Temporary Spending by School

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Dear Manchester City Council,

I am interested in the amounts paid by each school in Manchester to third parties in relation to temporary 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 the year 2008/9. I will
accept 2007/8 figures if this is not possible.

Yours faithfully,

G Griffiths

Manchester City Council

Dear G. Griffiths,

Re: Request for Information - Temporary spending by school - Reference
Number: CHS/82QFHU

Thank you for your request for information, which was received by
Manchester City Council on 16 February 2010.

It may take up to 20 working days (approximately four weeks) for the
Council to consider your request and to provide a formal response. If
this timescale needs to be extended to consider an exemption you will be
notified and kept informed.

If you have any queries, please contact me on the number above.

Yours sincerely,

Alison Francis
Committee & Information Officer
Customer & Business Support
Manchester City Council Children's Services
Overseas House
Quay Street
Manchester, M3 3BB
Tel: 0161 234 7109
Internal: 801 7109
Textphone: 0161 234 7452
Fax: 0161 274 7070
Email: [email address]

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Manchester City Council

Dear G Griffiths

Re: Request for information, reference number: CHS/82QFHU - Temporary
staffing cover

We apologise for not having responded to your request; we will send a
response by the end of next week.

Regards

Mick Wilson
Customer & Business Support Manager
Manchester City Council Children's Services
Overseas House
Quay Street
Manchester, M3 3BB
Tel: 0161 234 7228
Internal: 801 7109
Textphone: 0161 234 7452
Fax: 0161 274 7070
[email address]
www.manchester.gov.uk

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Manchester City Council

Dear G Griffiths

Re: Request for information, reference number: CHS/82QFHU - Temporary
staffing cover

We apologise for not having responded to your request. Unfortunately, we
have been unable to respond by 2 April as stated in our email dated 24
March.

I am aware the response will not be finalised this week; however, every
effort is being made to ensure it will be ready for sending next week.

Regards

Mick Wilson
Customer & Business Support Manager
Manchester City Council Children's Services
Overseas House
Quay Street
Manchester, M3 3BB
Tel: 0161 234 7228
Internal: 801 7109
Textphone: 0161 234 7452
Fax: 0161 274 7070
[email address]
www.manchester.gov.uk

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Dear Manchester City Council,

Fao Mick Wilson

This request is now really late and I was wondering the reason this has taken so long to action.

Yours faithfully,

G Griffiths

Manchester City Council

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Dear G Griffiths,

Re: Request for Information - Temporary staffing cover - Reference Number:
CHS/82QFHU

Thank you for your request for information, which was received by
Manchester City Council on 16 February 2010 and has been considered under
the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We apologise for
the delay in responding.

You asked:

I am interested in the amounts paid by each school in Manchester to third
parties in relation to temporary 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 the year 2008/9. I will
accept 2007/8 figures if this is not possible.

In response to your request, I have summarised the information in the
attached spreadsheet (showing 2008/9 figures) and the following text.

It has been determined that the Council holds some of this information.
The information we hold is a list of schools and the amount spent on
agency teaching staff as supplied to the Council by schools in the
Consistent Financial Reporting (CFR) returns under category E26 Agency
Supply.

Unfortunately, the name of the supplier and the cost of non-teaching
agency staff is not held by Manchester City Council. You may wish to
contact the individual schools, as they are more likely to hold this type
of information. [Please see
http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/custom... ]

There are many reasons why a school may have spent the amount listed; the
year might not have been a typical year for that school. Decisions on
employing agency staff are taken following good practice in financial
management and governance, and in discussions with school governors.

Some schools use agency staff to cover permanent vacancies in addition to
covering posts during long term sickness, or pending appointment of
permanent staff.

Please note if you are not satisfied with this response you may ask for an
internal review. If you wish to complain you should contact me in the
first instance.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision.

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF .

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

Yours sincerely,

Rachel Rosewell
Head of Finance

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Manchester City Council

Dear Mr Griffiths
Re CHS/7SPET/S2 *** Freedom of Information Act, Internal Review
Thank you for your email dated 20 April 2010. Firstly I must apologise
for the delay in responding to your original request.
The internal review finds that you should have been supplied with a
response to your request for information on 16 March 2010. The delay has
been due to seeking the information from relevant services, along with
waiting for responses to consultation with schools.
If you remain unhappy with the way in which your request for information
has been dealt with you may wish to apply for a further internal review by
Sir Howard Bernstein, the Chief Executive. If you wish to do so, please
contact Lynn Evans, Information Compliance Officer based at the Town Hall
whose email address is [1][email address].
Alternatively you are entitled to complain directly to the Information
Commissioner at the following address:
Information Commissioner***s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Tel: 01625 545700
Fax: 01625 524510
Nigel Trim
Head of Business Services and Access

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