EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE
DISTRICT COUNCIL
THE GRANGE, NUTHOLT LANE,
ELY, CAMBRIDGESHIRE CB7 4EE
Telephone: Ely (01353) 665555
DX41001 ELY Fax: (01353) 665240
www.eastcambs.gov.uk
Further to your information request FOI/EIR 21/22-226, please find your question and our response
below.
Request:
I'd be grateful if you can provide me with the following information under the Freedom of Information Act
2000.
1. Name, position and email address of the staff responsible for the council’s staff purchase/expense
cards.
2. If an automated business expense management is in place, what is the name of the system/card
provider and the amount of cards currently in use?
3. If this on a contacted basis, please provide the contract end date.
4. The estimated (or actual) amount of spend (£) in business expenses either by department or as an
overall total for the most recent financial year.
5. Name, position and email address of the staff or department responsible for reducing the carbon
emissions (CO2) within the council as part of the overall strategy to achieve carbon neutrality.
Response:
1. The Council’s Finance Manager is Ian Smith,
xxx.xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx. The Finance Team are
responsible for overseeing the use of the Council’s purchase cards.
2. The Council has a manual process for processing its purchase cards.
3. n/a
4. During the 2020/21 financial year, the Council reimbursed employees £28,607 via the payroll system
and made £35,346 of payments using the Council’s purchase cards.
5. Richard Kay, Strategic Planning Manager, xxxxxxx.xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
This concludes your request FOI/EIR 21/22-226
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Information Act to appeal against the decision by contacting the Information Commissioner, Wycliffe
House, Water Lane, Wilmslow SK9 5AF.