Information Request re. the Current Business Expense Management Process

The request was successful.

Christopher Lehmann

Dear Gedling Borough Council,

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.

I trust all is in order and thank you in advance for your help.

Yours faithfully,

Christopher Lehmann

Gedling Borough Council

Thank you for your request for information from the Council on 10/10/2021.

Your request is being considered and we will endeavour to deal with your
request within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by
the Freedom of Information Act 2000, subject to the information not being
exempt (or containing reference to a third party). This means that you
should receive a response from the Council on or before 08/11/2021. We do
however ask for your patience at the current time. Resources within the
Council are being utilised to deal with business critical functions during
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Anthony Stevenson

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Gedling Borough Council

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Arnold, Nottingham NG5 6LU

0115 901 3991

 

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Protection Legislation and the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the
contents may have to be disclosed in response to a request made to the
Authority. If you have received the Email in error please notify
[email address]. Any views expressed by an individual within
this Email, which do not constitute or record technical advice, do not
necessarily reflect the views of the council. The Email has been checked
for viruses. We do however recommend that you perform your own scan of any
attachments (if any). We can not accept any responsibility for transmitted
viruses.