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Audit of Directorate's Declarations of Interest

S Smith (Account suspended) made this Freedom of Information request to Kent County Council

The request was refused by Kent County Council.

From: S Smith (Account suspended)

18 May 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please confirm if and when any audit of members of staff's
declaration of interest ,operating within each directorate, has
been carried out and how often these are up-dated.

Supply a full copy of all reports on a yearly basis, in particular
any and all audit/overview committee scrutiny reports from
2008/2009 and supplementary/summary.

And confirm if all Professional Bodies external and internal have
been listed, which are a requirement of their declaration of
interest.

Yours faithfully,

S Smith

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Kent County Council

18 May 2009

Dear S Smith

Thank you for your email.

I acknowledge your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. Assuming we hold this information, I will endeavour
to supply the data to you as soon as possible but no later than 16th June
2009 (20 working days from date of receipt).

I will advise you as soon as possible if we do not hold this information
or if there are exemptions to be considered and/or any costs for providing
the information. Please quote our reference - FOI/09/553 - in any
communication regarding this particular request.

Best regards

Corporate Access to Information Team, Chief Executive's Department
Kent County Council, Legal & Democratic Services, Room 1.94, Sessions
House, County Hall, Maidstone. ME14 1XQ.
Tel: 01622 696265 or 01622 694261 - Fax: 01622 694383
[1]http://www.kent.gov.uk/council-and-democ...

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Kent County Council

16 June 2009

Dear S Smith

Thank you for your email.

The Council is of the opinion that this latest request for information,
when considered in conjunction with all the other requests you have
submitted, is a deliberate attempt to disrupt the Council's operations and
is therefore manifestly unreasonable. The Council has no obligation to
respond to requests that are perceived to be either vexatious or repeated
under section 14 (1) & (2) of the Freedom of Information Act
respectively and collectively, your requests fall into this category. The
Council will review this position in three months time but until then, no
further requests from you will be considered.

If you disagree with this stance, you can appeal direct the Information
Commissioner, who oversees compliance with the Freedom of Information Act
2000. This is because there is no-one sufficiently senior within the
Authority that could conduct an independent internal review of this
decision which was made at the highest level. Details of what you need to
do, should you wish to pursue this course of action, are available from
the Information Commissioner's website .
[1]http://www.ico.gov.uk/complaints/freedom...

Best regards

Caroline Dodge
Corporate Access to Information Coordinator, Chief Executive's Department
Kent County Council, Legal & Democratic Services, Room 1.94, Sessions
House, County Hall, Maidstone. ME14 1XQ.
Tel: 01622 221652 - Fax: 01622 694383
[2]http://www.kent.gov.uk/council-and-democ...

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John Harris (Account suspended) left an annotation (17 June 2009)

What has Kent County Council got to hide, of course there has to be audits made available to the public.

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From: S Smith (Account suspended)

19 June 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Your replies at best could be considered vexatious, i.e.
repetitions, and therefore not be acceptable.

Please provide under what law and authority Kent County Council
pertains to operate such a ban, which is simply ridiculous and
clearly a delaying tactic.

Yours sincerely,

S Smith

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