Dear Mr Nunn,

Thank you for your recent enquiry.

I am pleased to say that over the past five years, although the Ombudsman has investigated many complaints, he has never concluded that an officer of the council had lied to one of his investigators, or misled them, or done anything else to hinder their investigation.

Yours sincerely

Tom Conwell

Head of Standards and Complaints

Telephone: 020 8356 3286

Fax: 020 8356 3242

[email address]

www.hackney.gov.uk

Standards and Complaints, Town Hall, Mare Street, London, E8 1EA

Chris Hudson

Interim Corporate Director, Customer and Corporate Services