School spend on supply

Dear Ms Mitchell,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request, received by us today,
March 31. We have forwarded your request to an FOI Officer within
Children's Services.

Our twenty working day deadline for your request is April 30 and we aim to
respond as soon as possible within the time period.

You will be informed in advance if there is a charge for supplying copies
of the information. We will also provide an explanation if any
information is not released to you. If the requested information contains
references to any third parties, we may need to consult with them before
deciding whether or not to release the information.

Should you have any queries regarding your request, please feel free to
contact us at [Norfolk County Council request email] .

Yours sincerely,

Deirdre Sharp

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Dear Ms Mitchell,
Freedom of Information Act 2000
I refer to your request for information dated 31^st March 2010. In
accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I
have now processed your request. Our response is given below and in the
attached spreadsheet.

You asked:
"I am interested in the amounts paid by each school in Norfolk to third
parties in relation to temporary staffing cover. My hope is to receive an
electronic breakdown of amounts paid through the department's purchase
ledger by school.

I would like the information in electronic format to avoid printing costs
and ideally the information required by schools is: school name, supplier
name, amount paid.

Please could I have the information for the years 2007-08 and 2008-09."
Answer:
Norfolk County Council does not hold this information. It is held by the
individual schools, each of which is a public authority in its own right
under the Act. To assist you in applying to schools, the attached a
spreadsheet gives the name, address and other contact details for each of
Norfolk County Council's schools and specialist units, the type and pupil
age-range, and the name of the current head teacher.

If you are dissatisfied with our response or handling of your request, you
have the right of appeal through the Council's internal complaints
procedure by setting out the grounds of your appeal in writing to the
Freedom of Information Officer at:

Freedom of Information & Data Protection Unit
The Archive Centre
Martineau Lane
Norwich NR1 2DQ

e-mail: [1][Norfolk County Council request email]
Telephone: 01603 222661

If you are dissatisfied after pursuing the complaints procedure, you may
apply to the Information Commissioner under Section 50 of the Act for a
decision whether your request for information has been dealt with in
accordance with the requirements of Part I of the Act. Contact details as
follows:-

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF
Telephone 01625 545 700
[2]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Yours sincerely,

Deirdre Sharp

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Dear Ms Mitchell,

Thank you for your message.

Our refusal was based on the grounds that we did not hold the
information requested.

I am initiating an investigation to establish if this is, in fact, the
case.

I hope to report the outcome by May 21.

I attach a copy of our Freedom of Information Act/Environmental
Information Regulations complaints procedure for your information.

Yours sincerely,

Deirdre Sharp

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Dear Ms Mitchell,

The investigation in the light of your appeal, about which I wrote
yesterday, has been completed.

As I indicated in my message, we did not supply information in response to
your request because we did not hold the information requested

Our refusal was based on the grounds that we did not hold the information
requested. However some further explanation as to why that is, is merited.

The position in Norfolk is as follows:

Schools source and pay for their own supply teachers.
This council operates a service to schools whereby we assist schools in
finding a supply teacher .Schools are free to choose as to whether they
use this service, or commission another agency to do this work, e.g. a
commercial agency, or devise their own methods for meeting temporary
staffing needs, e.g. by maintaining. their own list of supply teachers
that they use. I

In all instances each school deals with recruitment and payments and holds
this information itself.
This concludes our internal review process in this case. If you are
dissatisfied after pursuing the complaints procedure, you may apply to the
Information Commissioner under Section 50 of the Act for a decision
whether your request for information has been dealt with in accordance
with the requirements of Part I of the Act. Contact details as follows:-

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF
Telephone 01625 545 700
[1]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Yours sincerely,

Deirdre Sharp

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organization to which it is addressed. If you have received it by mistake,
please disregard and notify the sender immediately. Unauthorized
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