Common Purpose

R Soles made this Freedom of Information request to Gravesham Borough Council This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.

The request was successful.

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please provide the following information:

Charity "Common Purpose"; meaning the training organisation of that
name:http://www.commonpurpose.org/home.aspx
On a yearly basis from 2000 onwards , unless of course
money was paid to Common Purpose from an earlier period, in which
case please include information from the earlier period.

1. Name all Elected Councillors who have attended a Common Purpose
course?

2. Name all employees who have attended a Common Purpose course?

3. How much money has been paid to this organisation?

4. Please provide copies of invoices/receipts.

Yours faithfully,

R Soles

Customer Services, Gravesham Borough Council

Dear R Soles

Thank you for your email. This has been passed to our FOI Officer for
their attention.

Yours sincerely,

Customer Services Section
Gravesham Borough Council
Tel: 01474 33 70 00
email: [Gravesham Borough Council request email]
Taking Pride in Gravesham

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Freedom, Gravesham Borough Council

Good afternoon,

Thank you for the request for information sent us on the 09/03/2009.
For your records the reference number is 517.

Under FOI legislation the council has twenty working days to make a
response. This means the closing date for this particular request is the
06/04/2009.

If you are unhappy with our response(s) you do have the right to appeal
to the Information Commissioners office. Please visit www.ico.gov.uk for
more details.

Many thanks,

Ross Evans
Senior Technical Services Officer
Gravesham Borough Council
01474 33 77 50
email: [email address]
Taking Pride in Gravesham
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Dear Ross Evans,

As you will be aware under the freedom of information act your
response is now over due.

Please confirm how long a delay can be expected?

Yours sincerely,

R Soles

Freedom, Gravesham Borough Council

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Good afternoon,

Please find the response to your recent FOI request attached to this
email.

I apologise for the delay, we had difficulty finding some of the
information.

Many thanks,

Ross Evans

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Dear Ross Evans

Thank you for your response.

Please note that other Councils have been far more willing to provide information, as requested, in its complete form.

Therefore, please supply the information requested directly, failure to do so could imply that Gravesham Borough Council might be acting in a far from transparent fashion.

Yours sincerely,

R Soles

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Whatdotheyknow.com (R Soles)

Freedom of Information reques 517

21st April 2009

Good afternoon,

I am writing in respect of your recent application for the release of information held by the authority.

In assessing your request in line with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 please find below our response:

No Elected Councillors have attended a Common Purpose training course

Four of our Directors attended a Common Purpose training course during 2006 & 2007. Names of our Directors and senior staff can be found on our website.

The total amount paid to Common purpose in 2006/7 was £5170. Please note that we are not obliged to provide invoices or receipts as you requested.

I hope this information is to your satisfaction. If you require anything else do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely,

Ross Evans

Freedom, Gravesham Borough Council

Good evening,

I believe we have answered your request in full.

For your convenience the link to our management structure is http://www.gravesham.gov.uk/index.cfm?ar...

The Freedom of Information legislation provides access to information, not documents. Therefore we are under no obligation to provide copies of invoices. If you are unhappy with this it is your right to contact the ICO.

Kind regards,

Ross

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Dear Sir or Madam,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Gravesham Borough Council's handling of my FOI request 'Common Purpose'.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/co...

Yours sincerely,

R Soles

Customer Services, Gravesham Borough Council

Dear R Soles

Thank you for your email. This has been passed to our FOI Officer for
their attention. If you have anymore queries please do not hesitate to
contact us.

Yours sincerely,

Customer Services Section
Gravesham Borough Council
Tel: 01474 33 70 00
email: [Gravesham Borough Council request email]
Gravesham - A place of choice

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Dear Customer Services,

Can you please confirm whether or not you intend to comply with the FOIA?

Yours sincerely,

R Soles

Freedom, Gravesham Borough Council

Good afternoon,

In response to your recent query I can inform you that a response was
sent on the 21/04/2009.

Regards,
Ross

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