Information Request re. the Current Business Expense Management Process

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Dear East Hertfordshire District 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,

Cris Lehmann

eastherts@infreemation.co.uk, East Hertfordshire District Council

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Thank you for your request for information, this has now been processed
and the information that we hold is enclosed.

1. Name, position and email address of the staff responsible for the
council’s staff purchase/expense cards. We do not use expense\purchase
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?
Expenses paid through payroll system this is not automated

 

3. If this on a contacted basis, please provide the contract end date. N/A

 

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. c£2.4k

 

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.

we do not release details of staff below head of service level

Relevant head of service is [email address]

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