Scottish Government

Hello,

This is to acknowledge receipt of your FOI request. I have passed it to
the relevant department to consider and respond.

We will respond within 20 working days.

Heather

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FAO: Alastair Manderson

Email: [FOI #4147 email]

Dear Alastair,

Freedom of Information Request

West Dunbartonshire Council received your request for information on 14
November 2008. You asked:

What financial support has West Dunbartonshire recieved from the
Scottish Executive/Government in each of the last three financial years?

How many meetings have been held to discuss the issue of funding?

The answers to your questions are below:

1) What financial support has West Dunbartonshire recieved from the
Scottish Executive/Government in each of the last three financial years?

We have located the following information about financial support
received from the Scottish Executive/Government. However grant income is
received from many different sources of government bodies & posted to
many different accounts within the authority. As such it is difficult to
confirm if all pockets of revenue funding relevant have been identified.

2005/06 2006/07
2007/08

Revenue Support Grant (RSG) 111,936 115,003
120,768

Non Domestic Rates (NDR) 34,630 34,123
33,363

Others identified 38,751 37,598
37,359

2) How many meetings have been held to discuss the issue of funding?

Reasons for Refusal

I confirm that Gillian McNeilly, Manager of Accounting, carried out a
search on 11 December 2008 and that, in terms of section 17(1)(b) of the
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, we do not hold the
information requested.

This information has been disclosed in terms of the Freedom of
Information (Scotland) Act 2002. Information disclosed to you may be
subject to copyright laws. By providing this information West
Dunbartonshire Council does not waive copyright nor does it create or
provide a right to publish, disclose, reproduce or alter this
information without consent of those parties holding the copyright.

Review Procedure

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which West Dunbartonshire
Council has dealt with your request, you are entitled to require the
council to review its decision. Please note that in order for a review
to take place, you must:

lodge a written "requirement for review" within 40 working days of the
date of this notice
include your address for correspondence, a description of the original
request and the reasons why you are dissatisfied
address your review request to the Head of Legal, Administrative and
Regulatory Services:

Andrew Fraser

Head of Legal, Administrative and Regulatory Services

West Dunbartonshire Council

Council Offices

Garshake Road

Dumbarton

G82 3PU

Email: [email address]

Fax: 01389 737 870

Staff not involved in the original decision will handle the review. You
will receive notice of the result of your review within 20 working days.
It will explain the findings of the review as well as details of how to
appeal to the Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner if you are
dissatisfied with the review decision reached by West Dunbartonshire
Council.

If you have any further queries about this process, please contact me.

Yours sincerely

Heather Mackay
Records Management Officer
Legal, Administrative and Regulatory Services
West Dunbartonshire Council
T: 013897 37311
Email: [email address]

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