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On 17/06/2010 22:01, Henry Bremridge wrote:
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 09:01:46PM +0100, Julian Hall wrote:Hi Henry, Never having done one before this may be rough and ready, or complete rubbish but it's a starting place. Information required: Volume of requisitions and/or purchase orders placed per month by department for the financial year 2009-2010 / OR / for the council as a whole for [a reasonable time period - To establish a trend I'd say five years minimum would be needed?]. Alternatively if they supplied one year's figures broken down by department that would be enough to show if they all spiked in March. I think either approach would work. In a nutshell, either the whole council for several years, or by department for one year. Justification: In the current economic climate everyone - particularly government departments - is focussing on saving money. The requested information is in the public interest as it will indicate if departments are employing the tactic of spending their budget in full at the end of financial years in order to mask the volume of savings that could be made and safeguard their budgets from future cuts.Sent: see http://www.whatdotheyknow.com under Devon County Council
Many thanks Henry. It will be interesting to see what they say. Julian -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html