Customer Services  
 
Leeds City Council 
Mr T Nunn 
West Gate 
 
6 Grace Street 
Via email 
Leeds 
LS1 2RP 
 
 Contact name: Victoria Ashwood 
 Telephone: (0113) 376 0086 
 Minicom: 0113 222 4410 
 Fax:  (0113) 245 6931 
 Email: [email address] 
 Reference: 3497 
  
 Date: 4th November 2009 
 
Dear Mr Nunn, 
 
Thank you for your recent  request for information under the freedom of information act 
2000.  
Under section 12 of the Act, the Council does not have to comply with a request for 
information if the cost of compliance exceeds the appropriate limit.  For the Council, the 
appropriate limit is set at Â£450 or 18 hours at £25 an hour.   
Section 32(3) notices are not routinely recorded and we therefore estimate that to provide 
the information you have asked for at question 1 would exceed the appropriate limit since 
this would require accessing  1164 cases which were determined by the Ombudsman in the 
last 5 years and we would expect these checks to exceed 50 days to complete.  
 
 
(1) Over the last 5 years how many Local Government Act Part III Section 32(3) notices has 
your council served on a Local Government Ombudsman. 
 
Please see above. 
 
 
(2) Over the last 5 years how many times has the Ombudsman concerned found the council 
guilty of maladministration for misusing a Section 32(3) notice. 
 
I can confirm that over the last five years Leeds City Council has not been found guilty of 
maladministration for the use of a section 32 notice. 
 
 
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please remember to quote 
the reference number above in any future communications. 
 
 
 
 
 
      General Enquiries:  
www.leeds.gov.uk 
0113 222 4444 
 
 

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If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish 
to make a complaint or request a review of our decision, you should write to: 
 
Freepost RLZR-ELTX-RUEH 
Leeds City Council 
PO Box 657 
LS1 9BS   
 
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply directly to the 
Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for a decision.  Generally the ICO cannot make a 
decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by Leeds City 
Council.   
 
The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office 
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. 
 
 
 
Yours sincerely, 
 
 
Victoria Ashwood 
Data Protection and Freedom of Information Practitioner,  
Customer Services, 
Leeds City Council 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
      General Enquiries:  
www.leeds.gov.uk 
0113 222 4444 
 
 

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