Expenditure
Dear Birmingham City University,
I was wondering if you could tell me if Birmingham City University paid or made any contribution towards the costs of flying to either the USA and or Canada for either students or staff members for university business in each of the past 5 financial years; The location where they personnel went to eg; New York, Washington DC, Toronto etc and the dates of each visit; The reasons why either students and or staff had to go to USA and or Canada; The robust steps that the University takes to ensure all costs incurred by the university are best value for the taxpayer; Also the name and job title of staff member that signs off on the travel details for the personnel
Yours faithfully,
Emma Smith
Dear Emma Smith,
Thank you for your request for information under the terms of the Freedom
of Information Act. Please see below the University’s response:
I was wondering if you could tell me if Birmingham City University paid or
made any contribution towards the costs of flying to either the USA and or
Canada for either students or staff members for university business in
each of the past 5 financial years; The location where they personnel went
to eg; New York, Washington DC, Toronto etc and the dates of each visit;
The reasons why either students and or staff had to go to USA and or
Canada; The robust steps that the University takes to ensure all costs
incurred by the university are best value for the taxpayer; Also the name
and job title of staff member that signs off on the travel details for the
personnel
We are unable to provide the requested information as the cost of
locating, retrieving and extracting some of the requested information from
all Faculties and Departments as well as the rest of the information from
central systems is estimated to exceed the appropriate limit set out under
Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We would consider a
refined request limited to the information in the bulleted list below.
· Payments made in relation to flights to the USA and Canada for
staff booked through our travel supplier from November 2011 to present
· The airport destinations of the above flights
· The steps we take to ensure value for money from the travel
supplier
· Our travel policy
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decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF.
Kind regards,
Emily Gresham
Deputy Information Manager
Library and Learning Resources
Birmingham City University
Perry Barr
Birmingham
B42 2SU
T: 0121 331 5288
E: [2][email address]
Dear Freedom of Information Act,
Many thanks for your email. The way you suggest to me is acceptable
Yours sincerely,
Emma Smith
Dear Emma Smith,
Thank you for your refined request for information under the terms of the
Freedom of Information Act. Please see below the University’s response:
Payments made in relation to flights to the USA and Canada for staff
booked through our travel supplier from November 2011 to present
Please see the attached spreadsheet.
The airport destinations of the above flights
Please see the attached spreadsheet.
The steps we take to ensure value for money from the travel supplier
The University utilises the services of a Business Management Travel
Company, The Co-Operative Travel Management Ltd for its travel
requirements. The contract with The Co-Operative Travel Management Ltd
was entered into by Utilising a Framework Purchasing agreement which Was
tendered by the Southern Universities purchasing Consortium, in accordance
with EU Procurement Directives. The University ran its own Mini
Competition against all suppliers on the framework before awarding to the
most economically advantageous supplier.
When Booking Travel with The Co-operative travel Management company they
are contractually obliged to provide 3 alternative quotations for each
trip (where 3 alternatives exist) e.g. alternative airlines, routes, times
of travel to ensure best value.
Our travel policy
Please see attached our International Travel Policy.
Kind regards,
Frances
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Frances Pond
Deputy Information Manager
Library & Learning Resources
Birmingham City University
B42 2SU
tel: 0121 331 5288
email: [1][email address].uk
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