School Plastic Bottles

Original Request

Under the FOI Act 2015, I am requesting the number of plastic bottles sold in total in all of the islands secondary schools for each of the 5 past academic years. Furthermore I am also requesting the amount of profits created from selling the bottles (This would include the amount reinvested into the schools.) Many thanks,

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Full Response Text

Corporate Services Division Department of Education, Sport and Culture Hamilton House Peel Road, Douglas IM1 5EZ Telephone: (01624) 685808
Website: www.gov.im/dec Email: dec@foi.gov.im
Our ref: 955101 8 October 2019

Dear ###,

We write further to your request which was received on 11 September 2019 and which states:

"Under the FOI Act 2015, I am requesting the number of plastic bottles sold in total in all of the islands secondary schools for each of the 5 past academic years. Furthermore I am also requesting the amount of profits created from selling the bottles (This would include the amount reinvested into the schools.) Many thanks, Our response to your request is as follows: While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Department does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find some of the information that you have requested. This is because the secondary schools do not hold the data for all the academic years requested and some of the schools do not collate the information in the format that has been requested. Where the data is not held in the format that has been requested section 8 (3) of the Freedom of Information Act 2015 states; Nothing in this Act requires a public authority to – (a) Create or derive information from information that it holds; (b) Undertake research into, or analysis of, information that it holds.

I have enclosed copies of the information that is held.

Please quote the reference number 955101 in any future communications.

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Yours faithfully

Freedom of Information Coordinator

Information for Freedom of Information Request 955101 Academic Year Plastic bottles sold Profit Plastic bottles sold Profit Plastic bottles sold Profit Plastic bottles sold Profit Plastic bottles sold Profit 2014/15 2015/16 44,700 No data available 69,651 £31,494.47 2016/17 51,500 No data available 68 £20.40 84,999 £34,628.60 2017/18 51,400 No data available 7377 £2,213.10 92,855 £40,795.40 2018/19 50,800 No data available 29810 £8,913.00 67,902 £22,943.10 81,904 £42,500.10 TOTALS 352,180 £164,681.44 198,400 No data available 37,255 £11,146.50 67,902 £22,943.10 329,409 £149,418.57 The Department of Education, Sport and Culture (DESC) has not been responsible for the school catering operation for all of the years requested Recorded profits do not include salary or running costs (profit is estimated based on the cost and sale price of the bottles having remained the same) No data available = data is not held by the school and/or data requested is not held in the format requested No data available No data available No data available Notes Since the school catering operation has been transferred to DESC any profit made stays within the school, specifically the school catering operations Sales of plastic bottles include water, fruit flavoured drinks and soft drinks No data available St Ninian's High School No data available No data available Queen Elizabeth II High School No data available Ballakermeen High School No data available No data available No data available No data available No data available No data available Castle Rushen High School Ramsey Grammar School