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Dear Michaelme

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Please find the response to the freedom of information request made.

Dear Blackpool Borough Council,

I would like to apply under the act for the information regarding what the
authority is doing after March 31st 2010 regarding providing Independent
School Choice Advice and how the funding that they have been provided with
which totals £29,531 for the financial year 1st April 2010 to 31st March
2011 is being used.

I am including information below which is from a Freedom of Information
request to the DCSF which clearly states that Blackpool Council is in
receipt of this funding and that they have a statutory obligation to
provide it.

Local authorities have the flexibility to deliver an independent Choice
Advice service that best suits the requirements of their community.
Funding for Choice Advice has been allocated via the Area Based Grant for
the period 2008-11. The provision to every local authority of a specified
sum for Choice Advice within the Area Based Grant means that it is
expected that all local authorities will be in a position to offer a
Choice Advice service.

The Area Based Grant is a general grant allocated directly to local
authorities as additional revenue funding to areas. Local authorities are
free to use all of this non-ringfenced funding as they see fit to support
the delivery of local, regional and national priorities in their areas .

Blackpool Council has decided to deliver its independent Choice Advice
service through its Children's Centre's outreach service from 2010.

Assistant Director ( Business Support Division)
Children and Young People's Department
Blackpool Council
tel 01253 476550

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Dear Sir,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request.

Local authorities have the flexibility to deliver an independent Choice
Advice service that best suits the requirements of their community.
Funding for Choice Advice has been allocated via the Area Based Grant for
the period 2008-11. The provision to every local authority of a specified
sum for Choice Advice within the Area Based Grant means that it is
expected that all local authorities will be in a position to offer a
Choice Advice service.

The Area Based Grant is a general grant allocated directly to local
authorities as additional revenue funding to areas. Local authorities are
free to use all of this non-ringfenced funding as they see fit to support
the delivery of local, regional and national priorities in their areas .

Blackpool Council has decided to deliver its independent Choice Advice
service through its Children's Centre's outreach service from 2010.

If you have a complaint about the handling of your request you may ask for
an internal review and you should submit this in writing to: Council
Complaint, Blackpool Council, PO Box 50, Town Hall, Blackpool, FY1 1NA.

If you are not happy with the outcome of the review, you have the right to
apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. You can
contact the Information Commissioner at: Information Commissioner's
Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
([1]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk).

If you have any queries about this letter you can contact me, or write to:
FOI, Town Hall, Blackpool, FY1 1NA, or email us at
[2][Blackpool Borough Council request email]. Please remember to quote your
reference number (MITAH/MM) when you contact us.

Yours sincerely

Jon Williams,
Principal Management Information Officer,
Management Information Team - Business Support Division, Children & Young
People's Department,
Blackpool Council,
Progress House,
Blackpool FY4 4US

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