Ms Amanda Walker
Sarah Clarke
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Children's Services
Team Manager – Subject Access
Requests
Our Ref: 6165998
County Hall
Spetchley Road
Worcester
WR5 2NP
09 Ma
y 2014
Dear Ms Walker
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST
CONCERNING AGENCY SPEND IN SCHOOLS
Thank you for contacting Worcestershire County Council.
Unfortunately your request cannot be met because a legal exemption applies. The
legal exemption that applies is Section 12.
Section 12 of the Act makes provision for public authorities to refuse requests for
information where the cost of dealing with them would exceed the appropriate limit as
defined by the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and
Fees) Regulations 2004, which for local authorities is set at £450, or 18 hours of staff
time spent.
To comply with your request would require
us to check 198 maintained schools
and PRUs which, in this case, would take an estimated 49.5 hours. The estimate has
been arrived at based on the following:
198 x 15 minutes (conservative estimate) =
49.5 hours
Your request:
I am interested in the amounts paid by all Schools in Worcestershire LEA to third
parties in relation to temporary agency staffing cover. My hope is to receive an
electronic breakdown of amounts paid through the department's purchase ledger by
school from January 2014 to present day.
Please can you supply the following information in an excel spread sheet format:-
School Name – URN or DFE number – agency/supplier name – total amount paid
If you have a complaint about the handling of this enquiry then in the first instance
please contact:
Tel: 01905 728932 Fax: 01905 766156 Minicom: 01905 766399
Email: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx DX 29941 Worcester 2
www.worcestershire.gov.uk
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Consumer Relations Department
Worcestershire County Council
County Hall
Spetchley Road
Worcester
WR5 2NP
Tel: 01905 766364
You can then also contact the Information Commissioner at:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Tel: 01625 54 57 45
www.ico.gov.uk.
Yours sincerely
Sarah Clarke