Cllr Ray Puddifoot's Expenses 08/09

Peter Silverman made this Freedom of Information request to Hillingdon Borough Council

The request was successful.

From: Peter Silverman

22 June 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please let me have the following information in respect to Cllr Ray
Puddifoot, the Leader of the Council for the 08/09 accounting year:

1. The total monetary value of expenses paid to him by the Council.

2. Any existing schedules showing this amount broken down by month.

3. Any existing schedules showing each item claimed e.g. showing
the nature of the item (eg taxi fare) and the amount claimed.

4. A copy of each claim form and the supporting documentation (eg
receipts or invoices)

For clarity, by "expenses" I mean all payments made to Cllr
Puddifoot in the period over and above his Basic and Special
Responsibility Allowances as detailed in the Council's
Constitution. This would include, but would not be limited to,
amounts paid in respect to travel and subsistence, and dependants
or carers allowances.

Where you have electronic copies please e-mail them as attachments.
Where this is not possible I would like to inspect the documents at
the Civic Centre and obtain, at my expense, photocopies of any
items of which I want a permanent record.

I look forward to hearing from you.

yours faithfully

Peter Silverman
[email address]
www.hillingdon-watch.org.uk
01895 625770

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From: Peter Silverman

29 June 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

I wish to extend my request to include expenses claimed by Officers
in respect of Cllr Ray Puddifoot. This would for example include
(but not be limited to) restaurant bills, taxis etc where Cllr
Puddifoot was accompanied by an Officer.

Yours sincerely,

Peter Silverman

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From: Peter Silverman

21 December 2009

Dear Hillingdon Borough Council,

Your response is long overdue.

I am therefore requesting you carry out an internal review

Yours faithfully,

Peter Silverman

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Hillingdon Borough Council

26 January 2010

Attachment Re Freedom of Information request Leader of the Council Ray Puddifoot and Deputy Leader David T Simmonds Expenses.txt
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Attachment FOI Complaints Procedure 10 08.pdf
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Ref FOI/1350

Dear Mr Silverman

I am writing in response to your email below.

I can confirm that we responded to your request on the 20th July 2009. Please see attached for a copy of our response if you cannot locate it in your records.

Richard Ingle

Legal Services (3E 04)
London Borough of Hillingdon
Civic Centre
High Street
Uxbridge
UB8 1UW
01895 55(6923)

Please note, all material provided by the London Borough of Hillingdon in response to your request for information is for your personal, non-commercial use. The London Borough of Hillingdon reserves all rights in the copyright of the information provided. Any unauthorised copying or adaptation of the information without express written confirmation from The London Borough of Hillingdon will constitute an infringement of copyright. Any intention to re-use this information commercially will require consent. Please forward any requests for re-use of information to the Freedom of Information officer.

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Dear Hillingdon Borough Council,

Your response is long overdue.

I am therefore requesting you carry out an internal review

Yours faithfully,

Peter Silverman

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From: Peter Silverman

2 February 2010

Dear Mr Ingle,

Does this mean that the London Borough Of Hillingdon has completed
an internal review of this case and I am free to take the matter up
with the Information Commissioner if I am not satisfied with it?

Yours sincerely,

Peter Silverman

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Hillingdon Borough Council

3 February 2010

Dear Mr Sillverman

On the 21st December 2009 you emailed asking for an internal review on
the basis that you had not received a response to your request. We
wrote to you on the 26th of January 2010 in response to your request for
internal review where we confirmed that a response had been sent to your
request on the 20th July 2009 and we provided you with a copy of the
response sent on the 20th July 2009.

I am satisfied that we have dealt with the issues raised in your
request for internal review of the 21st December 2009 and that you have
not subsequently raised any further issues for consideration since our
response of the 26th January 2010.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you
have the right to apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision.
The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire,
SK9 5AF

Richard Ingle
Data Protection &
Freedom of Information Officer

Legal Services (3E 04)
London Borough of Hillingdon
Civic Centre
High Street
Uxbridge
UB8 1UW
01895 55(6923)

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Dear Mr Ingle,

Does this mean that the London Borough Of Hillingdon has
completed
an internal review of this case and I am free to take the matter
up
with the Information Commissioner if I am not satisfied with it?

Yours sincerely,

Peter Silverman

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From: Peter Silverman

15 February 2010

Dear Mr Ingle,

Thank you for sending me a copy of your response of 20th July 2009.

I now request the Council carries out on internal review on the
basis that your response of 20th July did not provide the
information requested on 22nd June 2009. (You can ignore the
extension of the request made on 29th June).

Could you please confirm that you will pass this on to the
Principal Corporate Lawyer for him to deal with in accordance with
your complaints procedure.

Yours sincerely,

Peter Silverman

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From: Peter Silverman

10 March 2010

Dear Hillingdon Borough Council,

I have now found the link on your web site that provides the
information requested and the matter is now closed.

Thanks for your help and patience in this matter

Yours faithfully,

Peter Silverman

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