Thanks Sandy. Does FoI say that provision of individual enquiries should be less than £450 each, or that the cost of providing the service should be less than £450? No individual enquiry amounts to that much, but if I add up all the staff time spent on providing searches per annum it is several thousand pounds. It was indicated that this limit related to each individual enquiry, rather than the provision of the service as a whole on an annual basis. Andy Andrew Nicholson HER Officer Dumfries and Galloway Council Planning and Environment (Archaeology) Newall Terrace, Dumfries, DG1 1LW Tel: 01387 260154 (int. 64154) Fax: 01387 260149 + <mailto:[log in to unmask]> . Drop Point 228 http://www.historicchurchyards.co.uk/ - a new resource on historic graveyards in Dumfries and Galloway ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any email message sent or received by the Council may require to be disclosed by the Council under the provisions of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ P SAVE PAPER - Please do not print this e-mail unless absolutely necessary ________________________________