Ministry of Justice & Common Purpose

! This post hasn't been updated in over a year. A lot can change in a year including my opinion and the amount of naughty words I use. There's a good chance that there's something in what's written below that someone will find objectionable. That's fine, if I tried to please everybody all of the time then I'd be a Lib Dem (remember them?) and I'm certainly not one of those. The point is, I'm not the kind of person to try and alter history in case I said something in the past that someone can use against me in the future but just remember that the person I was then isn't the person I am now nor the person I'll be in a year's time.

Subject: Freedom of Information Request

Thank you for your e-mail dated 27 November 2007, in which you requested information relating to the Department’s expenditure with Common Purpose United Kingdom.

I can confirm that the Department does hold some information relating to your request. I must advise that this response covers those parts of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) which were part of the Department for Constitutional Affairs prior to the creation of the MoJ on 9 May 2007, and have been extracted from the Corporate Finance records.

I must also advise that while these expenditure figures have been recorded with the Corporate Finance team, it is possible that other areas of the Department may have incurred expenditure in this area from local budgets, but any such expenditure has not been reported to Corporate Finance.

For ease of reference, I will copy and address each of your questions in turn.

How much has been spent on Common Purpose training?

I can confirm that during the current financial year to date, a total of £8,400 has been spent on training provided by Common Purpose United Kingdom.

How much has been spent on implementing Common Purpose training?

I can confirm that there has been no expenditure in implementing the training provided by Common Purpose United Kingdom.

How many employees have received Common Purpose training?

I can confirm that during the current financial year to date, two members of staff have received training provided by Common Purpose United Kingdom.

What inducement or encouragement has been received to take Common Purpose training?

What inducement or encouragement has been received to adopt Common Purpose training?

What inducement or encouragement has been received to promote Common Purpose training?

I can confirm that there has been no inducement or encouragement to take, adopt or promote training provided by Common Purpose United Kingdom.

The problem with Common Purpose is that the attendees are not allowed to talk about what happens on their courses and no minutes are taken at Common Purpose training courses or meetings.  Attendees may have been encouraged or induced to promote Common Purpose but there will be no records to confirm this and the attendees have agreed to keep what happens a secret.  This certainly doesn’t encourage open government, transparency or accountability.  How does the Ministry of Justice know that what the attendees have been taught and agreed to do in their secret meetings is in the best interests of the department or the electorate, especially when the course teaches attendees to lead beyond their authority?  Who’s to say that one day that authority won’t be the democratically elected government?

I’ve put this question to the Ministry of Justice, I’ll post the response if I ever get one.

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4 comments

  1. J.A. (1 comments) says:

    If there HAS to be anything ‘special’
    about me, it’s still just 2 Museum Pieces, I don’t know, if I can count, rely on, & thus with an obliged
    ‘right,’ what an understatement, sor- ry, to receive A Universal Ultimatum,
    pls. & in advance thanks for your pos-
    sible intr. in it, so that I can at least & long last more easily find out, – to be continued.
    Greet’s, a.respectlife-
    70@gmail.com

  2. Stop Common Purpose (3 comments) says:

    Common Purpose must be stopped: http://www.stopcp.com/

  3. martin (6 comments) says:

    common purpose is to be the most dreaded topic on earth . the infultration of corrupt government is partof the nwo new world order . your council mps police job centre plus have parts to play in this creepy plot contact dwpcorruption.co.uk for more info and eu cases prepaired for court . good luck to all who ignore martin

  4. martin (6 comments) says:

    facts common purpose is rife world wide however in the uk corruption as spread to a wider circle of government bodies than anticipated . the law is being broken by government officials and abuse of power being caried out and ignoring the publics rights to free democratic rights check out unlawful vindictive malicious persecution on google .

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