210.80

Jan 97' / March 02' £33742.5

Under the Re- Use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/1515) the supplied information may not be re-used without obtaining the permission of Portsmouth City Council.

Portsmouth City Council in complying with their statutory duty under sections 1 and 11 of the Freedom of Information Act to release the enclosed information will not breach the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. However, the rights of the copyright holder of the enclosed information will continue to be protected by the law. If you wish to use this information, you may require approval or licence from the copyright holder.

If you have any queries or concerns please contact the Corporate Information Governance Officer at Portsmouth City Council, Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 2GB, telephone 023 9268 8482, e-mail [email address].

Further information is also available from the Information Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Telephone: 01625 545 700

www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk <http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk/>

Yours sincerely

Mr Peter Harding

Information Governance Officer

Did you know?
Portsmouth’s highest ever percentage 53.3%, of GCSE students achieved five or more A* to C grades in 2007.

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