Spending on Common Purpose courses period 2000 to 2017.

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Dear Kent County Council,

Please provide the following information:

Charity "Common Purpose"; meaning the training organisation of that
name:http://www.commonpurpose.org/home.aspx

On a yearly basis covering the period 2000 to 2017 , unless of course money was
paid to Common Purpose from an earlier period, in which case please
include information from the earlier period.

1. Name all employees who have attended a Common Purpose course?

2. How much money has been paid to this organisation?

3. Please provide copies of invoices/receipts.

Yours faithfully,

Malcolm Jackson

Kent County Council

Dear Mr Jackson

 

Thank you for your email below.

 

Kent County Council acknowledges your request for information under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000. Assuming KCC holds this information, we
will endeavour to supply the data to you as soon as possible but no later
than 15th January 2018 (20 working days from date of receipt).

 

We will advise you as soon as possible if we do not hold this information
or if there are exemptions to be considered and/or any costs for providing
the information. Please quote our reference - FOI/17/2135 - in any
communication regarding this particular request.

 

Best regards,

 

Peter Wylie | Information Access Officer | Information Resilience &
Transparency Team | Room 2.87, Sessions House, Maidstone | Tel 03000
415563 | Fax 03000 420303 |
[1]http://www.kent.gov.uk/about-the-council...

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Dear Mr Jackson

 

Thank you for your request for information made under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) 2000, relating to the Common Purpose course. I am
pleased to provide the response below:

 

1.    Name all employees who have attended a Common Purpose course?

Please see attached, this is the only record of information held
centrally, if any member of staff booked to attend training directly and
not through Learning and Development this information would be held
locally, which would mean contacting every manager individually and to do
so would exceed the appropriate limit of £450 (18 hours @ £25 per hour).
Therefore, under section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act, we are not
obliged to deal with this element of your request.

 

2.    How much money has been paid to this organisation?

2002 £6,168.75

2003 £28,634.25

2004 £11,742.50

2005 £28,397.63

2006 £14,546.50

2007 £9,223.76

2008 £3,407.50

2009 £6,612.50

2010 £2,350.00

 

3.    Please provide copies of invoices/receipts.

In line with Kent County Council record retention policy all records are
destroyed after 6 years plus current, therefore we do not have any
invoices to provide.

 

If you are unhappy with this response, and believe KCC has not complied
with legislation, please ask for a review by following our complaints
process; details can be found at this link
[1]http://www.kent.gov.uk/about-the-council...
on our website. Please quote reference FOI/17/2135.

 

If you still remain dissatisfied following an internal review, you can
appeal to the Information Commissioner, who oversees compliance with the
Freedom of Information Act 2000. Details of what you need to do, should
you wish to pursue this course of action, are available from the
Information Commissioner’s website [2]http://www.ico.org.uk/concerns.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Kirsty-Leigh Robertson| Information Access Officer | Information
Resilience & Transparency Team | Room 2.87, Sessions House, Maidstone |
Tel 03000 418301 | Fax 03000 420303 |
[3]http://www.kent.gov.uk/about-the-council...

 

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