FOI Request - Cost of Moray Council Committee Papers

Request 101003199765

I am seeking information on the cost of printing and posting paper copies of documents for Moray Council committee meetings please.

1. Can you provide the costs of printing paper copies of committee documents from January 1 to December 31 for
a) 2018
b) 2019
c) 2020
d) 2021
e) the cost from January 1 to November 30 for 2022

2. For the dates in question 1, can you provide a breakdown of the number of documents printed for  
a) council employees
b) elected members
c) members of the public
d) members of the press/media
e) staff/representatives of other organisations

3. Can you provide the cost of posting paper copies of committee documents from 1 January to 31 December for  
a) 2018
b) 2019
c) 2020
d)2021
e) the cost from 1 January to 30 November for 2022

4. For the dates in question 3, can you provide a breakdown of the number of documents posted to
a) council employees
b) elected members
c) members of the public
d) members of the press/media
e) staff/representatives of other organisations

5. For the dates in question 3 please provide the postage broken down for items sent to addresses in
a) Moray
b) the rest of Scotland
c) the rest of the UK
d) the rest of Europe
e) the rest of the world

Response 18-01-2023

1. a)-e) Not held. We do not record the figures for many areas so unable to provide full details. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.

The printing costs are per page. The costs for black and white is £0.004; cost for colour is £0.017

2. a) council employees - not held. Exempt under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
b) elected members - not held. Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
c) members of the public - 0
d) members of the press/media - 0
e) staff/representatives of other organisations - 0

3. a) 2018 £ 463.24
b) 2019 £577.38
c) 2020 £494.21
d)2021 £942.31
e) the cost from 1 January to 30 November for 2022 £855.23

4. a) council employees 0
b) elected members - not held. Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

c) members of the public 0
d) members of the press/media 0
e) staff/representatives of other organisations 0

5a)- e) Not held. We do not record this level of detail. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.

We know that 1656 items have been posted out during the period.