Supplier Details

I am looking to gain a list of companies that your organisation procure goods and services from. I have recently made similar requests with regard to lists of supplier details from one or two other Public Sector organisations and was told that the most effective way to request this information would be through the freedom of information act and that I should be able to access this type of information as it is public money that is used to purchase goods and services.

This is for a dissertation I am doing and I am looking for company names and telephone numbers as I am looking at ratios between local and national suppliers. I do not mind whether you can only provide information just for last year or for the last three years. Public sector bodies I have requested this information from in the past few weeks have normally provided lists ranging from 2,000 - 14,000 company details and have obtained the lists from supplies or finance departments within 20 days ( time perameter set out by the information comission for request to be processed ). If you could provide me with as much as you can I would be very grateful

In accordance with section 1 (1) of the Act our response is provided below;

The information you have requested is already reasonably accessible to you by other means and is therefore exempt information in accordance with section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please see procurement section of our web site