Overseas trips

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Dear Hartlepool Council,

This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act and relates to overseas trips.

From June 2016 to the day this request is processed, I would like to know the number of overseas trips councillors, members of the management team (including the chief executive), and council officers have taken in the course of conducting council business. For each overseas trip, please provide the following information:

- The date and duration of the overseas trip, as well as the country/city that was visited

- The full name, title and position of the councillor/member of management team/council officer who went on the overseas trip

- The reason or reasons why the councillor/member of management team/council officer went on the overseas trip

- The cost of the overseas trip (please provide a breakdown of travel costs, accommodation costs and expenses etc.)

- Please state whether the council met the costs of the overseas trip, or whether an individual, group, company, consortium, charity or another organisation met the costs.

- Please provide the full name of the individual, group, company, charity or organisation that met the costs. If it is a group or consortium, please state who or what composes the group or consortium.

I would like to receive the information electronically. If you feel that a substantive response to this request is not possible within a reasonable time frame, or the request is too broad or too vague, I would be grateful if you could contact me and provide assistance as to how I could refine the request. Many thanks.

Yours faithfully,

Jenna Corderoy

Freedomofinformation, Hartlepool Council

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Dear Jenna

 

Further to your request for information, I can advise as below and
attached.

 

 

The date and The full The reason The cost of Please state Please
duration of name, title or reasons the overseas whether the provide the
the overseas and why the trip (please council met full name of
trip, as well position of council provide a the costs of the
as the the council official breakdown of the overseas individual,
country/city official went on the travel costs, trip, or group,
that was who went on overseas accommodation whether an company,
visited the trip costs and individual, charity or
overseas expenses) group, organisation
company, that met the
trip consortium, costs. If it
charity or is a group
another or
organisation consortium,
met the please state
costs who or what
composes the
group or
consortium
15/03/16 – Tutor Inception Air travel - All costs Costs met by
18/03/17 Coordinator meeting with £195.16 externally Erasmus +
(Project partners in funded grant
Gijón, Spain Lead) Erasmus Car hire -
Youth £65.20
Exchange
Programme Accommodation
in UK -
£42.16

Travel
insurance -
£11.89
15/03/16 – Tutor Inception Travel - All costs Costs met by
18/03/17 Coordinator meeting with £195.16 externally Adult
partners in funded Education
Gijón, Spain Erasmus Car hire - grant
Youth £65.20
Exchange
Programme Accommodation
in UK -
£68.00

Travel
insurance –
£11.89
05/06/16 – Tutor Lead on Return air All costs Costs met by
12/06/17 Coordinator Erasmus travel - externally Erasmus +
(Project Youth £403.72 funded grant
Gijón, Spain Lead) Exchange
programme Airport
and transfers in
accompany 7 Spain -
young £23.00
participants
from the UK Airport
transfers in
UK - £17.00

 
05/06/16 – Tutor Lead on Return air All costs Costs met by
12/06/17 Coordinator Erasmus travel - externally Adult
Youth £403.72 funded Education
Gijón, Spain Exchange grant
programme Airport
and transfers in
accompany 7 Spain £23.00
young
participants Airport
from the UK transfers in
UK - £17.00
April 2018 Principal LGA Coastal Air travel - Part funded Part funded
Engineer Special £295 by HBC and by LGA SIG
Scheveningen, Interest part funded
Netherlands   group study Accommodation by LGA SIG
tour. £539
Engineering
Technician

 

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Hartlepool Borough Council

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From: Jenna Corderoy
[[6]mailto:[FOI #503281 email]]
Sent: 29 July 2018 17:45
To: Freedomofinformation
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Overseas trips

 

Dear Hartlepool Council,

 

This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act and
relates to overseas trips.

 

From June 2016 to the day this request is processed, I would like to know
the number of overseas trips councillors, members of the management team
(including the chief executive), and council officers have taken in the
course of conducting council business. For each overseas trip, please
provide the following information:

 

 

- The date and duration of the overseas trip, as well as the country/city
that was visited

 

- The full name, title and position of the councillor/member of management
team/council officer who went on the overseas trip

 

- The reason or reasons why the councillor/member of management
team/council officer went on the overseas trip

 

- The cost of the overseas trip (please provide a breakdown of travel
costs, accommodation costs and expenses etc.)

 

- Please state whether the council met the costs of the overseas trip, or
whether an individual, group, company, consortium, charity or another
organisation met the costs.

 

- Please provide the full name of the individual, group, company, charity
or organisation that met the costs. If it is a group or consortium, please
state who or what composes the group or consortium.

 

I would like to receive the information electronically. If you feel that a
substantive response to this request is not possible within a reasonable
time frame, or the request is too broad or too vague, I would be grateful
if you could contact me and provide assistance as to how I could refine
the request. Many thanks.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Jenna Corderoy

 

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