Disclosure Log - Finance

Past Service Reserves for Current Staff's Pension Fund

Reference	805.26
Date Responded	12/01/2011
Response Type	Refusal under Section 12(1)
Request	This is a request under the Freedom of Information act. Please provide me with the value of the top 25 past service reserves for current staff in your council pension fund (i.e. the value of the pension pot to date). PLUS: How much does each individual accrue annually? What is his/her basic salary? It will be in the following format: officer 1 ---- PSR value (e.g. £600,000) ---- basic salary ----- annual employer's contribution (e.g. £15,000) officer 2 ---- PSR value (e.g. £600,000) ---- basic salary ----- annual employer's contribution (e.g. £15,000) .... I understand that you may not be able to identify the officers by name. This information might already be published but I am not able to locate the information on your council's website. If it has already been published, please could you send me a link to the information?
Response	Access to Information under the Freedom of Information (2000) Thank you for your email dated 7 January 2011, in which you request disclosure of information under the provisions of the above Act; we are now in a position to respond. The information that you request can be extracted from our validation data by the Fund Actuary, however for them to do this they would charge the Authority £650. This would clearly incur a commitment of resources in excess of the limit of £450 set by the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004 (SI No. 3244 of 2004), which equates to 18 hours of work. Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act provides that a public authority is not obliged to comply with a request where to do so would exceed such a limit.
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Private equity / venture capital funds

Reference	805.75
Date Responded	27/01/2011
Response Type	Full disclosure
Request	Do you have records, specifically Commitment, Contribution, Distribution and Value as of 30^th June 2010? This list should include all such partnerships, i.e. private equity, venture capital, distressed debt, mezzanine, fund of funds, real estate and hedge fund investments. If so, is it possible for you to send them to us?
Response	Access to Information under the Freedom of Information (2000) Thank you for your email dated 21 January 2011, in which you request disclosure of information under the provisions of the above Act; we are now in a position to respond. Do you have more recent records, specifically Commitment, Contribution, Distribution and Value as of 30^th June 2010? This list should include all such partnerships, i.e. private equity, venture capital, distressed debt, mezzanine, fund of funds, real estate and hedge fund investments. If so, is it possible for you to send them to us? Please see the attached spreadsheet which contains the information you requested.
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Adult Social Care Finance

Reference	805.115
Date Responded	03/02/2011
Response Type	Full disclosure
Request	Under the Freedom of Information Act I am looking to obtain the following information: 1. Please can you confirm if Finance forms part of the Adult Social Care or if it a separate finance function. 2. What Social Care/Case Management system is used by the Council i.e. Swift, CareFirst, Framework
Response	*Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000* Further to your email dated 2^nd February 2011, in which you request the disclosure of information under the provisions of the above Act, we are now in a position to respond. *1. Please can you confirm if Finance forms part of the Adult Social Care or if it a separate finance function.* *2. What Social Care/Case Management system is used by the Council i.e. Swift, CareFirst, Framework* 1. There is a Finance function within Adult and Community Services, one of the Directorates in Lancashire County Council. Most of the finance staff in this section are involved in work related to adult social care services. The Director of Business Services in Adult and Community Services, who is responsible for finance works closely with corporate finance leadership. The serviced user database used by both adult social care and children's social care is called 'ISSIS', developed in house. This is being enhanced by the introduction of FACE on the front end. The introduction of FACE is imminent.
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Use of debt recovery agencies in last 3 years

Reference	805.106
Date Responded	15/02/2011
Response Type	Full disclosure
Request	I am writing to obtain information amount of times Lancashire council has used third party debt-recovery agencies in the past three years. I would like the figures for the municipal years 2007 to 2008, 2008 to 2009 and 2009 to 2010. To outline my query as clearly as possible, I am requesting: 1) The total number of residents whose details have been passed to third-party debt recovery agencies for non-payment of council tax. 2) The total number of residents whose details have been passed to third-party debt recovery agencies for non-payment of fines arising from parking infringements in areas under the jurisdiction of the council.
Response	Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Further to your request for information made under the provisions of the above Act, we are now in a position to provide you with a response. 1) The total number of residents whose details have been passed to third-party debt recovery agencies for non-payment of council tax. Lancashire County Council does not hold the information you have requested in relation this aspect of your enquiry. The subject matter of your request is the responsibility of the District Councils within Lancashire. Links for each District Council on the above website page will take you through to the websites for each District Council, from where you will be able to obtain their contact details. 2) The total number of residents whose details have been passed to third-party debt recovery agencies for non-payment of fines arising from parking infringements in areas under the jurisdiction of the council. Please be advised that Lancashire County Council only holds figures for 2010 as we only started enforcing in Sept 2009 and it takes up to 6 months to go to bailiff. Therefore, the total number of Penalty Charge Notices sent to bailiff in 2010 was 5,018. Please note, however, this figure may also include the same penalty that has been re-routed to two different bailiff companies. We do not have any data for 2011 yet.
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Renumeration package for the Council's Chief Executive

Reference	805.64
Date Responded	15/02/2011
Response Type	Full disclosure
Request	* What was the renumeration package for the council's chief executive in: 2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011? * What will the chief executive's renumeration package be for 2011/2012?
Response	1. What was the renumeration package for the council's chief executive in: 2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011? 2008/09 Salary - £194,655 Lease Car contribution - £6500 Returning Officer - £200 2009/10 Salary - £194,655 Lease Car contribution - £6500 Returning Officer - £5169.60 2010/11 Salary £194,655 Lease Car contribution – £6500 or £5300 cash equivalent 2. What will the chief executive's renumeration package be for 2011/2012? 2011/12 – Salary - £194,655 Lease car contribution - £6500 or £5300 cash equivalent Please note that with regards to the lease car contribution, the officer has the option of the lease or a cash equivalent of £5300. The new chief executive has not yet decided which option to take for 2010/11 and 2011/12.
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Monies allocated to charities and voluntary organisations

Reference	805.121
Date Responded	16/02/2011
Response Type	Full disclosure
Request	1) How much money did you allocate to charities and voluntary organisations in your area in this financial year (2010/11)? 2) How much money have you allocated / do you plan to allocate to charities and voluntary organisations in your area in the financial year 2011/12? 3) If you have reduced your level of spending to charities and voluntary organisations in your area for the next financial year, do you envisage maintaining a reduced level of spending beyond this period (e.g. for the next 3-5 years)?
Response	Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) Thank you for your email dated 20 January 2011, in which you request disclosure of information under the provisions of the above Act; assuming that the request was referring to grant funding, we are now in a position to respond. *1) How much money did you allocate to charities and voluntary organisations in your area in this financial year (2010/11)?* 2010/11 was the third year of a three year grant programme called the Gateway programme. Over the three years 2008/11 the Central Gateway programme gave £4.5 million to charity and voluntary organisation (£1.5 million per year). Over the same three year period the Local Gateway programme gave £950,316 to charity and voluntary organisations (£316,772 per year). In 2010/11 a further £105,000 was given to community and voluntary groups from the Local member grants. *2) How much money have you allocated / do you plan to allocate to charities and voluntary organisations in your area in the financial year 2011/12?* There is no intention to reduce this level of funding for the sector in 2011/12 although budget decisions will not be finalised until 17 February 2011. There has been a small cut to the Arts grants in 2011/12 but this may not affect the charity/voluntary sector. 3) If you have reduced your level of spending to charities and voluntary organisations in your area for the next financial year, do you envisage maintaining a reduced level of spending beyond this period (e.g. for the next 3-5 years)? The Gateway programme has only been opened for one year only (2011/12) as opposed to the usual three year programme. It will be towards the end of 2011 before discussions about the level of charity/voluntary grant funding beyond 2011/12 begin. For information the Lancashire County Council grant funding cycle runs from July to June each year.
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Mileage allowances

Reference

805.112

Date Responded

28/02/2011

Response Type

Full disclosure

Request

How much council staff can claim per mile for using their vehicle. Please provide the rate for each of the financial years: 2008-09, 2009-10 and the current 2010-11 year. If applicable please break this down by type of user or use, and please provide the rates for different types of transportation.
Please also provide the different rates if a threshold exists, for example, if the rates are different for the first 10,000 miles and thereafter.
The total amount paid out in mileage allowance payments for “casual users”, broken down by financial years, 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11 to date.
The total amount paid out in mileage allowance payments for “essential users”, broken down by financial years, 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11 to date. Please also break these totals down into lump sum payments and claim reimbursements.

Response

Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

Further to your email dated 1 February, we are now in a position to respond to your enquiry regarding mileage allowance payments. We have answered each point of your enquiry below:

How much council staff can claim per mile for using their vehicle. Please provide the rate for each of the financial years: 2008-09, 2009-10 and the current 2010-11 year. If applicable please break this down by type of user or use, and please provide the rates for different types of transportation.
Please also provide the different rates if a threshold exists, for example, if the rates are different for the first 10,000 miles and thereafter.

The table below answers these:

CAR ALLOWANCES 2008/09
	451 - 999cc	1000 – 1199cc		1200 – 1450cc
Essential Users
Per mile first 8500 miles	34.0p	36.9p		45.8p
Per mile after 8500	13.3p	13.6p		15.8p
Casual Users
Per mile first 8500 miles	42.9p	46.9p		58.7p
Per mile after 8500	13.3p	13.6p		15.8p
Car Contract Hire	9.2p	9.8p		10.6p
Occasional Users	Reimbursed at the following rates on the basis of the actual cc of the vehicle
	451 – 999cc		1000cc and above
Per mile first 8500 miles	42.9p		46.9p
Per mile after 8500	13.3p		13.6p
CAR ALLOWANCES 2009/10
	451 - 999cc	1000 – 1199cc		1200 – 1450cc
Essential Users
Per mile first 8500 miles	33.6p	37.1p		46.4p
Per mile after 8500	11.7p	12.2p		14.2p
Casual Users
Per mile first 8500 miles	42.9p	47.7p		60.1p
Per mile after 8500	11.7p	12.2p		14.2p
Car Contract Hire	7.4p	8.2p		8.9p
Occasional Users	Reimbursed at the following rates on the basis of the actual cc of the vehicle
	451 – 999cc		1000cc and above
Per mile first 8500 miles	42.9p		47.7p
Per mile after 8500	11.7p		12.2p
CAR ALLOWANCES 20010/11 - Rates paid 01.04.2010 – 31.07.2010
	451 - 999cc	1000 – 1199cc		1200 – 1450cc
Essential Users
Per mile first 8500 miles	36.9p	40.9p		50.5p
Per mile after 8500	13.7p	14.4p		16.4p
Casual Users
Per mile first 8500 miles	46.9p	52.2p		65.0p
Per mile after 8500	13.7p	14.4p		16.4p
Car Contract Hire Users	9.4p	10.3p		11.2p
Occasional Users	Reimbursed at the following rates on the basis of the actual cc of the vehicle
	451 – 999cc		1000cc and above
Per mile first 8500 miles	46.9p		52.2p
Per mile after 8500	13.7p		14.4p

Rates Paid 01.08.2010 – 31.10.2010
Car Users
Per mile first 11000 miles	54.0p
Per mile after 11000	16.4p
Car Contract Hire Users	11.2p
Training Mileage
Car Users	16.4p
Car Contract Hire Users	11.2p

Rates Paid after 01.11.2010
Car Users
Per mile first 9500 miles	60.0p
Per mile after 9500	16.4p
Car Contract Hire Users	11.2p
Training Mileage
Car Users	16.4p
Car Contract Hire Users	11.2p

3. The total amount paid out in mileage allowance payments for “casual users”, broken down by financial years, 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11 to date.

4. The total amount paid out in mileage allowance payments for “essential users”, broken down by financial years, 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11 to date. Please also break these totals down into lump sum payments and claim reimbursements.

Please see the table below which answers the above queries:

2008/9	2009/10	2010/11	Total
Casual	1,511,270	1,493,296	3,599,020	£6,603,586
Essential	3,855,103	3,941,003	1,479,965	£9,276,071
Reimbursements	-	-	-	-
Lump sum	2,963,111	3,348,100	1,250,519	£7,561,730

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Financial reserves and percentage used to help residents of Lancashire

Reference	805.198
Date Responded	03/03/2011
Response Type	Full Disclosure
Request	I would like to know what the financial (cash ) reserves are for L.C.C and what percentage is going to be used to help the people of Lancashire in these difficult times.
Response	Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Further to your email to Cllr Parkinson, dated 17 February, in which you request the disclosure of information under the provisions of the above Act, I am now in a position to respond. Your email was passed to this team to process. Details of the Council's reserves are set out on pages 80 and 81 of the Statement of Accounts, which is published on the Council's website at the following link: http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/web/viewdoc.asp?id=60391 Details of how the Council plans to use reserves as part of its financial strategy over the coming three years are set out in the budget report considered by the County Council at its meeting on 17^th February available at the following link http://council.lancashire.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=138&MId=415&Ver=4 Information on the level and use of the Council's reserves features in the financial monitoring reports regularly put before councillors and in the various major financial publications produced by the Council. Further financial publications are available to download from the following page of the Council's website: http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/web/?siteid=2702&pageid=5216&e=e
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PFI Schemes

Reference	805.149
Date Responded	04/03/2011
Response Type	Full Disclosure
Request	1, How many, if any, Pfi schemes does the authority have - and what are they? 2, For each scheme, how much is the authority paying in total over the life of the Pfi deal? 3, Has the authority started to re-negotiate any of those deals? If so - how many? 4, In those cases where you are re-negotiating the Pfi contract or contracts, what success have you had.
Response	Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Further to your request for information made under the provisions of the above Act, we are now in a position to provide you with a response. 1. How many, if any, Pfi schemes does the authority have - and what are they? The County Council has 6 PFI projects as follows: Fleetwood High School – a single secondary school project – service commenced in September 2002 (ends August 2027). Building Schools for the Future (BSF): Phase 1 : Two secondary schools, one with co-located secondary special school; a sixth form centre; a primary school; a children's centre and a library (service commencement September 2008). Phase 2 : One secondary school with co-located secondary special school (service commencement September 2009). Phase 2a : Two secondary schools (service commencement April/September 2010). Phase 3 : one secondary school and one special school (service commencement September 2010). Waste Management (in partnership with Blackpool Council) : Provides waste treatment facilities at two central locations in Leyland and Thornton incorporating services such as environmental education, waste minimisation, local market development for the use of end products from processed waste. This PFI is currently in the test phase. Full service commencement is expected in the financial year 2011/12. 2. For each scheme, how much is the authority paying in total over the life of the Pfi deal? The estimated costs including inflation over the contract life (25 years from service commencement) are as follows: Fleetwood High School : £44 million. BSF Phase 1 : £272 million. BSF Phase 2 : £134 million. BSF Phase 2a : £194 million. BSF Phase 3 : £144 million. Waste Management : £2,008 million. 3. Has the authority started to re-negotiate any of those deals? If so - how many? 4. In those cases where you are re-negotiating the Pfi contract or contracts, what success have you had. The main area for re-negotiation of contracts with potentially the largest gains is re-financing. The market conditions are not currently considered favourable for re-negotiation in this area. No other re-negotiations have taken place. All of the significant contracts are either in the testing phase (Waste) or in the early stages following service commencement.
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Names of companies/funds that the County Council's pension fund currently invests in

Reference	805.228
Date Responded	07/03/2011
Response Type	Full disclosure
Request	Please could you provide me with the names of the companies/funds that Lancashire County Council's pension fund currently invests in?
Response	Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Further to your request for information made under the provisions of the above Act, I am now in a position to provide you with a response. Please could you provide me with the names of the companies/funds that Lancashire County Council's pension fund currently invests in? Please see the attachment to this email which details the information you have requested.
Attachments	Attachment (pdf)

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Libraries Spend

Reference

805.140

Date Responded

10/03/2011

Response Type

Partial disclosure, partial refusal under Section 12(1)

Request

Please find below a number of freedom of information requests regarding Libraries. I would be grateful if you could kindly treat each request separately. Where there is only partial data available (i.e. if certain years are missing), please just provide the largest data possible.

1. What was your total spending on libraries in each year from 1997 to the most recent? Please include the total figure in £sterling and as a proportion of total borough spending in each year.

2. What was the estimated population in the region where this money was spent in each year from 1997 to the most recent? Please separately include how many children under the age of 16 there were in your region in each year since 1997.

3. How many new books were purchased each year between 1997 to the most recent? What was the total cost of book purchases in each year between 1997 and the most recent - both as a £ figure and as a proportion of total spend on libraries?

4. How many DVDs, video cassettes, CDs and video games were purchased each year between 1997 to the most recent? What was the total cost of these purchases in each year between 1997 and the most recent - both as a £ figure and as a proportion of total spend on libraries?

5. How much did each library in your area spend on administration (including all stationery costs and staff salaries) in each year from 1997 to the most recent (both as a £ figure and as a proportion of total spend on libraries)?

6. How much money was spent on library furniture in each year from 1997 to the most recent (both as a £ figure and as a proportion of total spend on libraries)?

7. How much is the annual rent for each library in your region? Please provide this figure for each year from 1997 to the present both as a £ figure and as a proportion of total spend on libraries.

Response

Access to Information under the Freedom of Information (2000)

Further to your request for information made under the provisions of the above Act, I am now in a position to provide you with a response.

Information on library statistics including financial data, is published annually by CIPFA. The CIPFA statistics are available in hard copy in many large reference libraries, and you may also subscribe to CIPFA in order to access this information at a charge. CIPFA statistics website: http://www.cipfastats.net/

1. What was your total spending on libraries in each year from 1997 to the most recent? Please include the total figure in £sterling and as a proportion of total borough spending in each year.

The information on total spending on libraries is available for all UK library authorities in the CIPFA series Public Library Statistics. The information for total local authority spending is available for all UK library authorities in the CIPFA series Finance and General Actuals.

2. What was the estimated population in the region where this money was spent in each year from 1997 to the most recent? Please separately include how many children under the age of 16 there were in your region in each year since 1997.

The total population of UK local authorities is given in both the CIPFA series Public Library Statistics and Finance and General Actuals. The information on the population under 16 of UK local authorities is available from the Office of National Statistics website:http://www.statistics.gov.uk/hub/

The population details for single year groups are available from ONS for 2001 the year of the last Census. Mid year population estimates are made every year but these are only updated in quinary bands each year e.g. 0, 1-4, 5-9, 10-14, 15 -19 etc.

The following table gives the population from 1997 for Lancashire County:

	Lancashire (12 districts)
1997	1,127,400
1998	1,129,000
1999	1,129,600
2000	1,132,900
2001	1,136,500
2002	1,139,900
2003	1,147,800
2004	1,154,500
2005	1,161,200
2006	1,164,600
2007	1,166,400
2008	1,165,100
2009	1,165,800

[1] Mid-year population estimates for 2002 to 2008 were revised in May 2010.

3. How many new books were purchased each year between 1997 to the most recent? What was the total cost of book purchases in each year between 1997 and the most recent - both as a £ figure and as a proportion of total spend on libraries?

The information required on the number of books purchased each year is available for all UK library authorities in the CIPFA series Public Library Statistics. The total cost of book purchases each year is available for all UK library authorities in the CIPFA series Public Library Statistics.

4. How many DVDs, video cassettes, CDs and video games were purchased each year between 1997 to the most recent? What was the total cost of these purchases in each year between 1997 and the most recent - both as a £ figure and as a proportion of total spend on libraries?

The information required on the number of audio-visual and other items purchased each year is available for all UK library authorities in the CIPFA series Public Library Statistics. The total cost of audio-visual and other items purchased each year is available for all UK library authorities in the CIPFA series Public Library Statistics. The information is available under the headings Music, Talking Books, Video Recordings and DVDs, Multi-Media Open Learning Packs, CD Roms and Software.

5. How much did each library in your area spend on administration (including all stationery costs and staff salaries) in each year from 1997 to the most recent (both as a £ figure and as a proportion of total spend on libraries)?

Information on staffing costs each year is available for all UK library authorities in the CIPFA series Public Library Statistics. However this is the cost of all library employees: managers, frontline staff, support and technical staff, driver/caretakers etc. It is not possible to isolate the staffing costs attributable to administration as this would incur a commitment of resources in excess of the limit of £450 set by the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004 (SI No. 3244 of 2004), which equates to 18 hours of work. Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act provides that a public authority is not obliged to comply with a request where to do so would exceed such a limit.

We can give you figures for stationery spending on administration for the past 4 years, previous years are not available on our Oracle financial recording system.

	2007/08	2008/09	2009/10	2010/11 to date
Stationery	£36,532	£67,307	£80,994	£79,414

6. How much money was spent on library furniture in each year from 1997 to the most recent (both as a £ figure and as a proportion of total spend on libraries)?

We can give you figures for spending on furniture for the past 4 years, previous years are not available on our Oracle financial recording system.

	2007/08	2008/09	2009/10	2010/11 to date
Furniture	£60,381	£73,859	£69,876	£48,910

7. How much is the annual rent for each library in your region? Please provide this figure for each year from 1997 to the present both as a £ figure and as a proportion of total spend on libraries.

7 libraries are on a user right agreement, 4 are leasehold and in one case the site is rented and the building is owned by Lancashire County Council. The rents payable amount to £67,874 per annum. We are unable to provide a breakdown of figures for each year from 1997 to the present as this would incur a commitment of resources in excess of the limit of £450 set by the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004 (SI No. 3244 of 2004), which equates to 18 hours of work. Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act provides that a public authority is not obliged to comply with a request where to do so would exceed such a limit.

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Land Charge Budget

Reference	805.255
Date Responded	21/03/2011
Response Type	Refusal under Section 12(4)
Request	The local land charges budget must balance. In the light of the downturn in the housing market and the belated recognition in August 2010 that Councils cannot charge for the inspection of environmental information it would appear that in 2010-11 Councils lost a significant sum of its envisaged land charge income. In 2011 the position will be worse. The loss of land charge income will be for a full financial year. Please provide : All copy documentation to show all the steps the Council are taking to balance their land charge budget. A copy of the accounts (and accompanying reports) for the land charge section showing the profit and loss for they years 2005 to date. All documents, both internally (including management team and committee reports) and that from external bodies (including government departments and the LGA) making representations and suggestions with regard to search fees and the land charge budget
Response	Access to Information under the Freedom of Information (2000) Further to your email, dated 6 March, in which you request the disclosure of information under the provisions of the above Regulations, I am now in a position to respond. Lancashire County Council does not hold the information you have requested, as Local Land Charges and the Local Land Charge Register are the responsibility of the District Councils within Lancashire. Your request is therefore refused by virtue of Regulation 12(4)(a). If you have not already done so, you should redirect your enquiry to the District Councils.
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Reduced voluntary sector funding in 2010/11

Reference

805.267

Date Responded

21/03/2011

Response Type

Partial disclosure, part refusal under Section 12 (1)

Request

1) A list of every voluntary sector organisation to have its funding from the council reduced or finished between April 1 2010 and March 31 2011.

2) The size of each reduction, showing the grant before and after the reduction.

3) A list of every voluntary sector organisation due to have its funding from the council reduced or stopped from April 1 2011.

4) Again, the size of each reduction, showing the grant before and after the reduction.

Response

Access to Information under the Freedom of Information (2000)

Thank you for your email dated 9 March 2011, in which you request disclosure of information under the provisions of the above Act; we are now in a position to respond.

The response to this Freedom of Information request encompasses the 3 schemes which are administered centrally in Policy Unit. These include Central Gateway Grants, Local Gateway Grants and Local Member Grants. To collate information on all the grants that are administered by all departments within the County Council would incur a commitment of resources in excess of the limit of £450 set by the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004 (SI No. 3244 of 2004), which equates to 18 hours of work. Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act provides that a public authority is not obliged to comply with a request where to do so would exceed such a limit.

1) A list of every voluntary sector organisation to have its funding from the council reduced or finished between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2011.

2) The size of each reduction, showing the grant before and after the reduction.

Please note that the below listed organisations applied and received funding under Central Gateway which was a 3 year programme running from 08-09 to 10-11 aimed at larger strategic organisations in the main providing support for core costs. It is not possible to do this analysis for Local Gateway grants because although the scheme was a 3 year programme it was aimed more for project funding (rather than core costs) and therefore there was no commitment for year on year funding. Although some organisations received 3 year funding upfront, others that received funding for each of the three years were required to apply again each year. And finally Local Member grants is an annual programme that invites organisations to apply for project/activity funding only and therefore there does not constitute a commitment for ongoing or year on year funding.

Organisation	2009/10	2010/11
Age Concern Lancashire (Salary Costs)	24,066	23,539
Domestic Violence - East Lancashire Women's Refuge	34,084	30,676
Domestic Violence - Fylde Coast Women's Aid Women's Refuge	18,747	16,872
Domestic Violence - Hyndburn & Ribble Valley DV Team	18,146	16,331
Domestic Violence - Preston Women's Refuge	15,449	13,904
Domestic Violence - Progress Care Housing Association	15,158	13,642
Domestic Violence - West Lancs Women's Refuge	24,803	22,323
Domestic Violence - Lancaster & District Women's Aid	19,600	17,640

3) A list of every voluntary sector organisation due to have its funding from the council reduced or stopped from April 1 2011.

A formal decision for Central Gateway Grant applications for 11/12 still needs to be made and therefore this information will not be available until early April. Again we will not be able to comment on this for the other two schemes we administer because the nature of the funding.

4) Again, the size of each reduction, showing the grant before and after the reduction.

As detailed in Q3.

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Changes to voluntary and community sector organisations funding

Reference	805.197
Date Responded	28/03/2011
Response Type	Partial disclosure, part refusal under Section 12 (1)
Request	The average amount of notice given to changes of funding to voluntary and community sector organisations – either to grants or contracts - so far during 2010/11 The total number of changes to funding to voluntary and community sector organisations – either to grants or contracts – which were made without issuing a formal consultation so far during 2010/11 The average number of responses to consultations concerning changes of funding to voluntary and community sector organisations so far – either through grants or contracts - during 2010/11
Response	Access to Information under the Freedom of Information (2000) Thank you for your email dated 23 February 2011, in which you request disclosure of information under the provisions of the above Act. Firstly, I would like to apologise for the delay in responding to you. 1. *The average amount of notice given to changes of funding to voluntary and community sector organisations – either to grants or contracts - so far during 2010/11* In most cases when making changes to any kind of funding for VCFS organisations we abide by the voluntary agreement the County Council has with the sector through Compact, that is 3 months notice in the case of contracts and project funding and if possible 12 months in the case of grants for strategic funding. However there may be isolated incidents, particularly where we might be the administering body for grants from a third party e.g. central government, and this funding is withdrawn from us without the level of notice agreed in compact. 2. The total number of changes to funding to voluntary and community sector organisations – either to grants or contracts – which were made without issuing a formal consultation so far during 2010/11 3. *The average number of responses to consultations concerning changes of funding to voluntary and community sector organisations so far – either through grants or contracts - during 2010/11* Information on voluntary and community sector organisations grants and contracts funding is stored on a case by case basis and as such to collate this information it would be necessary to access each individual file. This would incur a commitment of resources in excess of the limit of £450 set by the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004 (SI No. 3244 of 2004), which equates to 18 hours of work. Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act provides that a public authority is not obliged to comply with a request where to do so would exceed such a limit.
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Cost of providing bottled water

Reference	805.309
Date Responded	28/03/2011
Response Type	Full disclosure
Request	I would like information on the annual cost of providing bottled water in county offices.
Response	Access to Information under the Freedom of Information (2000) Further to your email dated 21^st March 2011, in which you request the disclosure of information under the provisions of the above Act, we are now in a position to respond. I would like information on the annual cost of providing bottled water in county offices. Lancashire County Council spent £19130 on bottled machine water for the year to the end of February 2011. There were also 444 sanitisation checks on the 111 bottled water machines at a cost of £3930. Please note that in an ongoing process to phase out the use of bottled water, the majority of bottled water machines have now been removed so as to reduce the cost to the County Council. To put the above figures into context, in 2007 the spend on bottled water was £49321.
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Accounts Receivable Team and information on they work they undertake

Reference	805.401
Date Responded	11/04/2011
Response Type	Full Disclosure
Request	_ where the Accounts Receivable team is based and if centralised? _ which finance system/accounting software is used to process customers invoices/payments? _ Number of cash allocators and credit controllers employed full time to reconcile cash and match payments to the sales ledger? _ How many “live” customers do you have? _ How many payments do you receive per day? _ volume of remittance slips received per day? Do they come in by post? Are they scanned? _ how many BACS payments do you receive per day? _ how many cheque payments do you receive per day? Are the cheques scanned? _ How long does it take to clear a day’s cash?
Response	Access to Information under the Freedom of Information (2000) I refer to your request for information made under the provisions of the above Act. After having made enquiries with the relevant department I am now in a position to provide you with a response. 1. where the Accounts Receivable team is based and if centralised? The Accounts Receivable Team is based at County Hall, and yes, its centralised. 2. which finance system/accounting software is used to process customers invoices/payments? Invoices are processed by Oracle IMS. Payments are processed by Radius ICON. 3. Number of cash allocators and credit controllers employed full time to reconcile cash and match payments to the sales ledger? Currently we have 8 credit controllers and 3 cashiers. 4. How many “live” customers do you have? As at 31-Mar-2011 we had 11,488 customers with an outstanding balance. 5. How many payments do you receive per day? We receive approx 500 payments per day. 6. Volume of remittance slips received per day? Do they come in by post? Are they scanned? Difficult to calculate volume as arrive by post/fax or email and there is no business need for us to monitor the number of remittance advices. 7. how many BACS payments do you receive per day? We receive approximately 180 BACS payments per day 8. how many cheque payments do you receive per day? Are the cheques scanned? We receive approximately 150 cheque payments per day. No they are not scanned. 9. How long does it take to clear a day’s cash? All incoming cash and cheques are processed the same day for morning deliveries and same or next day for afternoon deliveries. BACS transactions are dependent on receipt of Supplementary lists from our bank. Currently it take an average of 4.5 days to process BACS payments to our system from the transaction date.
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Early Intervention Grant

Reference

805.342

Date Responded

13/04/2011

Response Type

Full Disclosure

Request

Could the council please send me a list of the individual services that will be funded with money from the council’s Early Intervention Grant over the course of the financial year starting April 2011?

Please specify, in pounds sterling, how much money has been committed to each service.

Response

Access to Information under the Freedom of Information (2000)

I refer to your request for information made under the provisions of the above Act. After having made enquiries with the relevant Department, I am now in a position to provide you with a response.

Could the council please send me a list of the individual services that will be funded with money from the council’s Early Intervention Grant over the course of the financial year starting April 2011?

Please specify, in pounds sterling, how much money has been committed to each service.

Early Intervention Grant

NB LCC Allocation 2011/12, £47,240,655
Services financed / part financed by Early Intervention Grant	Budget 2011/12
£000
Early years and Parenting Support	32,079.1
Young Peoples service	10,089.0
Short Breaks for Disabled Children	3,492.0
Prevention and Early Intervention	1,051.5
Parenting Early Intervention	176.0
Youth Crime Action Plan	122.0
Youth Substance Misuse	100.0
Targeted Mental Health in Schools	131.0
47,240.6

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Authority Budget

Reference	805.372
Date Responded	26/04/2011
Response Type	Full disclosure
Request	1) Overall budget: a. What was the budget for your local authority in 2009/10? b. What was the budget for your local authority in 2010/11? c. What is the budget for your local authority in 2011/12? 2) Citizens Advice Bureaux budget: a. What was your budget for Citizens Advice Bureaux in 2009/10? b. What was your budget for Citizens Advice Bureaux in 20010/11? c. What is your budget for Citizens Advice Bureaux in 20011/12? 3) Legal Services budget: a. What was your budget for Legal and other Advice Services in 2009/10? b. What was your budget for Legal and other Advice Services in 2010/11? c. What is your budget for Legal and other Advice Services in 2011/12?
Response	Access to Information under the Freedom of Information (2000) Further to your email of 5 April, we are now in a position to respond to your enquiry regarding budgets. We have answered each point of your request below: 1) Overall budget (adjusted for funding changes): a. What was the budget for your local authority in 2009/10? £766.053m b. What was the budget for your local authority in 2010/11? £802.079m c. What is the budget for your local authority in 2011/12? £769.117m 2) Citizens Advice Bureaux budget: a. What was your budget for Citizens Advice Bureaux in 2009/10? £8,600 b. What was your budget for Citizens Advice Bureaux in 20010/11? £10,000 c. What is your budget for Citizens Advice Bureaux in 20011/12? £10,000 3) Legal Services budget (including Child Protection Services): a. What was your budget for Legal and other Advice Services in 2009/10? £4.069m b. What was your budget for Legal and other Advice Services in 2010/11? £4.805m c. What is your budget for Legal and other Advice Services in 2011/12? £4.832m
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Councillor Expenses

Reference	805.440
Date Responded	27/04/2011
Response Type	Refusal under section 12 (1)
Request	Please supply me with full details of all expenses paid to councillors over the past two years detailing the item claimed, date, purpose and individual’s name.
Response	Access to Information under the Freedom of Information (2000) Thank you for your email dated 14 April 2011, in which you request disclosure of information under the provisions of the above Act; I am now in a position to respond. The expenses data you request is stored separately for each of our 80 councillors, and is then broken down further into each claim submitted, and then the individual expenses within each claim. Due to this nature of the data, the only way to collate such information would be to view each claims record for every councillor, then find and record the details of each expense submitted. This would incur a commitment of resources far in excess of the limit of £450 set by the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004 (SI No. 3244 of 2004), which equates to 18 hours of work. Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act provides that a public authority is not obliged to comply with a request where to do so would exceed such a limit. However, if you were to narrow the scope of your request, by either reducing the number of councillors to 5, or, for all councillors, the timescale to 2 months I would be able to comply with your request. A list of all councillors can be found on the County Council's website at the following URL: http://council.lancashire.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?bcr=1
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Amount spent on biscuits

Reference	805.386
Date Responded	03/05/2011
Response Type	Full disclosure
Request	1. How much your authority has spent on biscuits in the last year (from April 1, 2010 to April 1, 2011). 2. What kinds of biscuits were bought – with results to include a breakdown of how much was spent on which type of biscuits.
Response	Access to Information under the Freedom of Information (2000) Thank you for your email dated 8 April 2011, in which you request disclosure of information under the provisions of the above Act; we are now in a position to respond. 1. *How much your authority has spent on biscuits in the last year (from April 1, 2010 to April 1, 2011).* Biscuits for Hospitality requests over 2010/11: April £79.50 May £50.70 June £54.00 July £191.25 Aug £33.00 Sep £124.50 Oct £184.50 Nov £145.50 Dec £76.50 Jan £127.50 Feb £84.00 March £44.80 2. *What kinds of biscuits were bought – with results to include a breakdown of how much was spent on which type of biscuits.* Biscuits are purchased from Tradecraft and are an equal Mix of Stem Ginger, Chocolate Chip & Fruit & Nut Cookies. In addition to this boxes of Crawford's Mini Pack Assorted Biscuits (1 x 100 @ £15.39) for sale in the Shop once a month.
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Consultancy Fees

Reference	805.451
Date Responded	09/05/2011
Response Type	Partial disclosure, some information refused under Section 12(1)
Request	How much money did your authority spend on consultants in the financial year 2010/11? How many days of consultancy did your authority pay for in the financial year 2010/11? What was the highest daily rate that you paid to an individual consultant in the financial year 2010/11? Further to question 3, what was the name of the consultancy firm for whom the highest paid individual consultant works? Further to question 3, what was the name of the consultant? How much was your wage bill for permanent staff in the financial year 2010/11
Response	*Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000* Further to your email dated 19^th April 2011, in which you request the disclosure of information under the provisions of the above Act, we are now in a position to respond. How much money did your authority spend on consultants in the financial year 2010/11? This information is not currently held, as we normally collect information on consultants after the accounts have been closed so would have this available early in June. How many days of consultancy did your authority pay for in the financial year 2010/11? We only collect the amount paid in the year to each consultant and do not collect information on number of days or hourly rates therefore would not be able to answer questions 2 to 5 as to collate this information would incur a commitment of resources in excess of the limit of £450 set by the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004 (SI No. 3244 of 2004), which equates to 18 hours of work. Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act provides that a public authority is not obliged to comply with a request where to do so would exceed such a limit. Given the nature of the way the information is held, it is difficult to suggest a way in which you request could be meaningfully reduced in scope to bring it within the appropriate limit. However, do not hesitate to contact us with any amendments you may wish us to consider. What was the highest daily rate that you paid to an individual consultant in the financial year 2010/11? Please see answer to Q2. Further to question 3, what was the name of the consultancy firm for whom the highest paid individual consultant works? Please see answer to Q2 Further to question 3, what was the name of the consultant? Please see the answer to Q2 How much was your wage bill for permanent staff in the financial year 2010/11 Schools - £412.0m Non-schools - £271.9m The above figures relate to total gross pay. We trust that our response is to your satisfaction, but in the event that you wish to complain about the manner in which your enquiry has been handled, you should write in the first instance to The Freedom of Information Officer, Lancashire County Council, PO Box 78, County Hall, Preston PR1 8XJ, or email freedomofinformation@lancashire.gov.uk If, after this stage, you remain dissatisfied, you have the right to refer the matter to the Information Commissioner, whose contact details are as follows: The Information Commissioner Wycliffe House Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF Tel: 01625 545700 Email: mail@ico.gsi.gov.uk Website: http://www.ico.gov.uk Your request will now be closed as of this date.
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County Councillor Expenses

Reference	805.616
Date Responded	06/06/2011
Response Type	Full disclosure
Request	A] How much has each current county councillor spent on expenses since the Conservative administration took control? B] What items can a Lancashire County Councillor claim for in expenses?
Response	Access to Information under the Freedom of Information (2000) Further to your email of 1 June, we are now in a position to respond to your enquiry regarding Councillor expenses. The payments made to councillors in 2009/10 and 2010/11 can be viewed here - http://www3.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/atoz/a_to_z/service.asp?u_id=1751&tab=1 Please note that the 2009/10 list includes all members of the county council including those people who were county councillors from 1 April 2009 to the elections on 6 June 2009. Each councillor receives a basic allowance and travel and subsistence allowances are payable where expenditure has necessarily been incurred in the performance of an approved duty. We trust that you are satisfied with the information provided. If you have any queries regarding our response, or you require any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us.
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Number of cheques issued and received

Reference	805.722
Date Responded	12/07/2011
Response Type	Full disclosure
Request	1. How many cheques were issued in total (including both to individuals and to organisations) by your Local Authority between the dates of the 1st April 2010 and the 31st March 2011? 2. How many cheques were received in total (including both from individuals and from organisations) by your Local Authority between the dates of the 1st April 2010 and the 31st March 2011?
Response	Access to Information under the Freedom of Information (2000) Thank you for your email dated 29 June 2011, in which you request disclosure of information under the provisions of the above Act; we are now in a position to respond. 1. *How many cheques were issued in total (including both to individuals and to organisations) by your Local Authority between the dates of the 1st April 2010 and the 31st March 2011?* 52,643 2. *How many cheques were received in total (including both from individuals and from organisations) by your Local Authority between the dates of the 1st April 2010 and the 31st March 2011*? 243,854 I trust my response is to your satisfaction, however if you have any queries or you require any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me.
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Bicycle Training

Reference	805.713
Date Responded	14/07/2011
Response Type	Full disclosure
Request	The questions below are pertaining to the financial year 2011/2012. What is the total budget for children’s bicycle training in schools? What is the total budget for children’s bicycle training for one to one sessions? What is the total budget for adult bicycle training for one to one sessions? What is the total budget for adult bicycle training for group sessions? What is the total budget for providing bicycle training to special needs individuals? What are the government funding allocations the council has received to provide bicycle training? Which government departments have provided funding to the council to facilitate bicycle training?
Response	Access to Information under the Freedom of Information (2000) Thank you for your email dated 26 June 2011, in which you request disclosure of information under the provisions of the above Act; we are now in a position to respond. *The questions below are pertaining to the financial year 2011/2012.* 1. *What is the total budget for children’s bicycle training in schools?* The total budget for 2011/2012 is £41,420 this is made up of funding to deliver Passport to Safer Cycling (£17,900) and Bikeability (£23,520). 2. *What is the total budget for children’s bicycle training for one to one sessions?* There is no specific budget allocation for one to one training, if individual children require one to one support that is delivered within the two schemes. The Passport to Safer Cycling Trainers are all volunteers so there are no additional costs. 3. *What is the total budget for adult bicycle training for one to one sessions?* 4. *What is the total budget for adult bicycle training for group sessions?* The primary focus of the budgets identified above relate to child cycle training. In addition during 2011/2012 we have a budget allocation of £20,000 to pilot Adult / Commuter bicycle training courses. The purpose of the training will be to encourage people aged 16+ to do more short, daily to work, education, training or job interviews, or access services and facilities more often by bike. The target number of participants is 500 and the training will be delivered by well established adult training organisations based within Lancashire. As per question 2 there is no specific budget allocation for one to one sessions, if required any additional costs are absorbed within the budget allocation. 5. *What is the total budget for providing bicycle training to special needs individuals?* Again both Passport to Safer Cycling and Bikeabilty training allows for all individuals, including children with special needs, to participate and any additional costs are met within the budget allocation if applicable. Special Educational Needs inclusion in both Bikeabilty and Passport Training Handbooks which follow the national Bikeability guidelines: "Children with special educational needs (SEN) may be included in the training, provided that they can safely follow the scheme. However, they must be able to achieve the learning outcomes. The following guidelines may help when training SEN children: The parent/carer should decide whether the child participates or not. As the school teaching staff know the ability of the child they, along with the Approved Trainer, will be part of the decision making process. If the child has a Support Teacher, they should be a part of the decision making process. They should also be a trainer on the course but not included in the 1:6 ratio. Appropriate allowance should be made for any difficulties or disabilities and the advised time scale may need to be extended." 6. *What are the government funding allocations the council has received to provide bicycle training?* The Department for Transport invites all local authorities to apply to receive funding to increase the provision of Bikeability training to children. In Lancashire during 2011/2012 we can receive a maximum of £23,520 to train 576 children (a 50% increase of numbers trained last year). Funding is only provided for the actual number of children trained. It is worth noting the costs relating to Bikeability are higher than the Passport to Safer Cycling cost due to the fact that Bikeability can only be delivered by Accreditated Instructors who are paid to deliver training. The Passport to Safer Cycling Scheme is delivered by volunteers and representatives from partner organisations who are trained as Approved Instructors therefore no additional costs are required. The number of children receiving Passport to Safer Cycling training during 2011/2012 is expected to be approximately 8,000+ (based on last year's figures of 8,872 children). 7. *Which government departments have provided funding to the council to facilitate bicycle training?* Funding for Bikeability is provided by the Department for Transport, funding for Passport to Safer Cycling is provided by the County Council as part of its revenue allocation to the service area. I trust my response is to your satisfaction, however if you have any queries or you require any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me.
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Grants given by the Council

Reference

805.841

Date Responded

24/08/2011

Response Type

Full disclosure

Request

I would like to request information of all grants given by the council to businesses, charities and social enterprise including company names and amounts paid from June 2010-June 2011.

Response

Access to Information under the Freedom of Information (2000)

Thank you for your email dated 22 July 2011, in which you request disclosure of information under the provisions of the above Act; we are now in a position to respond.

I would like to request information of all grants given by the council to businesses, charities and social enterprise including company names and amounts paid from June 2010-June 2011.

Local Member Grants

Details of Local Member Grants issued can be found at the web link below:

http://council.lancashire.gov.uk/mgDelegatedDecisions.aspx?XXR=0&ACT=Find&RP=0&K=0&V=0&DM=0&HD=0&DS=2&Next=true&T=local%20member%20grant&META=mgdelegateddecisions

Central Gateway Grants

For more information about all the Central Gateway grants that were successful/agreed in the first round.

Local Initiative Fund

In terms of Local Initiative Fund, no formal decisions have been made as yet, it is hoped that outcomes will be available for organisations end of Sept, Early Oct.

Grants offered by Lancashire County Development Company

Organisation	Social Enterprise or Charity	Grant Amount
West Lancs Positive Living -	Social Enterprise	£8,000
Coldwell Inn Activity Centre -	Social Enterprise	£8,000
Bodies In Motion	Social Enterprise	£12,000
Ribble Valley Community Transport	Social Enterprise	£3,600
One Voice	Social Enterprise	£10,359
Social Enterprise Consultancy & Training Ltd	Social Enterprise	£8,120

Small Sparks Applications

Please find attached a document that shows all the successful Small Sparks applications devolved through Help Direct from June 10 to March 2011. Unfortunately I am not able to provide the April – June 2011 information as yet.

Although I have provided as much information as possible please note there might be some grants which are not looked after centrally which the County Council has awarded.

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Money paid to trade unions

Reference	805.893
Date Responded	31/08/2011
Response Type	Part disclosure, partial disclosure under section 12 (1)
Request	I am writing to obtain information about the total amount of money paid to trade unions by your organisation and the amount of staff time spent on trade union activities To outline my query as clearly as possible, I am requesting: 1. The total amount of money paid to all trade unions for financial periods a) 2009-10 and b) 2010-11 broken down by trade union. 2. For each trade union for which it applies, please provide the number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff working for the union (this is sometimes called ‘Trade Union facility time’) in a) 2009-10 and b) 2010-11
Response	Access to Information under the Freedom of Information (2000) Further to your email, we are now in a position to respond to your enquiry regarding trade unions. Please find below our response to your enquiry. 1. The total amount of money paid to all trade unions for financial periods a) 2009-10 and b) 2010-11 broken down by trade union. Nil, the County Council does not pay money to trade unions. 2. For each trade union for which it applies, please provide the number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff working for the union (this is sometimes called ‘Trade Union facility time’) in a) 2009-10 and b) 2010-11 Excluding schools, where separate arrangements apply, an agreement exists between the county council and the UNISON, Unite and GMB trade unions on facilities time and time off for trade union duties. The terms of this agreement allow for a number of full-time secondments to trade union posts and for other reasonable time off with pay to accredited trade union representatives. For 2009/10 the number of FTE on secondment was: UNISON 10.75 Unite 1 GMB 0 For 2010/11 the number of FTE on secondment is: UNISON 3 Unite 1 GMB 0 Based on an internal estimate the other reasonable time off with pay as FTE for is: UNISON 1 Unite 0.3 GMB 0.07 This figure is the same for both 2009/10 and 2010/11. The arrangements for schools for schools for full-time secondments to trade union posts are: National Association of Schoolmasters/ Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) 2.9 National Union of Teachers (NUT) 3 Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) 2.4 Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) 0.5 National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) 0.5 UNISON 2 These figures apply to both 2009/10 and 2010/11. With regards to other reasonable time off with pay for trade union duties within schools, we are unable to provide details as the information is not held centrally and, as each of the 647 schools will have separate local facilities arrangements with one, or more of the above unions, to collate this information would incur a commitment of resources in excess of the limit of £450 set by the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004 (SI No. 3244 of 2004), which equates to 18 hours of work. Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act provides that a public authority is not obliged to comply with a request where to do so would exceed such a limit.
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Council spend on marketing and advertising for green and environmental initiatives

Reference

805.989

Date Responded

05/09/2011

Response Type

Full Disclosure

Request

1) How much did the council spend on marketing, advertising and other promotional activities for green or environmental initiatives in the 2010/11 financial year?

2) How much did the council spend on marketing, advertising and other promotional activities for green or environmental initiatives in the 2009/10 financial year?

3) What was the most expensive marketing/advertising/promotional campaign for a green or environmental initiative in the 2010/11 financial year and how much did it cost?

Response

Access to Information under the Freedom of Information (2000)

Further to your email of 23 August, we are now in a position to respond to your enquiry regarding the Council's spending on environmental initiatives. Please find below a table detailing Lancashire County Council's spending in 2010/11. There was no spending on such initiatives in 2009/2010.

2010/11	Amount
Radio Campaign (May 09)	£6568
Radio Campaign (Sept 09)	£6658
Radio Campaign (Feb 10)	£8504
My Lancashire My Planet web campaign	£1000
Fuel poverty banner stands	£2070
A-Z booklets	£1317
Gulu leaflets	£271
Light bulb leaflet	£245

We trust that you are satisfied with the information provided. If you have any queries regarding our response, or you require any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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Housing related support services

Reference	805.1007
Date Responded	21/09/2011
Response Type	Full disclosure
Request	1) What was the budget (i.e. expenditure or planned expenditure) for housing related support services (previously known as Supporting People services) for a) the previous financial year 2010/11 and b) the current financial year 2011/12? 2) a) What housing related support services have been decommissioned (or are proposed to be decommissioned) for the current financial year? For each of these services please list the client group affected, type of service and number of people losing support. b) What housing related support services have been reduced (or are proposed to be reduced) for the current financial year? Again, for each of these services please list the client group affected, type of service and number of users affected, as well as the reduction in funding levels. c) What if any new housing related support services have been commissioned (or will be commissioned) for the current financial year? For each of these services please list the client group, type of service and number of people to be supported (and whether it replaces a previously decommissioned service). 3) What if any assessments of the impact of recent changes and reductions to housing related support services have been made by the council? I would be grateful if you could provide copies of any impact assessments that have been undertaken in relation to changes to these services for the current or future financial years.
Response	Access to Information under the Freedom of Information (2000) I refer to your request for information made under the provisions of the above Act. After having made enquiries with the relevant Departments, I am now in position to provide you with a response. 1) What was the budget (i.e. expenditure or planned expenditure) for housing related support services (previously known as Supporting People services) for a) the previous financial year 2010/11 and b) the current financial year 2011/12? 2010/11 £29.27million (including CLG handyperson funding) 2011/12 £27.5 million 2) a) What housing related support services have been decommissioned (or are proposed to be decommissioned) for the current financial year? For each of these services please list the client group affected, type of service and number of people losing support. Lancashire County Council is not planning to decommission any services in the current year, although a few organisations have advised us that they do not wish to enter into new SP contract. b) What housing related support services have been reduced (or are proposed to be reduced) for the current financial year? Again, for each of these services please list the client group affected, type of service and number of users affected, as well as the reduction in funding levels. There are no plans to reduce any services in the current year; however maximum hourly rates have been introduced as part of a new Framework Agreement which has recently been established. Funding for services for people with learning disabilities has been reduced: services are receiving £8.82m in 2011/12 compared to £9.3 million in 2010/11 This is because there was a previous agreement that services for people with learning disabilities will not receive more than 32% of the budget The vast majority of LD individuals that the SP funds also receive social care services within supported living settings across the whole of Lancashire and the LD SP funding has been aligned within the learning disability pooled funds for the last 3 years reflecting the inter-dependencies of social care and housing related support in these settings and the development of personal budgets – individuals, who meet the eligibility criteria, will continue to have their assessed needs met going forward. c) What if any new housing related support services have been commissioned (or will be commissioned) for the current financial year? As all SP contracts expire this year, new contracts are being issued with revised hourly rates. 3) What if any assessments of the impact of recent changes and reductions to housing related support services have been made by the council? I would be grateful if you could provide copies of any impact assessments that have been undertaken in relation to changes to these services for the current or future financial years. We have not completed impact assessments in relation to the de-commissioning of services as we are not planning to de-commission services in this financial year. I trust the above is useful.
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