Email: [FOI #2326 email]

Dear Mrs Johnson

Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Request for Information

Thank you for your email request received 24 August 2008 requesting the following information:

(a) how many findings of maladministration the local government ombudsman has made against your council over the last 10 years.

b) how many findings of maladministration your council, either in full or in part, has refused to accept.

c) how many findings of maladministration your council has accepted but refused to comply, either in full or in part, with the local government ombudsman's recommended remedy.

Your request has been considered and I am able to provide you with the following answers to your questions:

(a) None

(b) None

(c) None

To help us to improve the quality of our responses to future Freedom of Information requests, any feedback you may have on this response would be appreciated. A copy of the Council's Customer Comments leaflet is attached to assist you. If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your enquiry and the information you have received, please follow the Council's Complaints Procedure.  You may put your complaint in writing by completing the attached "Helping You to let us know what you think" leaflet.

If you are still not happy with the outcome, you have the right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliff House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Tel: 01625 545 745
Fax: 01625 524 510
Email: [email address]

If you have any further queries, please contact me either in writing at the above address or by telephone on 01773 841635 and quote your ID No 150/08.

Yours sincerely

Sue Hewkin
Democratic Services and FOI Officer

Encs

P M Carney, Solicitor
Chief Executive

PO Box 15 Town Hall Ripley
Derbyshire DE5 3XE
Tel: 01773 570222 Fax: 01773 841616
Minicom: 01773 841490
E-Mail: [email address]
Web: www.ambervalley.gov.uk

Caring and Working for Amber Valley

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