Property & Projects Department

Being dealt with by:Philip Croft

Ext:5324

Date: 13th February 2012

Dear Stefan Geddis

Thank you for your email to Belfast City Council dated 01 February 2012 requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Your email has been forwarded to me to reply on behalf of the Council.

The Council has decided that the information it holds in relation to your request can be disclosed. Accordingly, this information is provided below. The Council’s response is arranged in the order that you set out your email request.

  • The Fleet Management Unit was £218,000 overspent for the year commencing 1st April 2011 to end of January 2012.
  • I should explain that when we, as a unit within Belfast City Council, purchase equipment etc it is for use within the Fleet Management Unit as a whole. It is not purchased and "tagged" to a specific function within the unit e.g. Drivers CPC, office administration, electrical servicing of vehicles etc. I was, however, able to pull out some costs for the year commencing 1st April 2011 to end of January 2012 that I know about that were used solely for this Drivers CPC training function.

Internal Catering costs / £ 3,229.70
External Catering costs / £ 542.40
Stationery / £ 105.77
Trainer training for Driver CPC / £ 3,780.00
Training aids for delivery of DCPC e.g. DVD’s / £ 178.20
Uploads to DSA site. / £ 6,004.00
  • Overtime for Fleet management Unit employees is, as with the previous answer, allocated to the Unit again not to a specific function such as Drivers CPC. I should further explain that the Saturday morning Driver Certificate of Professional Competence training is not included within this budget as this training is carried out by Cleansing Services trained staff for Cleansing Services drivers
  • Training is provided to external bodies but only Councils within Northern Ireland e.g. Newtownabbey Borough Council, North Down Borough Council etc.
  • The income generated from this external training from the year commencing 1st April 2011 to January 2012 is £ 7,266.60.

If you are dissatisfied with how the Council handled your request for information, you have the right to request that the Council formally review this decision. If you wish to do so, please write to the Records Manager, Belfast City Council, Chief Executive’s Department, Room 218, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS.

Should you remain dissatisfied following the Council’s internal review, you can seek an independent review from the Information Commissioner. Requests for an independent review should be made in writing to: The Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. However I would advise you that the Information Commissioner has indicated that a review will not be undertaken unless the Council has first had an opportunity to re-consider its decision.

Yours sincerely

Philip Croft

Fleet System Coordinator

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George WrightBA, LL.B (Hons)

HEAD OF FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

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