Payments to Contractors - Roles v2

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Dear Liverpool City Council,

This is a re-request : I submitted this request on 23rd September but you claim not to have received it.

In your response to the following FOI question you have identified 7 contractors who were paid between £80k and £140k in 2011/12 :

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/pa...

These were listed by yourselves as follows :

1. £80,000 – £100,000 = 3

2. £100,000 – £110,000 = 0

3. £110,000 – £120,000 = 1

4. £120,000 – £130,000 = 2

5. £130,000 – £140,000 = 1

For each of these 7 contractors, please provide a brief description of the work undertaken.

Yours faithfully,

Jenny Griffin

Kevin Symm, Liverpool City Council

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Kevin Symm I Senior Information Officer
Liverpool City Council I Municipal Buildings I Dale Street I Liverpool I
L2 2DH
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Kevin Symm I Senior Information Officer
Liverpool City Council I Municipal Buildings I Dale Street I Liverpool I
L2 2DH
T: 0151 225 3132 I E: [1][email address]
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Dear Mr Symm,

Thank you for your response, copied below :

"In your response to the following FOI question you have identified 7 contractors who were paid between £80k and £140k in 2011/12:

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/pa...

These were listed by yourselves as follows:

1. £80,000 – £100,000 = 3
2. £100,000 – £110,000 = 0
3. £110,000 – £120,000 = 1
4. £120,000 – £130,000 = 2
5. £130,000 – £140,000 = 1

For each of these 7 contractors, please provide a brief description of the work undertaken.

Response:

The City Council holds information relevant to the terms of your request and can confirm the following:

• The payments are to individuals receiving social care, the majority of which being Adult Disability payments.

I trust this information satisfies your enquiry"

It's probably my lack of understanding of the social care process, but this answer leaves me mystified. Why would you describe a recipient of benefits as a 'contractor'? This is how these payments are described in the Council's disclosure of expenditure exceeding £500 per month.

I also don't understand whether the magnitudes listed here are normal or anomalous. Again, this is probably my own lack of understanding of social care. I looked up Disability Living Allowance, and the maximum available is £131.50 per week, so it can't be this.

Yours sincerely,

Jenny Griffin

Symm, Kevin, Liverpool City Council

I am currently out of the office until 1 November 2012

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