Barnard Castle Vision Finances
Dear Sir or Madam,
I have today received a response from One North East to a Freedom of Information request that I made regarding Barnard Castle Vision which can be found at http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ba.... I was advised that:
"One North East is not the accountable body for Barnard Castle Vision. I would suggest that you contact Durham County Council, who are the appropriate body and will be able to answer your queries in detail."
I would therefore like to ask the following, under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act:
Can you release any and all documents and reports relating to the income and expenditure of the group Barnard Castle Vision since 2005 with a break down of what the expenditure related to.
Can you also reveal specific figures relating to the salary and expenses of the Independent Chair of Barnard Castle Vision for each financial year and the salary and expenses of each and every other individual staff member that works for Barnard Castle Vision for each financial year, and the projected figures for the following year.
Yours faithfully,
S Bainbridge
Our Ref: 2987643
07-DEC-09
Dear S Bainbridge
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Your request for information on Expenditure for Barnard Castle Vision,
received on 11-NOV-2009, has been considered.
Please see the below responses to your enquiries.
Can you release any and all documents and reports relating to the income
and expenditure of the group Barnard Castle Vision since 2005 with a break
down of what the expenditure related to?
Information on the income and expenditure of the Barnard Castle Vision has
previously been provided to you in response to your request of 13 October
2009 (BC Vision doc 1.pdf). I have attached a further copy of this
document for ease of reference.
Can you also reveal specific figures relating to the salary and expenses
of the Independent Chair of Barnard Castle Vision for each financial year
and the salary and expenses of each and every other individual staff
member that works for Barnard Castle Vision for each financial year, and
the projected figures for the following year.
The Chair of the Vision is not remunerated, and there is therefore no
information held in this respect. No travel expenses have been claimed.
An aggregated total for salaries is included in the attached document -
`Delivery Team' and `Administrative Support' - and is £311,000 over a 3
year period. I consider that the salary and expenses of individual
members of staff are personal information within the meaning of the
Protection Act 1998, and therefore exempt from release under s40(2) of the
Freedom of Information Act. This is an absolute exemption and we are not
required to carry out a public interest test.
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dissatisfied with the handling of your request please contact:
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Freedom of Information / Data Protection Coordinator
Durham County Council
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