Biscuit expenditure
Dear Oxford City Council,
Please can you let me know the total expenditure on biscuits at the
Oxford City Council for the most recent period available.
If you can provide spending on types of biscuits and let me know
the top spend on types of biscuits, such as Jaffa Cakes, Rich Teas,
Digestives, Custard Creams, Ginger snaps etc.
If it is possible, without going over the time limit or cost, could
you let me know the spend on biscuits for the five year period from
2009-2014.
If that is not possible, could you provide me the figures for
spending on biscuits for the two years from 2012 to 2014.
Yours faithfully,
Luke Sproule
Good afternoon
Thank you for your email below. Your request was received on 12^th
September 2014 and you will receive a response within 20 working days, as
required under the Freedom of Information Act.
Yours faithfully
Celia Robinson
Interim PA
On behalf of Mike Newman
Corporate Secretariat Manager
Oxford City Council
St.Aldate’s Chambers, 109-113, St.Aldate’s
OXFORD
OX1 1DS
Dear Mr Sproule
Further to the acknowledgement below, I can reply to your FOI request of
12^th September, as follows :
The Council does not hold information in respect of its expenditure on
biscuits. Any such expenditure is not identified separately from overall
catering costs. To try to extract whether biscuits were included would
mean that individual invoices for catering would need to be examined.
This would require a manual check of every catering invoice. I believe
that to undertake such a task would take in excess of 18.5 hours, the time
allowed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Section 12) for dealing
with requests.
If you disagree with any part of the response to your request, you are
entitled to ask the Council for an internal review of the decision(s)
made. You may do this by writing to the Monitoring Officer, by either
email – [1][email address] – or by post to Monitoring Officer,
Oxford City Council, St Aldate’s Chambers, St Aldate’s, Oxford, OX1 1DS.
After the result of the internal review, if you remain dissatisfied, you
may ask the Information Commissioner to intervene on your behalf. You may
do this by writing to the Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe
Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely
Michael Newman
Corporate Secretariat Manager
Oxford City Council
St Aldate’s Chambers
109-113 St Aldate’s
Oxford OX1 1DS
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