Dear H Benson Re: Freedom of Information Thank you for your request dated 29/05/2008 for the following information:
Year on year statistical breakdown, for internal staff disciplinaries, held against
Thurrock Council and Vertex employees for the period 2003 to 2008 (I.e. actual number of
preliminary hearings held and the actual number of full disciplinaries ultimately
convened). Section 10(1) of the Freedom of Information Act requires that we process your
application within 20 working days of the date we received your request, therefore we will respond to you by 26/06/2008. If we are unable to meet this deadline we will inform you of this and the reasons why. If the information is already available to you through the Council's publication scheme
we will advise you of this. We will advise you whether we hold the information you have requested and if you are able to access it. In some cases where exclusions apply we will not be able to provide you with the information you have requested. If we are unable to provide the information you request we will contact you and inform you of the reasons In some cases there may be a charge for the information you have requested. We will
keep charges to a minimum and will inform you as soon as possible of any charges that If you are unhappy with the Council's decision you can make a complaint via the
Council's complaints procedures and this will be looked into. If you are not happy with this decision you may then appeal to the Information Commissioner. Yours faithfully
Michelle Wash
Freedom of Information Coordinator
Telephone (01375) 652592
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