In 2012 the leader of Manchester City Council, Richard Leese, spoke at the launch the ‘carbon literacy’ project at the Arndale Centre.
In 2016 the party he leads in Manchester, which holds 95 of the 96 council seats, went to the local authority election with a manifesto commitment.
On 3 January 2017 the Executive Member for the Environment, Rosa Battle, told a committee of councillors that she was taking personal charge of the roll-out of carbon literacy. Both her predecessors in the role (Councillors Kate Chappell and Nigel Murphy had completed the training.
So, as of 30 December 2016 had either of them completed even one part of the training (there is an online component and a face-to-face component.
Nope.
And here, thanks to a Freedom of Information Act request, is how the rest of the nine member Executive fairs.
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Face to face |
Online |
Both (i.e. “carbon literate”) |
Neither |
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Richard Leese (Leader since 1996) |
x |
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Sue Murphy |
x |
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Bernard Priest |
x |
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Paul Andrews Adult Health and Well-being |
Completed |
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Sheila Newman Children’s Services |
Completed |
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Luthfur Rahman Culture and Leisure |
x |
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John Flanagan Finance and Human Resources |
x |
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Nigel Murphy Neighbourhood Services |
Completed |
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Rosa Battle Environment |
X |
