How are you spending the £3000??

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Dear Croydon Borough Council, thank you for your reply to my FOI request. dated 5th January. However, your answer was vague and did not give any details of exactly how the £3000 you have spent to date has been allocated. What does "project Management" include? Surely you have paid officers who manage projects as part of their job? The same thing applies to "Legal Services" - there must already be an existing budget for those. As for "Sundry Precurement costs", this could be lunches,drinks, you name it...I am assuming it does not include stationery and postage? More details please. We have a right to know these things. This money was supplied, in the first instance, by the London Borough of Croydon's Council Tax payers...your residents, and,ultimately, your bosses.
Transparency, please.

Yours faithfully,

Sally Ann Voak

Information, Croydon Borough Council

Dear Ms Voak

 

Thank you for your email dated 9 February 2012, in which you have
requested information regarding among other matters further details in
relation to the response sent for your request under reference
F/CRT/2012/953.

 

We are considering your request under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, and hope to respond within the statutory 20 working
days.

 

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, either
myself or a colleague will let you know the likely charges before
proceeding.

 

If you have any queries about this email, please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Chris Tanriverdi

Information coordinator

Resources and customer services

Customer strategy and developement

5th floor north east quadrant

Taberner House

Park Lane, Croydon CR9 3JS

Tel : 020 8726 6000  Ext: 63833

Fax: 020 8407 1376

Faxination:020 8633 9664

Email: [email address]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Sally Ann Voak [mailto:[FOI #105211 email]]
Sent: 09 February 2012 09:42
To: Information
Subject: Freedom of Information request - How are you spending the £3000??

 

     Dear Croydon Borough Council, thank you for your reply to my FOI

     request. dated 5th January. However, your answer was vague and did

     not give any details of exactly how the £3000 you have spent to

     date has been allocated. What does "project Management" include?

     Surely you have paid officers who manage projects as part of their

     job? The same thing applies to "Legal Services" - there must

     already be an existing budget for those. As for "Sundry Precurement

     costs", this could be lunches,drinks, you name it...I am assuming

     it does not include stationery and postage? More details please. We

     have a right to know these things. This money was supplied, in the

     first instance, by the London Borough of Croydon's Council Tax

     payers...your residents, and,ultimately, your bosses.

     Transparency, please.

    

     Yours faithfully,

    

     Sally Ann Voak

    

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Dear Information,
Please respond, as required, to my FOI request, outlined above. By law, you should have responded promptly and by 8th March, 2012, yet I have had no reply.
I am writing an article on the subject of Croydon Libraries for the Croydon Advertiser, and I need your response as part of my feature. Any further delay will, of course, be mentioned in the article.

Yours sincerely,

Sally Ann Voak

Information, Croydon Borough Council

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Dear Ms Voak

 

Please find attached the Councils response to your Freedom of Information
request.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Lynda Fay

Information coordinator

 

Resources and customer services
Customer services and development
5th floor north east quadrant

Taberner House

Park Lane

Croydon CR9 IDH

 

Tel/Typetalk: 020 8726 6000 ext. 62741

Fax: 020 8760 5745

Minicom: 020 8760 5797

 

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From: Sally Ann Voak [mailto:[FOI #105211 email]]
Sent: 09- Feb- 12 09:42
To: Information
Subject: Freedom of Information request - How are you spending the £3000??

 

     Dear Croydon Borough Council, thank you for your reply to my FOI
     request. dated 5th January. However, your answer was vague and did
     not give any details of exactly how the £3000 you have spent to
     date has been allocated. What does "project Management" include?
     Surely you have paid officers who manage projects as part of their
     job? The same thing applies to "Legal Services" - there must
     already be an existing budget for those. As for "Sundry Precurement
     costs", this could be lunches,drinks, you name it...I am assuming
     it does not include stationery and postage? More details please. We
     have a right to know these things. This money was supplied, in the
     first instance, by the London Borough of Croydon's Council Tax
     payers...your residents, and,ultimately, your bosses.
     Transparency, please.
    
     Yours faithfully,
    
     Sally Ann Voak
    
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     Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
     [FOI #105211 email]
    
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