Dear Sir/Madam,

I request under the Freedom Of Information Act 2000 the following
and would be grateful for any response.

a) The sum in total, if any, spent on maps, map procurement,
processing and distribution on-line and in paper form during either
financial or calendar year 2006;

b) the proportion or absolute amount, if any, of the sum (a) spent
on licenses or other fees to Ordnance Survey;

c) the proportion or absolute amount, if any, of the sum (a) which
was paid for by council tax;

d) the proportion or absolute amount, if any, of the sum (c) broken
down in to council tax house bands on a per-household basis.

Many thanks.

Yours sincerely,

Joanne Kaye

Dear Ms Kaye,

Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

We are writing to acknowledge receipt of your email, dated 28th April 2008,
in which you request the disclosure of information under the provisions of
the above Act.

We have begun a search for the information you are seeking, and will contact
you again when we are in a position to respond further. In the event that
we envisage any delays, or require further information from you, we shall
contact you immediately.

In the meantime, should you have any queries do not hesitate to contact us
quoting reference MS/204/2008.

Yours sincerely,

Freedom of Information Team

Lancashire County Council

PO Box 78

County Hall

Preston

PR1 8XJ

Tel. 01772 531116

Fax. 01772 530949

Email: [Lancashire County Council request email]
<mailto:[Lancashire County Council request email]>

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Dear Ms Kaye,

Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

Further to your email, dated 28th April 2008, in which you request the
disclosure of information under the provisions of the above Act, we are now
in a position to respond and answer each of your questions in turn, below.

a) The sum in total, if any, spent on maps, map procurement, processing and
distribution on-line and in paper form during either financial or calendar
year 2006

Although Lancashire County Council does hold this information, collating it
would incur a commitment of resources far in excess of the limit of £450 set
by the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and
Fees) Regulations 2004 (SI No. 3244 of 2004). Section 12(1) of the Freedom
of Information Act provides that a public authority is not obliged to comply
with a request where to do so would exceed such a limit. Due to the
devolved nature of procurement within the County Council, and the fact that
maps are used by a variety of departments for a variety of reasons
(accompanying legal orders, highways works orders, simple 'directions' maps
in delegate packs for conferences and meetings, etc. etc.), we would need to
contact almost every individual team within the Authority.

b) The proportion or absolute amount, if any, of the sum (a) spent on
licenses or other fees to Ordnance Survey

In the 2006/07 financial year, Lancashire County Council spent £204,366.61
with the Ordnance Survey

c) The proportion or absolute amount, if any, of the sum (a) which was paid
for by council tax

In light of our response to (a), above, providing this information would
exceed the limit of £450, as explained above. However, we can inform you
that the amount spent with the Ordnance Survey in 2006/07 (£204,366.61)
equated to £127,842 on the Council Tax levy that year. This equates to
0.034% of the total Council Tax revenue of £376,509,000 received by
Lancashire County Council in 2006/07.

d) The proportion or absolute amount, if any, of the sum (c) broken down in
to council tax house bands on a per-household basis

Given that our answer to (c) is based on the answer to (b), and not (a), the
£127,842 of the Council Tax levy for 2006/07 (as a result of our spending
with Ordnance Survey) represented the following on individual Council Tax
bands:

Band A 22.5p per annum

Band B 26.3p per annum

Band C 30.0p per annum

Band D 33.8p per annum

Band E 41.3p per annum

Band F 48.8p per annum

Band G 56.3p per annum

Band H 67.6p per annum

We are sorry that we have been unable to provide you with all the
information requested, but trust you find our response informative. In the
event that you wish to complain about the manner in which your enquiry has
been handled, you should write in the first instance to The Freedom of
Information Officer, Lancashire County Council, PO Box 78, County Hall,
Preston PR1 8XJ, or email [Lancashire County Council request email]
<mailto:[Lancashire County Council request email]>

If, after this stage, you remain dissatisfied, you have the right to refer
the matter to the Information Commissioner, whose contact details are as
follows:

The Information Commissioner

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Tel: 01625 545700

Email: [email address] <mailto:[email address]>

Website: http://www.ico.gov.uk <http://www.ico.gov.uk/>

If you have any queries regarding our response, or you require any
additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Yours sincerely,

Freedom of Information

Lancashire County Council

PO Box 78

County Hall

Preston

PR1 8XJ

Tel: (01772) 531116

Fax: (01772) 530949

Email: freedomofinformation <mailto:[Lancashire County Council request email]>
@lancashire.gov.uk

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