From: Harrison, Iain
Sent: 20 January 2009 09:01
To: 'Trevor R Nunn'
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - LGO investigations (our
ref: 08-12137547).

Dear Mr Nunn

Thank you for your request for information about Local Government Ombudsman Investigations, which falls under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The Council want to be as open as possible in answering requests, and to help people obtain the information they are looking for.  Unfortunately, in this case the amount of information you have requested is very substantial.  Gathering it together would therefore be likely to involve a significant cost and diversion of resources from the Coventry City Council’s other work.  

This could mean that we might have to charge you for the work involved or even have to refuse the request under the exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000 covering requests that are manifestly unreasonable or formulated in too general a manner.  

The best way that we can help you is therefore to ask you to consider whether you could narrow down your request to focus on the specific area you are interested in. Local Government Ombudsman investigations and any settlements are not characterised in the way you describe, so to help the Council identify the actual information you require, please can you be more specific about the areas you are interested in.

On receipt of your narrowed down request I will assess your request and provide the information if possible.  The working days taken for you to respond will be added to the existing deadline.  

If you are unable or unwilling to narrow down your request the Council will, of course, consider it in accordance with our obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.  However we wanted to give you an opportunity to reconsider your request and describe more precisely the information you wish to have.  

If you have any other issues relating to this request please do not hesitate to contact me.

Please let me know how you would like us to proceed.

Yours sincerely


Iain Harrison
Information Governance Officer
Contracts & Governance Team,
Customer & Workforce Services,
Coventry City Council
Council House,
Earl Street
Coventry, CV1 5RR
 
Telephone No: 024 7683 3305
Fax No:          024 7683 3395
 
www.coventry.gov.uk 

-----Original Message-----
From: Trevor R Nunn [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx]
Sent: 08 January 2009 22:03
To: Information Governance
Subject: Freedom of Information request - LGO investigations.


     Dear Sir or Madam,

     During the last five years how many times has the Local Government
     Ombudsman (as a result of investigating a complaint against
     Coventry City Council) brought to the attention of the council the
     fact that a member of Coventry City Council staff had misled them,
     lied to them or done anything else to hinder their investigation.
     If they have what disciplinary action was taken against the
     individual(s) concerned by the council.

     Yours faithfully,

     Trevor R Nunn

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