Supply Spends

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Deborah McBurney
Delivered

Dear Leeds City Council,
I am interested in the amounts paid by each school in Leeds Council
to third parties in relation to temporary agency staffing cover.
My hope is to receive an electronic breakdown of amounts paid
through
the department's purchase ledger by school.

Notes:
1. I would like the information in electronic format. This should
avoid any printing cost issues.
2. In order to avoid your having to collate information from
peripheral systems, I am willing to accept information only from
your main system (I would like you to advise which system this
is).
By main system I mean the system that handles the largest part of
the department's expenditure. If supplier payments are made
through
separate systems, then I would like you to choose the main system
for each.
3. The information I require for each school is: School Name;
Supplier name and total amount paid.
4. I would like the information to cover from September 2014 to April 2015 if possible

Yours faithfully,

Deborah McBurney
Location Manager

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DPFOI, Leeds City Council

Dear Deborah McBurney

Freedom of information request Ref 14196 : Amounts paid by each school to third parties re temporary agency staffing cover

Thank you for your request for the above information which we received 05/05/2015. We will respond to your request in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000, or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

We have passed your request onto Nicola Palmer, Information Access Manager, Children’s Services, [email address] who will arrange a response within the appropriate statutory time limit.

Please remember to quote reference number FOI 14196 in any future communications.

Yours sincerely

Paul Burns
Senior Information Governance Officer
t: 0113 39 52829
e: [Leeds City Council request email]
e: [email address]
w: www.leeds.gov.uk

Corporate Information Governance, Leeds City Council, Civic Hall, Calverley Street, Leeds, LS1 1UR

“Information is everyone’s business and responsibility.”

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Children's FOI, Leeds City Council

Dear Ms McBurney,

 

I refer to your email dated 5^th May 2015 in relation to expenditure on
temporary agency staffing cover in schools.

 

Unfortunately the 2014/2015 information that you have requested is not yet
available; the information is therefore exempt from disclosure under
Section 22 of the Freedom of Information Act as it is intended for future
publication:

 

‘Section 22 of the FOIA says that information is exempt if, at the time a
public authority receives a request for it:

-              the public authority holds it with a view to its
publication;

-              the public authority or another person intends to publish
the information at some future date, whether determined or not; and

-              in all the circumstances it is reasonable to withhold the
information prior to publication.’

 

I have contacted the service that produces the data and the 2014/2015
figures are due to be published by 30^th May 2015 on the Leeds Data Mill
website. I therefore provide a link to the location on the website below
where you may currently access the previous year’s data and where the
2014/2015 figures will be published shortly:

 

[1]http://www.leedsdatamill.org/dataset/sch...

 

I hope this information is useful to you, however if you are dissatisfied
with this response then you have a right to appeal to an independent
officer within children’s services. On appeal, your request will be
re-examined and an assessment made as to whether the requirements of the
Act have been adhered to. Should you wish to follow this course of action
then please address your concerns in writing to Moin Patel, Information
Management and Technology Team, P O Box 837, Leeds, LS1 9PZ or by email at
[email address]

 

You also have a right under Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act
to ask the Information Commissioner to take a decision as to whether we
have met with our obligations under the Act.  The Commissioner has made it
clear however that he expects all applicants to exhaust internal appeals
procedures prior to making such an application. Should you wish to contact
the Commissioner’s Office then you can write to the following address:

 

            Office of the Information Commissioner,

            Wycliffe House,

            Water Lane,

            Wilmslow,

            Cheshire,

            SK9 5AF.

 

You may also contact the Commissioner via his website at www.ico.gov.uk

I trust that this is self-explanatory although if you have any queries
then please don’t hesitate to contact me on 0113 2475064, or by return
email.

 

 

Kind regards

 

Deborah Harper

Information Access Officer

Children’s Services

Leeds City Council

P.O. Box 837

Leeds

LS1 9PZ

0113 2475064

 

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