Portsmouth City Council Common Purpose expenditure and invoices

Linda Greyson made this Freedom of Information request to Portsmouth City Council

The request was partially successful.

From: Linda Greyson

25 June 2008

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.

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From: FoI (ITS)
Portsmouth City Council

25 June 2008


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FOI D & CE DEPARTMENT [1]logo_eng

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
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The Act defines a number of exemptions that may prevent release of certain
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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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From: FoI (ITS)
Portsmouth City Council

23 July 2008


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FOI D & CE DEPARTMENT                     [1]logo_eng

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 [2][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

[3]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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