Dear Mr Nawaz

Thank you for your request for information regarding ‘PAYE paid by BWDBC’ (reference number 36435). Your request was received on the 18/08/2015 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, I will let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you, and you will be required to pay before we will proceed to deal with your request.

If you have any queries about this request, please contact Information Governance on 01254 585651. Alternatively, our email address is [Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council request email].

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Kind Regards

Information Governance
Blackburn with Darwen Council

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Dear Mr Nawaz

Thank you for your request for information relating to PAYE (Our ref 36435)

I can confirm that the dataset you have requested here was the same dataset you were issued with yesterday under your previous request reference number 36038.

I have attached a copy for your reference

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request for information and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision, you should write to: Information Governance Manager, Information Governance, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, G Floor, Town Hall, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 7DY or email [Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council request email].

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the Council. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

Please find attached our 'have your say' feedback policy.

Information Governance Department
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council.

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Dear Jamil,

Thank you for your email.

I have contacted the department responsible for providing the information and will get back to you in due course.

Many thanks,

Heather Wolstenholme
Freedom of Information Officer
ITM&G Floor G,
Tower Block,
Blackburn Town Hall,
Blackburn,
BB1 7DY

Tel: 01254 585651

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Dear Jamil,

Unfortunately the information is not held in this format and would involve extensive manual trawls meaning that your request would be exempt under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. A full explanation of this exemptions is as follows;

Section 12 does not oblige a public authority to comply with a request for information if the authority estimates that the cost of complying with the request would exceed the appropriate limit. The appropriate limit in the Act equates to 18 hours of work. Based on this it is the Council’s view the work required would exceed 18 hours therefore exempting the request under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act. Please see below the full text of Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act:
12 Exemption where cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit.
(1) does not oblige a public authority to comply with a request for information if the authority estimates that the cost of complying with the request would exceed the appropriate limit.
(2) Subsection (1) does not exempt the public authority from its obligation to comply with paragraph (a) of section 1(1) unless the estimated cost of complying with that paragraph alone would exceed the appropriate limit.
(3) In subsections (1) and (2) “the appropriate limit” means such amount as may be prescribed, and different amounts may be prescribed in relation to different cases.
(4) regulations provide that, in such circumstances as may be prescribed, where two or more requests for information are made to a public authority—
(a) by one person, or
(b) by different persons who appear to the public authority to be acting in concert or in pursuance of a campaign,
the estimated cost of complying with any of the requests is to be taken to be the estimated total cost of complying with all of them.
(5) regulations make provision for the purposes of this section as to the costs to be estimated and as to the manner in which they are to be estimated.

The Councils revenue budget is funded via various revenue sources, Council Tax is only one of these sources. A balanced budget is legally required to be set each year.

PAYE is a deduction from an employee’s salary collected on behalf of HMRC by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. The levels of deduction are set by HMRC and are subject to numerous variables.

PAYE is not a cost born by the Council.

Salaries are a direct cost for the Council. Salaries are funded from various sources depending on whether the employee works on Capital projects or schools. We do not hold any analysis on this. There is no direct link between Council Tax funding and specific items of expenditures.

I hope this answers your query satisfactorily.

Kind regards,

Heather Wolstenholme
Freedom of Information Officer
ITM&G Floor G,
Tower Block,
Blackburn Town Hall,
Blackburn,
BB1 7DY

Tel: 01254 585651

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Dear Jamil,

As the response below, the council do not hold the information you have requested.

PAYE is a deduction from an employee’s salary collected on behalf of HMRC by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. The levels of deduction are set by HMRC and are subject to numerous variables. PAYE is not a cost born by the Council. Salaries are a direct cost for the Council. Salaries are funded from various sources depending on whether the employee works on Capital projects or schools. We do not hold any analysis on this. There is no direct link between Council Tax funding and specific items of expenditures.

Kind Regards,

[Name of Council employee removed]
Senior Information Governance Officer

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Information Technology, Management and Governance
G Floor,
Tower Block,
Blackburn Town Hall,
Blackburn,
BB1 7DY

Tel: 01254 58 5852

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